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
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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.
The Sir Christopher Ondaatje Theatre Foundation
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
Operating Fund Donors
The following donors made a contribution between July 1, 2023 – December 31, 2024. Thank you!
Champions
$5,000 +
The Black Family Foundation
The Cleather Family Foundation
Susan Crocker & John Hunkin
Elizabeth & Fred Fountain
Carol Hansen
Nancy Hatch
Alan Jeffers
John Risley
Kathryn Shaw
Jim Spatz & Val MacDonald
Steele Auto Group
Rose Wilson
Leaders
$1,000 - $4,999
Thomas Boyne & Debi Conrad
Lee & Amy Bragg
Richard Calder
John & Susan Chandler
Dave & Nancy Connolly
Elizabeth Crocker
Janet Donovan
Lois Dyer-Mann
Peter Fahey
Jane Filbee
Wilson Fitt & Thelma Costello
Suzan Fraser
Lisa Gallivan
Andrew & Nora Gross
Sarah Hampson & Mark Raynes Roberts
Holy Father Productions Inc.
Pamela Keating
Lisa Landry
David & Mary-Anne Lyons
Kirk & Elisabeth MacCulloch
Rick MacPherson
Malcolm & Sandra Matthews
Leslie McLean & Scott McCain
Ross & Stephanie McNeil
Cheryl Millar
Tim & Bernadine Moore
Mechelle & David Mosher
Ross Norman
Robert Owens
Sherry Porter
Catherine Read
Dr. Arif Samad
Claudette Sapp
Paul Stockall
Grant & Pamela Stonehouse
Bruce Towler
Virginia Veinot
Derek & Alison Wells
Robert Zed
Builders
$250 - $999
Robert Ayling & Philip John
Piers Baker
James Barkhouse
Ann Barry
Lynanne Bolton
David & Susan Borrowman
Hugh Bowness
Gavin Brimer
Rick Brook
Margaret Brown
Andrew Chandler
Joan Cleather
Sandra Conrad
Janet & Larry Creaser
Julia Creighton & Michael 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
Sara K Filbee
Mary Filbee
Peggie Findlay
Colin Finlay
Jill Flinn
Bunch Fraser
Stephen & Nancy Gilbert
Robin & Dianne Gilbert
Chris Gwynne-Timothy
Robert Hanf
Robert & Anna Healy
Trudi & Robert Helms
David Hilchey
Ward & Sharron Isnor
Eimear Kelly
Michael Kennedy
Angela Kidston
Rosemary K MacInnes
Lisa MacIntyre-Smith
Gerrie Masters
Kit & Gretchen McCurdy
Lili McCurdy
Daniel & Marie McDougall
Alison McEachern
Lloyd & Kelly McKnight
Rowena & Robert Nunn
Richard & Barb Oland
Jim & Susan Pattillo
Jennifer & Kirby Peters
Philip Poirier & Sharlene Wolchik
Bill & Luann Polk
Kirby Putnam
Wendy & Elihu Rees
Leigh Robertson
Matthew Ross
Gail & Graham Scott
Elaine & David Shaw
Allan & Leslie Shaw
Guy Skipworth
Jeff & Angie Somerville
Victoria Stanhope
Oscar Straus III
Serge Tanguay & Shelley Burke
Anne & Grant Tipler
Lisa Totman
Patricia Watson
Linda Young
Community Circle
$20 - $249
Margaret Anderson
Rodney Andreychuk & Richard Malone
Rebecca Ballarin
Janet Barkhouse
Margaret Bayer
Jim Beatty
Susan Bekkers
Bob & Susan Belliveau
Ian Benson
Siobhan Bergin
Leo F Blain
Kevin Boehm
Marie Bowness
Bruce Bowser
Lisa Bozek
Patsy & Glen Brown
Sandra Bryant
Bruce Buchanan
Jeff Burridge & Donald Poppke
Jocelyn Caines Mosher
David & Rita Caldwell
Anna Camp
Robin Carling
Andrea Chandler
Lisa Christensen
Rhonda Church
Sarah Collins
David Connolly
Simone Cottreau
Dan Cox
John Crace
Hawley Crosby
Lori Cullum
John & Donna Curry
Arlene Dalton
Laurel Darnell & Reid Campbell
Anavi Davies
Digby Pines Golf Resort & Spa
Marti Dodge
Maureen Donovan & Andrew Hamson
Sydney & Sandra Dumaresq
Carolyn Feindel
Craig Ferguson
Max Flinn
Kaz Flinn
Jay Forbes
Gary Foshay & Mary Steckle
Rod & Gail Fraser
Linda Fraser
Wenda Fraser-Housego
Phylis Furlong
William Gallacher
Deborah Gass
Mary Gatien
Stephanie Gatszegi
Gerry Giffin
Francine Gingras
Eve Gordon
Erin Gore
Mary & Todd Granzow
Sara Hall
Erin Hancock
Reid & Marilyn Harrison
Dawn Harwood-Jones
Wanda Hasegawa
Kathryn Herbert
Sandra Hill
Bill Hunt
Jim Hurd
Cathy Inglis
Susan Isnor
Diana J Chandler
Rita & Keith Johnson
Beverley Johnson
Elizabeth Johnson
Annika Junger
Michael Kaczorowski
Louise Karlson
Mary Kelly
Anne Kenney
Terri Langille
Todd Langseth
Sherry Lee Gregory
Jonathan Legate
Dean Leland
Brian Leon
Bernice Levy
Anne Lindsay
Stewart Lindsay Jr.
Sue Logan
Deb Lusby
Jane MacHum
Mary MacInnis
Anne MacLaren
Peggy and Dave MacLean
Robert MacLeod
Janet Malone
Thomas & Kathleen Marrie
Cheryl Matheson
Janet McColm
Donna McCready
Victoria McGregor
Shirley McInnes
Morven McLaughlin
Lynn McLean
Kathy & Ken McNab
Don McNeill
William Middleton
Janice Moreside
David Morison
Christopher & Patricia Morse
Anne Murphy
Evelyn Murphy
Charlotte Murray
Nancy Murray & David Miller
Jasmine Myers
Terri & Rob Newcombe
Sonia Nixon
Mary O’Brien
Erin O’Brien Edmonds
Phil Otto
Eileen Petrie
Robert Pietrafesa II
Lezlie Pimentel
Robert Presson & Deborah Byrd
Eleanor Publicover
Lisa Quigley
Christopher Quigley
RIchard Rachals
Stephanie Ray
Barbara Richman
Ernest Richmond
Sarah Riley
Jill Robbins
Brian Robertson
Doug & Lynne Ross
Cathy Ross
Michael Rowan-Legg
Gillian Roy
Mary Jane Saffrey & Gerry Giffin
Dan Sargeant
Whipple Smith
Fred Smithers
Dwayne Smithers
Randi Solomon
Stewart & Sidney Spahr
Mary Steckle
Rob Steele
Teana Stewart
Darlene Stonehouse-Clark
Lana Sugarman
Mila Surrette
Kathie Swenson
Kelli Tynes & Nevin Harrington
Otto Vanbarneveld
Carol Vaughan
Judi Vincent
Marcy Vogt
Brian & Adele Wallace
Monica Wallenfels
Debra & Walter Webber
Nancy Wells
Amanda Williams
David & Alison Williams
Nancy Wilson
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