Pay-What-You-Decide Performances (PWYD)
On the first Sunday performance of each mainstage production, tickets are available for PWYD pricing. New for the 24-25 Season, as part of our anniversary season, we will be tickets at the 1975 price of $3.50. This means any seats available at noon the day before (Saturday 12 pm) can be purchased for $3.50. Tickets I want to pick a higher price for my ticket. How do I do that?
You can purchase regular priced tickets for the first Sunday performance up to the Saturday before at noon. After this, all remaining tickets will be on sale for $3.50. If you’d like to donate to raise your ticket price for attending you are welcome to do so and will be prompted in the online checkout process. purchased before this time are available at standard pricing. You can purchase your tickets at this special 1975 price online, on the phone (613-236-5196) or by visiting us in person. (Visit contact us here).
Pay-What-You-Decide Performances in 2024-2025
[Image description: An ink drawing of a man and a woman, bent and contorted to fit into a shoebox. The woman, left, is upside-down. Around them and between them are various articles from their tiny apartment including a teapot, broom, violin, cassette tape, and a smoking furnace. The drawing is coloured in various shades of pink.]
The Anger in Ernest and Ernestine
by Robert Morgan, Martha Ross & Leah Cherniak
directed by Geoff McBride
starring Maryse Fernandes & Drew Moore
Ernest and Ernestine are in puppy love. Then they move into a tiny basement apartment together. Can their love sustain cohabitation? A hometown team of Ottawa’s finest take on this Canadian comedy classic.
1975 priced show Sunday, September 29, 2 pm
Tickets are on sale at 1975 pricing starting Saturday, September 28th at 12 pm. Please either call, visit the box office in person or purchase online.
[Image description: An ink drawing of a soldier in a helmet; a notebook, pen, pencil, and paintbrush are tucked into the helmet. The soldier has a moustache and wears glasses. Words including Grendel and homesick are tattooed on his head. Around him float images including a boot, knife, moon, skull, poppies, and more. The image is coloured in various shades of green.]
Beowulf in Afghanistan
a World Premiere by Laurie Fyffe
directed by Kate Smith
A Canadian soldier harnesses the medieval Anglo-Saxon text of Beowulf as a life raft through the clash of conflict, and after. A world premiere, supported by GCTC’s Tributary Project.
1975 priced show Sunday, Nov 17, 2 pm
Tickets are on sale at 1975 pricing starting Saturday, November 16 at 12 pm. Please either call, visit the box office in person or purchase online.
[Image description: An ink drawing of three figures with objects appearing to be thrown or floating above them in the spirit of “anything goes”! The figure to the left wears scuba goggles, a mask, and cap, their arms are raised. The central figure wears a bird head mask, standing behind an oversized microphone. The figure to the right is wearing a space helmet, their arms are raised and their mouth is open. Text across the figures reads “improv”. The image is coloured in various shades of orange.]
FLOP! An Improvised Musical Fiasco
by Ron Pederson & Alan Kliffer
directed by Alan Kliffer
starring Rob Baker, Jan Caruana & Ron Pederson
A Klif Entertainment production
The playwright quit, there’s no sheet music, the choreographer was cancelled and the director went into rehab. World-class performers scramble to create a miraculous new musical in this highwire act of skill, comedy, and desperation.
1975 priced show Sunday, Dec 15, 2 pm
Tickets are on sale at 1975 pricing starting Saturday, December 14 at 12 pm. Please either call, visit the box office in person or purchase online.
[Image description: An ink drawing of a female figure with bangs and shoulder-length hair. She wears a backpack with rolls strapped to her back. Her body is tattooed with images including a sun and moon, heart, house, boy and girl, as well as text including words such as love, courage, adventure, motherhood, and Covid19. The image is coloured in various shades of purple.]
Why It’s Impossible to Raise a G̶i̶r̶l̶
co-created by Sophia Fabiilli, Sarah Kitz & Zoë Sweet
by Sophia Fabiilli
directed by Evalyn Parry
starring Zoë Sweet
A SweetnFab Collective production
Beth is struggling to stay afloat as a single parent, a working professional, and the 45-year-old resident of her mother’s basement. A show about the complex relationship between mother and child, life’s transitions, and parenting in precarious times.
1975 priced show Sunday, Jan 26, 2 pm
Tickets are on sale at 1975 pricing starting Saturday, January 25 at 12 pm. Please either call, visit the box office in person or purchase online.
[Image description: An ink drawing in which four people, bodies not shown, are holding hands in a prayer circle. Their sleeves are patterned intricately with graphic designs of circles and waves inspired by Kuba and Super Wax Cloth. In the centre of the image is the flag of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Floating between the hands are images such as a church, cellphone, bible, lipstick, devil, and plane. The image is coloured in various shades of blue.]
Vierge
by Rachel Mutombo
directed by Dian Marie Bridge
a GCTC co-production with Black Theatre Workshop
Sixteen-year-old Divine’s only real friend is Jesus. When her family joins a new church she learns that the world around her is not as it seems. With heart and humour, Vierge follows four Congolese-Canadian girls as they navigate Christianity, virginity, and teenage hormones.
1975 priced show Sunday, March 23, 2 pm
Tickets are on sale at 1975 pricing starting Saturday, March 22 at 12 pm. Please either call, visit the box office in person or purchase online.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why are the tickets $3.50 this year?
As a celebration of our 50th anniversary, we decided to switch our PWYD tickets to what it used to cost in 1975 when we first opened to attend a show at GCTC.
Why do you offer lower ticket prices?
We want everyone to be able to attend theatre and not have any financial barriers in the way of attending.
I want to pick a higher price for my ticket. How do I do that?
You can purchase regular priced tickets for the first Sunday performance up to the Saturday before at noon. After this, all remaining tickets will be available for $3.50. You'll have the opportunity to pick the regular price during check-out if you prefer. If you’d like to donate to raise your ticket price for attending you are welcome to do so and will be prompted in the online checkout process.