Like all of you, The Stephenville Theatre Festival (STF) is following very closely to the developments related to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The health and safety of this community, as well as staff, patrons, artists, volunteers, and audience, is of the utmost importance to us. The festival has therefore made the heartbreaking decision to announce that we are unable to proceed with the proposed plans for the 2020 summer season scheduled from July 17 – August 16, 2020. We will continue to monitor the swiftly changing environment and make operational choices based on the ongoing recommendations of our government and health officials.

The festival staff are hard at work, readying ourselves to present professional programming as soon as performers and audiences can share space and stories together again. STF will continue engaging with the community by conducting online rehearsals for the Young Company production of the “Wizard of Oz”, developing new work, and looking ahead to the production of our newly researched and developed play, “To the Girls” by Meghan Greeley. Plans are also underway to present another incredible Christmas show with the festival’s newly established community theatre branch – The STF Players.

Please stay in touch, and look out for the announcement of upcoming programming that will be released as soon as we can all enjoy the benefits of live performance again. And then, when this is over, and we are encouraged to once again gather as a community, We will move into the future strong, healthy and unified!

-Heather Braaten – Artistic Director, Stephenville Theatre Festival