New Play Highlights Challenges and Joys of Ottawa Seniors
Thank you to everyone who attended our new play about the lives of Ottawa seniors at the Rideau Rockcliffe Community Resource Centre Drama Room on March 26 and 27, 2026.
A Circle Complete, written by company Artistic Producer and director Laurel Smith, is the last in a trilogy of works produced by the company’s Seniors Sharing Stories project, an arts in the community training initiative which since 2024 has produced works based on input from community elders who represent Ottawa’s fastest growing demographic.
Sister Stages: Celebrating Women in Musical Theatre
Thank you to everyone who participated and attended Sister Stages: Celebrating Women in Musical Theatre, a joyful and energizing musical theatre. Guided by veteran director Laurel Smith of Burning Passions Theatre Company, participants explored rich ensemble material drawn from classic and contemporary musicals written for – and about – strong, dynamic female characters.
Playwrights Circle
As part of its renewed strategic direction working on training, mentoring and new work development, Burning Passions Theatre launched a new program in 2025, the Playwrights Circle, offering writers an outstanding dramaturgical opportunity with veteran award-winning theatre director, playwright, and dramaturge Laurel Smith, the company’s Artistic Producer. Meeting weekly, these writers had the opportunity to refine and reflect on the progress of their work in a group setting facilitated by Smith.