Coal Mine Theatre

Coal Mine Theatre is an award-winning independent theatre company in Toronto, founded in 2015 by Diana Bentley and Ted Dykstra. It produces bold contemporary plays, acclaimed revivals, and premieres in an intimate 100-seat venue located at 2076 Danforth Ave, steps from Woodbine TTC Station. The company has received 60 Dora Mavor Award nominations including 13 wins, and 9 Toronto Theatre Critics Awards. It also houses The Vault, a playwrighting lab on its second floor run by Diana Bentley.

Coal Mine Theatre was founded in 2015 by Diana Bentley and Ted Dykstra. Its first show, The Motherfucker With The Hat by Stephen Adly Guirgis, opened in the basement of a pizza place, seating about 70 people, and ran for 18 performances. Over twelve seasons, it has grown into a large three-story former bank building at Woodbine and Danforth in Toronto's East End, seating 100 people, with runs typically having 28 performances. The company has received 60 Dora Mavor Award nominations including 13 wins, and 9 Toronto Theatre Critics Awards. It houses The Vault, a playwrighting lab on its second floor run by Diana Bentley, which develops world premieres of Canadian works. The company exists entirely on ticket sales and donations.

Toronto's premiere Off-Off-Broadview theatre, known for high-quality productions in small, intimate settings.

Product categories. Contemporary plays · Acclaimed revivals · World, Toronto, and Canadian premieres

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