2026 THEME – IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK
What secrets lie behind the bricks & mortar of Collingwood’s heritage buildings.
Auditions for actor roles take place on Sunday, August 2 and Sunday, August 9. Email monica.gaslight@gmail.com to book an audition.
Community Theatre Productions
Collingwood, Ontario
2025 It Happened in Collingwood
Factual and fantastical stories that, believe it or not, actually happened in Collingwood. Thank you to loyal Gaslight followers who submitted theme ideas to help us create this exciting theme! Special thanks to Katie Noble for the winning selection!
The Sharpshooter cast members:
Marty Wilkinson, Patti Mills (with Lottie the hen), Wyatt MacRae, Peter Bannon & SM Sara Clemens. Play written by Janet Wilkinson. Director: Sandra Burley. Stage Manager: Sara Clemens
Heist on the Grand cast members:
Karen Walker, Harold Hopf, Alison Eckert & Annika Pint (& David Heaslip, not pictured here). Play written by Melissa Shaw. Director: Jean Dudra. Stage Managers: Mary Jo Walter & Cathy Baginski
As Luck Would Have It cast members:
Jane Bolton, Richard Payne, Ian Tudor, Shirley Joost & Robert Hodgson. Play written by Jan Ferrigan. Director: Monica Wilson. Stage Manager: Joanne Duff
Variation on a Theme cast members: John Clement, Katie Noble & Brandon Sipes. Play written by Linda Wild. Director: Susan Brindisi. Stage Manager: Joanne White
Linda Murphy as
Tina the Time-Travelling Tour Guide. Script written by Laurie May. Directed by Janet Wilkinson.
2025 Gaslight Tour 'Playwriting Experience'
Are you interested in participating in this year’s Tour Playwriting Experience?
Register for workshops guided by experienced Gaslight playwrights Dawn Hanley and Janet Wilkinson. Explore the process and complete a 20-minute play for the 2025 Tour.
No previous experience is necessary. Four of the plays completed during the course will be brought to life for this year’s Tour production, It Happened in Collingwood.
Where: Collingwood Public Library, Third Floor Meeting Room
When: April 26, May 10, May 31 and June 14 from noon to 4:00 p.m.
Cost: $100
About Us
Gaslight Community Theatre Productions is a not-for-profit amateur theatre enterprise that got its start in 2010, with The Gaslight Tour.
Gaslight Tour
Founded in 2010, Gaslight Tour features local history as theatre. Each year an historic theme is selected to tell the story of a particular aspect of Collingwood’s history.
We’re Social
“Amateur community theatre is one of the last places in our culture where we can get together and make something out of nothing, just for the fun of it. It’s an experience that opens our minds, forges great friendships and sure makes a Canadian winter go by faster. We’ve been doing live theatre in various halls and churches in the Collingwood neighbourhood since first settlement.”