Try Connecting Through Theatre During The Scugog Arts small Town
Big Multi Arts Festival!
Tuesday, May 5th, 7pm
An Acting Class, Pot Luck Lunch, a Sneak Peek at the 2026 Summer Season
… and small Town Big First Time Participants attend for FREE!
10:30 am – Noon
Scene Study with Michael Serres & Annette Stokes-Harris
Port Perry Church of the Ascension, 266 North St., Port Perry
This is the perfect introduction to the world of the actor! The class is informal, and don’t require any previous acting experience. Come this month to try – come back as often as
you like. Meet some new people, learn something new, and have a laugh or two!
Noon to 1 pm
Let’s Do Lunch
Port Perry Church of the Ascension, 266 North St., Port Perry
Take both the Scene Study class AND the First Read Club session and join our monthly potluck lunch. Connect in a whole new way by sharing food, traditions, customs and views over a delicious meal. New? Bring your favourite dish to share. Friends already? Bring something new and fun to share. Note: your own brown bag lunch is always welcome as well!
1 – 3 pm
First Read Club with Carey Nicholson
Rotary Room, Scugog Memorial Public Library, 231 Water St., Port Perry
Read plays, dig into text and gain insight into live theatre creative and production processes. Our First Read Club invites you to the production table with Theatre on the Ridge artistic director, Carey Nicholson to discover a new play read aloud followed by creative discussion and conversation. Be a reader or be a listener – everyone is
welcome!
Our May First Read Club is a special sneak peek at the scripts behind the productions of the 2026 summer season! You won’t want to miss it!
First time participants may attend free of charge only on Tuesday, May 5th! But pre-registration is recommended for all activities.
Contact us at
programs@theatreontheridge.ca
to sign up for any or all of the above!
For full details on all our regularly scheduled
Connecting Through Theatre activities, See Here
A Pint and A Preview
Theatre on the Ridge Summer 2026 Season Launch Party
Monday, May 25th, 6 – 9pm
Old Flame Brewery
135 Perry St, Port Perry
It’s an evening of fun at our summer season launch trivia night fundraising event!
We’ve got great stories to tell this summer and it all starts on Monday, May 25 th at Old Flame Brewery!
Join us as we get summer 2026 off to an exciting start at our A Pint and A Preview Season Launch Party, from 6 – 9 pm.
Your $30 ticket includes a complimentary beverage and a great night of sneak previews of the season’s upcoming productions, Romeo and Juliet, Sketches of Leacock and
Piggyland.
The evening’s entertainment includes three rounds of trivia quiz entertainment based on the season’s line up, socializing with summer company members, a complimentary beverage and more!
The doors open at 6 pm. Come for the fun, come with a friend and come to support Theatre on the Ridge!
Our 2026 season – The Stories We Tell – is one of our most ambitious yet and all proceeds from the event ticket sales and activities will make sure that it is a season to remember!
