February 14 – June 14, 2025
Various Toronto Locations
Cahoots Theatre has unveiled an exciting lineup for its 2024/25 season, continuing its tradition of showcasing innovative, inclusive, and thought-provoking productions. Known for amplifying underrepresented voices, the theatre’s programming emphasizes cultural diversity, accessibility, and groundbreaking storytelling.
This season highlights productions that challenge narratives and provide fresh perspectives. Cahoots Theatre has long been committed to creating space for marginalized communities and fostering dialogue through the arts. Their programming often blends contemporary themes with historical and cultural reflections, aiming to engage audiences on multiple levels.
Cahoots Theatre 2025 Season
February 14 – 16, 2025 | 1:30 pm
LOVE And The TRICK Of TIME
a Cahoots Theatre production
in collaboration with the Alzheimer’s Society of Toronto
Tarragon Theatre Mainspace
Love and the Trick of Time explores our perception of time, and how the reality of loving those living with dementia changes our experience of it. Weaving together the stories of care partners, it lifts the veil on what it is to love someone living with the disease as time becomes non-linear, transporting you from the present to the past to an uncertain future. Along with rich, unforgettable individual storytelling, these narratives are woven into music performed by the Golden Threads Choir – a unique ensemble of people living with dementia along with their care partners – whose singing illicit joy, connectedness, and relationship to memories. This multidisciplinary production showcases the songs, stories, visual art and voices of people living with dementia in addition to those of their loved ones, capturing the essential fabric of community and connection at its core.
Created with the Timeless Love Ensemble
Directed by Tanisha Taitt and Kristin Bartlett
Funded in part by the Government of Canada’s New Horizons for Seniors Program
April 5 – 13, 2025
EASTER SOMEDAY
a Stakes & Embers production in partnership with Cahoots Theatre
Native Earth Performing Arts’ AKI Studio
Just shy of three decades after the Canadian Music Publishers Association presented her with the CMPA Songwriters Award and Scholarship, and over ten years after stepping away from the musical stage, a member of our Cahoots family returns to her roots as a solo performing artist with Easter Someday. Accompanied on piano by the venerable Beau Dixon, she revisits her singer-songsmith origins in this fictional but intimate work, featuring a collection of new original songs. A deeply personal resurgence, the show marks her first public musical appearance since the ravages of COVID-19 left her with the ghost of her former singing voice in 2020. In the months following a searing loss, a woman whose artistic expression has fallen prey to the thief of grief longs to revive her passion, while also striving to retain… or regain… a grip on her life and future. With her security in question and at risk of disappearing, things take another numbing turn when a complicated gift from beyond the here and now stops her cold, and a crucial unexpected decision leaves her torn between internal bondage and external freedom.
Written, composed and performed by Tanisha Taitt
Directed by Allen MacInnis
April 27 – May 10, 2025
SANGUINE
a Cahoots Theatre production
BMO Incubator at The Theatre Centre
– PA and MZ
Conceived, created and performed by Parastoo Amanzadeh and Mina Zaghari
Community Event
June 9 – 14, 2025
The June Jam
Factory Theatre Studio.
For five days in June, Cahoots will hold a series of in-person community events at Factory’s Studio Theatre. Included will be Financially and GRADually, our budgeting workshop for independent theatre artists and intro-to-the-industry workshop for new grads — this time both for larger audiences. Also on the docket is an encore presentation of Tanisha’s Directed By session; The Stage Is Yours — a traditional open stage for singers, instrumentalists, songwriters and poets; Hang, an introductory meet & greet with us for new production managers/designers/stage managers who fall under our mandate; the very first in-person PepperPot gathering for theatre students of colour, and more.
Past successes, such as I Call Myself Princess, a Métis play blending opera and theatre, and John & Waleed, a musical exploration of cultural intersections, set the stage for this season’s ambitious slate. Each piece aligns with Cahoots’ mission to tell stories that resonate deeply and spark meaningful conversations.
In addition to its mainstage productions, Cahoots continues to support emerging artists through development initiatives and mentorship programs. This holistic approach to theatre-making ensures a robust pipeline of diverse talent and ideas for years to come.
To explore the full lineup, production details, and tickets for Cahoots Theatre’s 2024/25 season, visit their official website
