Table for Two
iPhoto caption: Akosua Amo-Adem in a promo photo for 'Table for Two' ahead of the show's 2025 premiere, a co-production between Soulpepper Theatre and Obsidian Theatre. Photo by Dahlia Katz.
“Many of the shows this year are about fitting in — being a fish out of water,” says co-creator Chris Tolley. “You can see that explicitly in new immigrant stories, but also in dating stories [about] searching for connection, or even in a piece about a young actor from Toronto trying to assimilate into life on a rural farm.”
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iPhoto caption: Photo of Ada Aguilar by Dahlia Katz.
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“I'm really passionate about the role of stage management as social activism, and as a way to provide safety and support for a production and its people,” says Aguilar. “We put everything of ourselves into these productions, but we also have to be good to ourselves.”
iPhoto caption: Table for Two (L) photo by Dahlia Katz, Blind Dates (R) photo by Jae Yang.
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Both productions suggest that the most important love story is the one we’re all still writing: the journey of embracing ourselves and our experiences.