Support the Theatre You Love
For over 80 years, the Chester Playhouse has played a unique and important role within the Chester Community by bringing world-class theatre and entertainment to audiences of all ages. The Chester Playhouse has played a vital role in shaping Chester’s past, and with your help, we can continue to build upon its success into the future. As a not-for-profit theatre, we rely on the generosity of our individual donors for approximately 60% of our funding.
Donate to Your Playhouse
Click here to donate online. A tax receipt will be provided immediately after.
Corporate Sponsorship
Our corporate partners demonstrate their support for the arts and for community.
Volunteer
with Us
Join the incredible team of volunteers who help the Playhouse run!
The
Foundation
Learn more about the
Sir Christopher Ondaatje Theatre Foundation
Our Sponsors
Our corporate sponsors are partners in helping the Playhouse continue to enrich the Village of Chester and the broader region with cultural and community programs. The 7000 patron visits to the Playhouse each year signal the importance of the Playhouse to residents, visitors, and local businesses.
The Chester Playhouse offers a range of corporate sponsorship opportunities to suit your objectives and budget. When you support the Chester Playhouse, not only do you help create the magic of live performances in an intimate setting, but you can entertain your key clients, host your valued employees and share with them experiences that will entertain and delight them, creating shared memories and strengthening relationships.
Please consider partnering with the Chester Playhouse, signaling your civic leadership to our audiences, and gaining access to unique opportunities for logo exposure, client entertainment, and employee engagement.
To learn more about becoming a Chester Playhouse Sponsor, contact Executive Director, Andrew Chandler, at andrew@chesterplayhouse.ca.
Our Supporters
Donate
The General Operating fund supports programming and staffing at your Chester Playhouse. As we work to rebuild at 22 Pleasant Street, and offer incredible live performances around our community, your donation now means more than ever. You can also donate by calling or visiting our Box office. Of course, you can also mail a cheque payable to the Chester Playhouse Society:
Chester Playhouse Society
22 Pleasant Street
PO Box 293
Chester, Nova Scotia B0J 1J0
For more information, call us: (902) 275-3933
If you wish to donate securities, please download this form. A tax receipt will be provided immediately after. You can also donate by calling or visiting our Box office. Of course, you can also mail a cheque to the Playhouse at the above address.
Charitable Registration Number: 127727444RR0001
Supporters of the Foundation
These individuals have recently made a significant contribution to the Sir Christopher Ondaatje Theatre Foundation, which supports the Chester Playhouse.
Linda Young
Operating Fund Donors
The following donors made a contribution between Jan 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025. Thank you!
Champions
$5,000 +
Black Family Foundation
The Cleather Family Foundation
Wes & Diane Campbell
Susan Crocker
Elizabeth & Fred Fountain
Suzan Fraser
Carol Hansen
Nancy Hatch
Alan Jeffers
John Risley
Kathryn Shaw
Jim Spatz & Val MacDonald
Steele Auto Group
Rose Wilson
Leaders
$1,000 - $4,999
Holy Father Productions Inc.
Adam Barrett
Thomas & Debi Boyne/Conrad
Lee & Amy Bragg
Rick Brook
Richard Calder
John & Susan Chandler
Spencer Family Charitable Foundation
Dave & Nancy Connolly
Elizabeth Crocker
Janet Donovan
Lois Dyer-Mann
Peter Fahey
Jane Filbee
Sara K Filbee
Wilson & Thelma Fitt/Costello
Lisa M Gallivan
Andrew & Nora Gross
Pamela Keating
Lisa Anita Landry
David & Mary-Anne Lyons
Kirk & Elisabeth MacCulloch
Rick MacPherson
Janet Malone
Malcolm & Sandra Matthews
Alison McEachern
Leslie & Scott McLean/McCain
Ross & Stephanie McNeil
Cheryl Millar
Tim & Bernadine Moore
Mechelle & David Mosher
Nancy & David Murray/Miller
Ross Norman
Robert Owens
Sherry Porter
Kirby Grant Putnam
Sarah & Mark Raynes
Catherine Read
Wendy & Elihu Rees
Leigh Robertson
Arif Samad Md Frcs Facs Inc.
Claudette J Sapp
Jeff Somerville
Victoria Stanhope
Paul Stockall
Grant & Pamela Stonehouse
Lisa F Totman
Bruce Towler
Virginia Veinot
Derek & Alison Wells
Robert Zed
Builders
$250 - $999
Esther Amiro
Robert Ayling & Philip John
Piers Baker
James Barkhouse
Ann Barry
Lynanne Bolton
Debbie Bond
Hugh Bowness
Gavin Brimer
Margaret Brown
Andrew Chandler
Diana J Chandler
Joan Cleather
Sandra Conrad
Janet & Larry Creaser
Julia & Michael Creighton/Frevola
Alastair & Georgie Cribb
Duncan & Deborah Cross
Dawn Curry
Sarah Dennis & Mark Lever
James Dimitroff
Colin & Carol Dodds
Paul & Deedee Dyer
Marybeth Fenton
Chris & Hiya Field
Mary E Filbee
Peggie Findlay
Colin Finlay
Gary Foshay & Mary Steckle
Jill Flinn
R Jo (Bunch) Fraser
Robin & Dianne Gilbert
Stephen & Nancy Gilbert
Wayne & Barbara Grigsby
Chris Gwynne-Timothy
Robert & Anna Healy
Trudi & Robert Helms
Eimear Kelly
Michael Kennedy
Angela Kidston
Dean Leland
Rosemary K MacInnes
Lisa MacIntyre-Smith
Anne MacLaren
Kit & Gretchen McCurdy
Lili McCurdy
Daniel & Marie McDougall
Lloyd & Kelly McKnight
William Middleton
Rowena & Robert Nunn
Richard & Barb Oland
Jim Pattillo
Jennifer & Kirby Peters
Philip Poirier & Sharlene Wolchik
Bill & Luann Polk
Jill Robbins
Matthew Ross
Gail & Graham Scott
Allan & Leslie Shaw
Elaine & David Shaw
Guy Skipworth
Fred Smithers
Teana Stewart
Oscar S Straus III
Serge Tanguay & Shelley Burke
Anne & Grant Tipler
Carol Vaughan
Patricia Watson
Community Circle
$20 - $249
Digby Pines Golf Resort & Spa
Gerri Allen
Margaret G Anderson
Rodney Andreychuk & Richard Malone
Margaret Bayer
Jim Beatty
Susan Patricia Bekkers
Bob & Susan Belliveau
Ian Benson
Siobhan Mary Bergin
Diane Binmore
Leo F Blain
Kevin Boehm
Marie Bowness
Bruce Bowser
Lisa Bozek
Patsy & Glen Brown
Sandra Bryant
Bruce William Buchanan
Jeff Burridge & Donald Poppke
Jocelyn R Caines Mosher
David & Rita K Caldwell
Anna Camp
Robin D. Carling
Andrea Chandler
Lisa Christensen
Rhonda Lynn Church
Sarah Collins
David Corkum
Simone Cottreau
Dan Cox
John Crace
Hawley Crosby
John & Donna Curry
Arlene Dalton
Laurel Darnell & Reid Campbell
Carolyn Davis Stewart
Jennifer Anavi Davies
John DeRoche
Marti J Dodge
Maureen Donovan & Andrew Hamson
Dave Duchene
Sydney & Sandra Dumaresq
Carolyn Feindel
Craig Ferguson
Wade Fisher
Kaz Flinn
Max Flinn
Jay Forbes
Linda Fraser
Rod & Gail Fraser
Wenda Ann Fraser-Housego
Barbara Fry
Phylis Furlong
William Gallacher
Deborah Gass
Mary Gatien
Stephanie Gatszegi
Francine Gingras
Eve Gordon
Erin Gore
Mary & Todd Granzow
Peter Green & Gerrie Masters
Sherry Lee Gregory
Sara Hall
Erin Hancock
Robert Hanf
Reid & Marilyn Harrison
Dawn Harwood-Jones
Wanda Hasegawa
Kathryn Herbert
Sandra Hill
Karen Hooper & Frank Metzger
Jim Hurd
Cathy Inglis
Paul Harrison Ingram
Susan Isnor
Ward & Sharron Isnor
Francis Jamieson
Beverley Johnson
Elizabeth Johnson
Rita & Keith Johnson
Michael Kaczorowski
Louise Karlson
Mary Eileen Kelly
Charli Laforce
Terri Langille
Todd Langseth
Jonathan Legate
Brian Leon
Bernice Levy
Anne Lindsay
Stewart Lindsay Jr.
Sue Logan
Barbara Luedecke
Deb Lusby
Jane MacHum
Mary Margaret MacInnis
Robert MacLeod
Thomas & Kathleen Marrie
Cheryl Matheson
Janet Elizabeth McColm
Donna McGrath
Victoria McGregor
Shirley McInnes
Michelle McKillop
Lynn McLean
Stacey McRae
Louise Michalos
Kathy & Ken McNab
Don McNeill
Janice Moreside
Emily Mosher
David H Morison
Christopher & Patricia Morse
Anne Murphy
Evelyn Murphy
Thomas Murphy
Charlotte H Murray
Jasmine Myers
Jeanne Nash
Terri & Rob Newcombe
Sonia Nixon
Mary Kathleen O’Brien
Erin O’Brien Edmonds
Katherine Jane Osler
Phil Otto
Eileen Petrie
Robert E Pietrafesa II
Lezlie Pimentel
Karen Pinsent
Robert Presson & Deborah Byrd
Eleanor Publicover
Christopher W Quigley
Lisa Quigley
Stephanie Ray
Ernest Richmond
Sarah Riley
Brian Robertson
Cathy Ross
Doug & Lynne Ross
Michael Rowan-Legg
Gillian Roy
Mary Jane Saffrey
Dan Sargeant
Martha Scott
Jonathan Silverman
Whipple Smith
Randi Solomon
Stewart & Sidney Spahr
Rob Steele
Darlene Stonehouse -Clark
Lana Sugarman
Mila Surrette
Kathie Swenson
Geraldine & Wayne Tuck
Robert Tupper
Kelli Tynes & Nevin Harrington
Otto Vanbarneveld
Judi K Vincent
Marcy Vogt
Brian & Adele Wallace
Debra & Walter Webber
Nancy Wells
Amanda Williams
Nancy Wilson
Pelka Wiltshire
Sheila & Gary Woodcock
Stephen Young
Joanna Zed
David Zitner & Lezlie Oler
In MemoriAm
We respectfully acknowledge that donations have been made in memory of the following:
Judy Wells, Dirty Dougie & the Divine Dandies