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Jesse Collins returns to the Playhouse . . .
The Beaver Club is hilarious experience . . .
Thursday, July 2nd - The Beaver Club is the hottest new show to hit theatres this season. A popular new comedy is scheduled to run Thursday, July 2nd thru Sunday, July 26th at Morrisburg’s Upper Canada Playhouse. In fact ‘hit’ seems to describe just about everything about this must-see production with its fabulous performances, inspired direction and innovative design, engaging story and unforgettable characters.
Playwright Barb Scheffler’s all Canadian crowd-pleasing play has literally taken theatres by storm and The Playhouse can’t wait to treat its audience to this hilarious and heartfelt experience. Like all terrific comedies, the characters are all people we know, their stories are entertaining and captivating and the laughs are plenty. The Beaver Club is all of that and more. Audiences will join four hilarious ladies as they pile into an old car and head out on a riotous cross-country road trip from Toronto to Dildo, Newfoundland. It’s a raucous journey filled with chaos, confessions, old memories and new beginnings where secrets are spilled, boundaries are tested and laughter erupts at every turn.
The play has been described as a hilarious love letter to Canada. It’s truly a Canadian adventure as the members of the Beaver Club deal with their past, present and future and discover that life is better facing the world together. The Playhouse welcomes audiences onboard to enjoy this fresh and funny addition to their summer comedy season.
The Beaver Club is directed and designed by Jesse Collins who helmed the Playhouse’s season opener Danny & Delilah as well as the theatre’s past productions of The Affections of May, Bedtime Stories, Halfway There, Moving In, The Ladies Foursome, Doris and Ivy in the Home, A Woman’s Love List, Hurry Hard and more.
Collins also brought his original musicals Dean & Jerry: What Might Have Been and The Eagles and Linda Ronstadt: What Might Have Been to the Playhouse audience. His television and film work is extensive, including an Emmy Award nomination for Zoboomafoo for PBS.
The Beaver Club cast also features familiar faces for Playhouse audiences including Linda Goranson in the role of Yvette. She was last seen in such shows as Leaving Marjorie Bliss, Drinking Alone, The Great Kooshog Lake Hollis McCauley Fishing Derby and Steel Magnolias to name a few. She also starred in the iconic Canadian film The Rowdyman and in the Oscar nominated Live Action Short The Painted Door.
Ms Gorason is joined by another Playhouse favourite, Alison Lawrence, who plays Karen. She actually appeared in The Playhouse’s first season in its current venue. Past performances include The Affections of May, Wife Begins at Forty and most recently in A Christmas Carol. She can be seen as a continuing character in the Amazon Prime series The Lake.
Local actress and familiar face on the Playhouse stage is Kathleen Egan Veinotte playing the role of Eunice and was last seen in Maggie’s Getting Married. She has also starred in such productions as Steel Magnolias, Lunenburg, The Affections of May and Having Hope at Home among many others.
Newcomer to Playhouse audiences is Robin Clipsham playing Radiance who has enjoyed an impressive career at Theatre Muskoka, Gravenhurst Opera House, the Stirling and Haliburton Festivals, Theatre Collingwood and others in such productions as Doris & Ivy in the Home, Shirley Valentine, The Ladies Foursome and more.
Audiences are invited to make the great escape and join The Beaver Club on the funniest trip they’ll take this year!
The Beaver Club
Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri/Sat/Sun at 2:00 pm
Thu/Fri at 7:30 pm
Tickets: 613-543-3713/877-550-3650
Century plus trees are showing their age . . .
Recent high winds have taken a toll on the aging and massive maples through the
South Dundas community. One of those belonging to neighbour Peter McGregor,
one that split and dropped half the giant on his front lawn. Peter had no
choice but to call in friends and professionals for a clean up . . .
A replica of the early 1800's war ship Niagara that took part in the war of 1812 motored past South Dundas
Tuesday, June 23rd in the a.m. The ship is a training vessel today piloted by a crew of 23 instructors
and student and calls home the Erie Maritime Museum, Pennsylvania, USA.
New colors on the St. Lawrence Seaway . . .
The Golden Palm, on her first trip up the St. Lawrence Seaway
brings a new and eye-catching color scheme. She's a
double-hulled vessel that is capable of carrying
oil and/or chemicals,; 150m length and
22.8m breadth. She was built at
Fujian Southeast Shipbuilding Co., Ltd, China,
her keel laid on December 20th, 2024
and launched on 24th of June 2025 . . .
Good morning South Dundas . . .
We don't often see this color in our tour of gardens. These blooms are just some of the thousands of
Iris varieties that have been on view over the past few months on our community . . .
Alyza Mullin captures Irv Francis Award . . .
Seaway High Athletic Awards celebrated . . .
Great weather translates into great photos,
especially with the variety of South Dundas backdrops available
almost everywhere one glances in our community. This shot, captured at
Mariatown Park early this week, was only lacking a few viewers taking up the chairs,
although it was quite early and quite crisp on this morning . . .
Marketing our community . . .
An overcast day on the river . . .
When the sun sneaks into the mist on a very cold St. Lawrence River morning,
Boxing Day2025 at Morrisburg
Relax (meaning): See above . . .
It is indeed a spectacular stroke of good fortune that our community can so shout out such
natural appeal. Last evening at 6:59pm the Captain Henry Jackman moved into the spotlight
that was the setting sun, around the point at Mariatown. I had just set our dinner plates
on the table when she passed our frontage, excused myself, grabbed the camera
and raced to the waterfront a bit west of our place. We've seen this set-up
every fall since we moved to our current home. These sunsets and these
ships will recreate this scene time and again before the St. Lawrence
Seaway closes for the season. And you're welcome to visit anytime!
Bring your camera, take in our updated restaurant scene, and
chase the big gals climbing the waterway to inland ports . . .
There are few locations in Eastern Ontario that can provide exposure to the natural beauty
and diversity as well as does the Upper Canada Migratory Bird Sanctuary . . .
The Algotitan running into an afternoon Fall storm east of the Iroquois Lock, South Dundas . . .
The last of the fall colors captured while on a road trip thru
Williamstown and the Long Sault Parkway . . . . . .
Every once in a while we find captures that we've set aside for editing 'later'!
According to the camera data we set this one aside years ago. The camera used in the shoot is gone!
The data provides model info, dates, gps locations and more, like July 25th, 2019 at 7:21:10 a.m.
And we were using a Canon camera with a Canon 24-105mm lens.
Our parks along the river are something so special . . .
The Trillium Class CSL Baie Comeau slips past our front yard, highlighting the last
of the fall colors and dragging the cold temperatures of the Great Lakes
into the eastern ends of the St. Lawrence Seaway . . .
The sun had just dipped below a building cloud bank on the western horizon
when the Algoma Innovator slipped quietly by Mariatown's Duncan Park,
making her way to the Iroquois lock and then on to Cleveland, Ohio.
