Festival Players of Prince Edward County produces a yearly festival of high-calibre professional theatre in a rural setting. We produce an entirely Canadian season of plays, new works as well as those from the repertoire of outstanding previously produced work.
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Festival Players of Prince Edward County was formed in the fall of 2006 when the appetite for professional theatre in the County seemed at an all-time high and was an irresistible challenge to founding Artistic Director John Burns.  John worked very hard to make his dream a reality and in the summer of 2007 he did just that. The shows were expertly executed and extremely well received. At the end of the 2007 season, Sarah Phillips took over as Artistic Director.
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Simply put, there is no other professional theatre opportunity in this region (not within 1 ½ hours!).  While we have a very active arts community, numerous festivals, amateur theatricals, musical performers, visual artists, and so on – we have not had professional theatre.  The cultural climate is ripe for the feast of talent that this festival brings. As well, the economic development of this region, hinging upon drawing cultured and educated travelers to its wineries and upscale accommodations, welcomes another high-quality entertainment option to draw and hold its visitors.
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Festival Mission
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The mission of the festival is threefold: to provide engaging and intelligent theatre for its audience, both local and “imported”, to provide employment opportunities to local and imported artists, and to provide meaningful and unique opportunities for the people of our community to work with a group of professional artists to bring theatre to life.
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Board of Directors
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Staff
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Sarah Phillips, Artistic Director
sarah@festivalplayers.ca

Sarah has been directing, writing and producing independently for more than ten years. She graduated from the Directing Program of the National Theatre School in Montreal and was, for many years, the Artistic Director of red red rose, and independant company in Toronto for whom she wrote and directed such plays as Antigone (Dora nomination best new play) and Joan (Dora nomination best ensemble). Sarah also taught at Queen’s University in the Drama department.

Julianne Snepsts, General Manager
julianne@festivalplayers.ca

Rick Zimmerman, Sponsorship & Box Office System Manager
rick@festivalplayers.ca