Who we are: Ruby Slippers Theatre

Ruby Slippers Theatre was co-founded in 1989 by a collective of women artists from various disciplines who wanted to change the world. Our legacy includes 60 projects, over 30 professional theatre awards, 3 national tours, and 8 full-length original works. Over the last 6 years alone we have garnered 31 Jessie Richardson Theatre Award nominations including twice for Outstanding Direction and Outstanding Production, and 12 Awards. Diane Brown is co-founder and Artistic Director of the company.

The artistic mission statement

Ruby Slippers Theatre creates, produces and presents provocative, text-based theatre from French and English Canada. We tell stories that illuminate diverse perspectives and social issues, changing the world one play at a time.

What we do

We choose to develop, produce and present works that provoke dialogue and are of interest to our audience. By furthering unique voices that question status quo assumptions about our society and ourselves, we have earned a reputation for smart social satire. Our distinctiveness lies in our commitment to courageous, provocative Canadian voices which we realize into aesthetically compelling works.

Ruby Slippers Theatre is a founding member of the See Seven Performing Arts Society, members of the Alliance for Arts and Culture, The Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance, are affiliate members of PACT, and regularly engage theatre professionals from the Canadian Actors Equity Association and Associated Designers of Canada. Artistic Director Diane Brown is a founder and Past President of the See Seven Performing Arts Society, and an active member of the Making a Scene Conference Committee, the Advisory Committee for Langara College's Theatre Arts Program, Theatre Cares Vancouver, The Wrecking Ball Committee, The Jessie Richardson Awards Society, and the Advocacy Committee for the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres.

Ruby Slippers Theatre has offered Vancouver residents some of the most startling theatre events over the last 21 years. These include our ground-breaking Brecht In The Park series, Herotica and Herotica 2, our original jazz cabarets RubyCAB and RubyCAB 2000, and critically heralded multi award-winning productions like Down Dangerous Passes Road, The Winners, The Cat Who Ate Her Husband, The Leisure Society, Trout Stanley, Life Savers and A Beautiful View.

Ruby Slippers Theatre is a founding member of The See 7 Performing Arts Society.We are also a member of the Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance, The Alliance for Arts and Culture, and an affiliate member of P.A.C.T.

Ruby Slippers Theatre has earned over 40 Jessie Richarson Theatre Awards and even more nominations for outstanding work in acting, lighting design, set design, costume design, sound design, and directing.

Charlebois Post feature on Diane Brown and Ruby Slippers

Donations are gratefully accepted and a tax receipt will be issued for the amounts of $20.00 or more.

Flying Monkey Newsmagazine

Past contributors to The Flying Monkey include Marie Brassard, Karen Hines, Denise Clarke, Darren O'Donnell, Tanya Marquardt, Adrienne Wong, Tara Goerzen, Sherrie Johnson, Veda Hille, and Barbara Bourget.

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1398 Cartwright St., Second Floor,
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Ruby Slippers Production Society

Associate Artists

Tim Matheson
Adrian Muir
Rebekka Sorenson
Itai Erdal
Kate King
Sheila White
David Roberts

Board of Directors

Sheila Schierbeck, President
Ann McDonell, Secretary/Treasurer
Mary Iwasiuk
Penny Gummerson
Russ MacKay
Su Milne

Ruby Slippers Theatre Staff

Diane Brown, Artistic and Producing Director (Biography)
Harry Hertscheg, Managing Director
Allyson McGrane, Administrator
Ellie O'Day, Publicist
Nigel Jones, Accountant
Corporate Graphics, Graphic Design

Ruby Slippers Theatre gratefully acknowledges the financial support of The Canada Council for the Arts Theatre Section, The B.C. Arts Council, The City of Vancouver Office of Cultural Affairs, The Hamber Foundation, The Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation and The BC Gaming Commission.

Thanks to our Media Sponsor, The Georgia Straight