May 21st, 2025
Please join Canadian Stage on May 21st, 2025, for Theatre Ball 2025 at the stunning The Globe and Mail Centre.
Canadian Stage’s annual Theatre Ball is a not-to-be-missed event. The event raises essential funds to support the work on our stages, our education and community engagement initiatives and the development of new plays, while celebrating our cities cultural champions.
Event Features:
- Exclusive, high-end event at The Globe and Mail Centre with breathtaking views of the city skyline
- Cocktail reception and exquisite three-course dinner for hundreds of VIP guests
- World class musical and theatrical entertainment
- Mix and mingle with Toronto’s philanthropists, theatre lovers, and leaders in the city building community
This year we will be presenting the Creative City Builder Award to the incredible Marianne McKenna, founding partner of KPMB. We’ll also be honouring Helen Burstyn with the Creative City Champion Award for her amazing support of the arts in Toronto, and Jackie Maxwell with the Artistic Achievement Prize, for her remarkable impact on theatre in Canada.
We invite you to join us as a Sponsor, Table Host, or Ticket Purchaser. Book early! The 2024 Theatre Ball sold out!
Fantastic benefits of sponsorship include :
- Table of 10 in a prime location
- Full page ad in the Theatre Ball program
- Logo recognition in the Theatre Ball program
- Logo recognition in the Globe and Mail printed edition ‘Thank You to our Supporters’ ad
- Logo recogition in all Canadian Stage production House Programs in 2025
- Recognition from the podium during the event
Sponsorship Levels:
Title Sponsor: $25,000
Receives additional benefits including the name of the event: Theatre Ball 2025 presented by *your company, your company logo on the front cover of the Theatre Ball program, and invitations for two to Canadian Stage opening night performances throughout 2025.
Entertainment: $20,000
Centrepiece: $20,000
Cocktail Party: ON HOLD
Wine: $20,000
Emcee: $20,000
Contact Leslie Francombe at lfrancombe@canadianstage.com for more information and to book your sponsorship.
Various ways to show your support of Canadian Stage, contemporary theatre and Canadian artists, and the Creative City award honourees.
| Title Sponsor* $25,000 | Event Sponsor* $20,000 | Premium Table $150,000 | Regular Table $10,000 | Individual Ticket $1,000 | |
| Theatre Ball Tickets (including reception, dinner, performance) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 |
| Corporate / donor name on Theatre Ball materials and communications | Front cover of program" "presented by..." | Logo recognition | ? | ? | |
| Ad in the Theatre Ball program | Full page | Full page | Half page (if requested) | ||
| Recognition from the stage of the Theatre Ball | ? | ? | ? | ||
| Listing in annual report and house programs in the 25.26 season | Logo | Logo | Logo | Text | |
| Premium seatin location | ? | ? | ? | ||
| Opportunity to host 2 VIP artists at your table | ? | ? | ? | ||
| Invitation for two to Canadian Stage Opening Nights during the 25.26 season | ? | ||||
| Charitable tax receipt for the maximum allowable amount | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| *Sponsorship Opportunities include: | Cocktail Reception Sponsor: ON HOLD |
| Entertainment Sponsor: $20,000 | Wine Sponsor: $20,000 |
| Centrepiece Sponsor: $20,000 | Emcee Sponsor: $20,000 |
The Globe and Mail Centre
351 King Street East, 17th Floor Toronto, Ontario
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Cocktails: 5:30 pm
Dinner: 6:30 pm
Dress code: Spring Cocktail
Wednesday, May 21st, 2025
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Cocktails: 5:30 pm
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Dinner: 6:30 pm
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Dress code: Spring Cocktail
Canadian Stage presents three awards annually at the Theatre Ball to celebrate Toronto’s great arts champions.
Creative City Builder Award, established 2022
Recognizing and celebrating Toronto development and design leaders who have meaningfully contributed to the creative spaces and communities in our vibrant city.
2025 Award Recipient: Marianne McKenna, co-founder of KPMB
Past recipients: Alfredo Romano, Castlepoint Numa; Donald Schmitt, Diamond Schmitt; Babak & Tooran Mortazavi, TAS
Creative City Champion Award, established 2024
Recognizing individuals who generously give of their time, resources, and expertise to bolster the creation of Canadian artistic work and/or the impact and resiliency of cultural organizations.
2025 Award Recipient: Helen Burnstyn
Past Recipients: Paul and Janice Sabourin
Artistic Achievement Prize, established 2024
Recognizes Canadian artists who have meaningfully contributed to advancing the craft of theatre through their creativity, rigour, and body of work.
2025 Award Recipient: Jackie Maxwell
Past Recipient: Philip Akin
Emcee: Eddie Glen
Eddie is a Dora Nominee who recently starred in Canadian Stage’s Wizard of Oz holiday pantomime. Other Canadian Stage credits: Rocky Horror, (Dora Nomination). Other theatre creditsninclude: Spamalot, Music Man, Moby Dick (Stratford); Miss Saigon (Drury Lane); Joseph.... Dreamcoat (London Palladium); Spamalot, The 39 Steps, Les Miz,nIt Runs in the Family, Little Me (Drayton); Eddie has starred in over 20 shows with Ross Petty Productions (Elgin). Film & T.V. Credits include: Odd Squad, Murdoch Mysteries, The Firm. Eddie lends his voice to numerous animated series and has been the “Voice” of YTV for the past 27 years.
Performer: Julia Pulo
Julia Pulo is a multidisciplinary performer who recently starred as Dorothy in Canadian Stage’s Wizard of Oz holiday pantomime. She has worked professionally in theatre, film/TV, commercial, voice-over, and as a background vocalist at MetalWorks Studios. Select theatre credits include Anne Boleyn in SIX (Mirvish Productions), Lucy in Narnia (Bad Hats), Polly in Polly Peel (Theatre Sheridan), and Constance in Ride the Cyclone (Tweed & Co). TV/Film credits include Bakugan (SpinMaster) and Teletubbies (WildBrain/Netflix). She holds a Sheridan Honours Bachelor of Music Theatre Performance degree (graduating class of 2023).
Performer: Vanessa Sears
Performer: Hailey Gillis
Hailey Gillis is an award-winning actress who has performed across Canada, as well as off-Broadway. Hailey is also a New York Times ‘Critics Pick’ award winner. Recent theatre credits include Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Canadian Stage), Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 (Crow’s Theatre), The Shape of Home, Songs in Search of Al Purdy (County Stage Company/Crow’s Theatre), Ghost Quartet (Crow’s Theatre), Jane Eyre (Citadel Theatre), Onegin (National Arts Centre/The Arts Club/The Musical Stage Company), Hedda Gabler (Necessary Angel/Canadian Stage), Romeo and Juliet, The Merry Wives of Windsor (Bard on the Beach), The Seagull, Rose, Steinbeck Through Song, The Dybbuk, Marat/Sade, Blood Wedding (Soulpepper Theatre), and Uncovered: The Music of Abba, Uncovered: The Music of Dolly Parton (The Musical Stage Company).
Auctioneer: Stephen Ranger
Stephen Ranger has held leadership and ownership positions in two of Canada’s leading Fine Art auction houses over a 35-year career, which included record-setting auctions of both historical and contemporary Canadian art. In 2020, Stephen founded Ranger Wine, a boutique Fine Wine agency specializing in award-winning small production wines. He currently serves as Senior Advisor to Iron Gate Auctions, Canada’s leading auction house specializing in Fine Wine and Spirits, and continues to conduct a number of charitable auctions, raising over 2 million dollars each year for organizations across Canada.
Theatre Ball 2024 Supporters
Cocktail Reception Sponsor
Black Onyx, Counselling & Wellness
Media Sponsor
The Globe and Mail
Premium Table Buyers
Aird & Berlis
Castlepoint Numa
Hugh Clark
Regular Table Buyers
Alexandra Baillie
Navin Bhat
Bond Paving
Castlepoint Numa
CIBC Mellon
Ed and Fran Clark
Davies
Diamond Schmitt
Gardiner Roberts LLP
Polar Asset Management Partners
Power Corporation of Canada
Paul and Janice Sabourin
SvN
The Mitchell Partnership Inc.
Torys LLP
Trillium Health Partners Foundation
Veltri Wealth Management Group