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Toronto audiences can anticipate a dynamic but also a passionate dedication to fostering inclusivity, social relevance, and artistic excellence.
In 2025, The King Black Box was honoured across major year-end Toronto theatre lists. The company was cited by Ilana Lucas in BroadwayWorld’s Top Toronto Theatre 2025, and further recognized when BUG was named one of Glenn Sumi’s Top 10 Toronto Theatre Productions of 2025, with Nicholas Eddie celebrated for his performance in BUG as one of Glenn Sumi’s Top 10 Toronto Theatre Artists of 2025.
The King Black Box was also named by Sesaya Arts in their list of Theatre Companies That Caught Our Attention, noting that “what production designer Sophie Ann Rooney immersively conjures in that tiny space is consistently remarkable and surprising every single time.”
The King Black Box 25-26 Season:
Executive Director: Grisha Pasternak | Artistic Director: Sophie Ann Rooney
ROMEO PIMP x BUG
Repertoire
The King Black Box 25-26 Season:
Artistic Director: Sophie Ann Rooney | Executive Director: Grisha Pasternak
Romeo Pimp by Jesse McQueen -world premiere
director & production designer by Sophie Ann Rooney
Bug by Tracy Letts
director Andrew Cameron & production designer Sophie Ann Rooney
The King Black Box 24-25 Season:
Exec. Artistic Director: Sophie Ann Rooney | Artistic Director: Ziggy Schulting | Executive Director: Grisha Pasternak
The Glory of Living by Rebecca Gilman
director & production designer by Sophie Ann Rooney
Girls Unwanted by George F. Walker --world premiere
director George F. Walker & production designer Sophie Ann Rooney
The Irish Pub Play by Aurora McClennan and The King Black Box
director Ziggy Schulting & production designer Sophie Ann Rooney
THEATRE'S HISTORY 2012-15
The Theatre Machine 2014-15 Season
Sterling Artistic Director & Founder: Sophie Ann Rooney | Executive Team: The Theatre Machine: Luis Fernandes [unit102], Sophie Ann Rooney [sterling], Kyle Labine [sterling], Jesse Hughes [unit102], David LaFontaine [unit102], Danka Scepanovic [sterling], Scott Walker [unit102]
The Atomic Tradition by Istvan Dugalin
director & production designer Sophie Ann Rooney
[remount in Fringe]
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
director & production designer Sophie Ann Rooney
Becky Shaw by Gina Gionfriddo
director Kyle Labine
Partnership: Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley, directed by Miriam Laurence & production designer Sophie Ann Rooney
Sterling Studio Theatre 2013-14 Season
Artistic Director & Founder: Sophie Ann Rooney | Co-Artistic Director: Angela Besharah | Executive Director: Kyle Labine | Artist in Residence: Alana Pancyr | Publicist: Candice Mausner & Marketing: Caroline Millen | Playwright in Residence: Noah Davis
The Foursome by Jane Ford
You Said Love by Noah Davis
Where's My Money? by John Patrick Shanley
Ravenscroft by Don Nigro
Spectre by Don Nigro
By A Thread by Dianne Flack [remount]
Snow Angel by David Lindsay-Abaire.
Dolores by Edward Allan Baker
Red Bill by Michael Eisner
Kuwaiti Moonshine by Tim C Murphy
The Lover by Harold Pinter
Sailor's Song by John Patrick Shanley
Central Park West by Woody Allen
A Lonely impulse of Delight by John Patrick Shanley
Partnership: Cowboy Mouth by Sam Shepard & Patti Smith | Out of Gas on Lover's Leap by Mark St. Germain | The Trial of Ken Gass by Bobby Del Rio | A Life Beyond Doubt
Sterling Studio Theatre 2012-13 Season
Artistic Director & Founder: Sophie Ann Rooney | Co-Artistic Director: Angela Besharah | Artist in Residence: Alana Pancyr
Danny and the Deep Blue Sea by John Patrick Shanley
Echoes by N. Richard Nash
The Glory of Living by Rebecca Gilman
The Bear by Anton Chekhov
Interior: Panic by Tennessee Williams
By A Thread by Dianne Flacks
Mrs Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw
Burn This by Lanford Wilson
Partnership: In 40 years
Thank you to photographers:
Nate Colitto, Danka Scepanovic, Dmitry Lopatin, Matthew Bennett, Jules Sherwood, Ziggy Schulting, InsideLight, Brett Haynes, Farrah Aviva,