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Divorce Southern Style (Dinner Theatre)

Starts: Thursday April 9th, 2026
Ends: Sunday April 12th, 2026

$75.62 – $80.93 CAD

Starts: 6:15 PM EDT
Ends: 9:30 PM EDT

Ernie Checkeris Theatre
(Thorneloe University, top of Manitou Rd)

935 Ramsey Lak Rd, Sudbury

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Description

What you need to know:

Evening performances from Thursday to Saturday. Matinée performance on Saturday.

Doors open: 6:15 p.m.

Dinner: 6:30 p.m.

Performance: 7:30 p.m.

Saturday matinée:

Doors open at 11:45 a.m.

Lunch: 12:00 p.m.

Performance: 1:00 p.m.

Location: Thorneloe University on the Laurentian Campus

Early Bird: $70 (includes meal) – until March 26th

Regular price: $75 (includes meal) – after March 26th

IMPORTANT:
If you have dietary restrictions, please contact Mary Louise at Helvi’s Catering to arrange your custom meal (705-692-9081).

An established favorite with stock theatres, this fast-paced, wildly funny farce follows the outrageous schemes of a middle-aged divorcee determined to win back her ex-husband.

Eleanor Bander, divorced for fifteen years and running low on cash, decides that reconciliation with her ex (whose second wife has recently passed away) might be her best option. To lure him back, she hatches a plan: she tells him their daughter is about to be married—hinting that it’s a “forced situation”—when in reality, the daughter is simply engaged yet again (for the fifth time!) to her long-time fiancé.

The ruse works, but with unintended consequences. Walter, Eleanor’s ex-husband, arrives on the scene accompanied by his current flame—none other than Eleanor’s old high school rival. From there, the comedy snowballs as friends, neighbors, and misunderstandings pile on, all leading to a chaotic surprise birthday party where the truth finally comes out.

In the end, Walter is ready to forgive and forget, falling right into Eleanor’s trap. But with the laughter and chaos behind her, Eleanor comes to a surprising realization: perhaps it’s better to stay single and broke than to fall back into the same old bickering that doomed her marriage in the first place.

Full of wit, zany twists, and laugh-out-loud moments, this farce is a celebration of second chances—and the wisdom to know when not to take them.

Refund Policy

Thanks for purchasing tickets. No refunds. Exchanges only if sales permit.

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The Savannah Sipping Society (Dinner Theatre)

Starts: Thursday October 23rd, 2025
Ends: Saturday October 25th, 2025

Doors Open: 6:15 PM

Starts: 6:15 PM
Ends: 9:30 PM

Ernie Checkeris Theatre
(Thorneloe University, top of Manitou Rd)

935 Ramsey Lak Rd, Sudbur

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Description

What you need to know:

Evening performances from Thursday to Saturday. Matinée performance on Saturday.

Doors open: 6:15 p.m.

Dinner: 6:30 p.m.

Performance: 7:30 p.m.

Saturday matinée:

Doors open at 11:45 a.m.

Lunch: 12:00 p.m.

Performance: 1:00 p.m.

Location: Thorneloe University on the Laurentian Campus

Early Bird: $70 (includes meal) – until October 9th

Regular price: $75 (includes meal) – after October 9th

IMPORTANT:
If you have dietary restrictions, please contact Mary Louise at Helvi’s Catering to arrange your custom meal (705-692-9081).

In this delightful, laugh-a-minute comedy, four unique Southern women—each looking to escape the sameness of their daily routines—are drawn together by Fate (and an impromptu happy hour). What begins as a chance meeting soon turns into a pact to reclaim the enthusiasm for life they’ve lost along the way.

  • Randa – A perfectionist and workaholic, she’s suddenly facing a career derailment that exposes the truth: she has no life outside of work, and no idea how to start one.
  • Dot – Recently widowed, she’s still reeling from the loss of her husband and their retirement dreams, now facing the daunting challenge of starting over completely on her own.
  • Marlafaye – A loud, fiery Texas gal, she storms into Savannah after her husband runs off with a twenty-three-year-old dental hygienist. With equal parts humor and sass, she’s determined to rebuild her life—and get a little revenge along the way.
  • Jinx – New in town and full of energy, she appoints herself the group’s life coach. But while she’s busy helping others find their way, she fails to see that she’s the one most in need of her own advice.

Over the course of six months—filled with laughter, outrageous misadventures, and a few too many cocktails—these four women bond in unexpected ways. They find confidence, joy, and the courage to jumpstart their lives, proving that it’s never too late to live fully.

At its heart, this Jones Hope Wooten comedy is a celebration of friendship, resilience, and living in the moment. So raise your glass to these unforgettable Southern women and say “Cheers!” to a show that will leave you laughing, smiling, and maybe even a little inspired.

Refund Policy

Thanks for purchasing tickets. No refunds. Exchanges only if sales permit.

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Dinner Theatre: Don’t Dress for Dinner

Starts:
Thursday April 10th, 2025

Ends:
Saturday April 12th, 2025

Doors: 6:30 PM
Starts: 7:30 PM
Ends: 10:00 PM

Thorneloe University
935 Ramsey Lake Rd,
Greater Sudbury

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Description

What you need to know:

  • Thursday through Saturday, doors open at 6:30pm, Performance at 7:30
  • Saturday matinee, doors open at 11am,
    Performance at 12:30
  • Location: Thorneloe University on the Laurentian Campus
  • Early Bird: $65 (includes meal) Until March 27th
  • Regular price: $70 (includes meal)

NOTE:

  • Seating is done a first reserved , closest seated basis
  • For dietary restrictions, please contact Mary Louise at Helvi’s Catering: (705) 692-9081

The menu is as follows:

  • Buns & Butter
  • Tossed Salad or Caesar Salad
  • Chicken – Parmesan (unbreaded) (Gluten Free)
  • Pasta
  • Hot Veg Red
  • Velvet Cake

 

The Story:

Bernard is planning a romantic weekend with his chic Parisian mistress in his charming converted French farmhouse, whilst his wife, Jacqueline, is away. He has arranged for a cordon bleu cook to prepare gourmet delights, and has invited his best friend, Robert, along too to provide the alibi. It’s foolproof; what could possibly go wrong? Well… suppose Robert turns up not realizing quite why he has been invited. Suppose Robert and Jacqueline are secret lovers, and consequently determined that Jacqueline will NOT leave for the weekend. Suppose the cook has to pretend to be the mistress and the mistress can’t cook. Suppose everyone’s alibi gets confused with everyone else’s. An evening of hilarious confusion ensues as Bernard and Robert improvise at breakneck speed.

Refund Policy

Thanks for purchasing tickets. No refunds. Exchanges only if sales permit.

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Dinner Theatre: Nurse Jane Goes to Hawaii

Starts:
Wednesday
January 22nd, 2025

Ends:
Saturday
January 25th, 2025

Doors: 6:30 PM
Starts: 7:30 PM
Ends: 10:00 AM

Thorneloe University
935 Ramsey Lake Rd,
Greater Sudbury

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Description

What you need to know:

  • Wednesday through Saturday, door open at 6:30pm, Performance at 7:30
  • Saturday matinee, doors open at 11am, Performance at 12:30
  • Location: Thorneloe University on the Laurentian Campus
  • Early Bird Prices: $65 (includes meal) UNITL JAN 8TH
    Regular Price: $70

NOTE:

  • Seating is done a first reserved , closest seated basis
  • For dietary restrictions, please contact Mary Louise at Helvi’s Catering: (705) 692-9081

The Story:

When Vivien Bliss, writer of Harlequin Romance novels, comes to spend a romantic weekend with respectably married schoolteacher Edgar Chisholm, she starts a train of events which involves all the classic elements of farce confused identities, disguise, long lost relatives, ambushes, chases and glorious mayhem. How Vivien gets her new novel finished in the face of, behind the back of, in spite of and with the help of an advice columnist, a nosy reporter, a doctor in panty hose, an orphan with a cake and Helga the evil Russian physicist, is the story of this hilarious play.

Refund Policy

Thanks for purchasing tickets. No refunds. Exchanges only if sales permit.

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Dinner Theatre: Till Beth Do Us Part

Starts:
Wednesday
November 20th, 2024

Ends:
Saturday
November 23rd, 2024

Doors: 6:30 PM
Starts: 7:30 PM
Ends: 10:00 PM

Thorneloe University
935 Ramsey Lake Rd,
Greater Sudbury

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Description

What you need to know:

  • Wednesday through Saturday, door open at 6:30pm, Performance at 7:30
  • Saturday matinee, doors open at 11am, Performance at 12:30

Location: Thorneloe University on the Laurentian Campus

Early Bird Prices: $65 (includes meal)  ONLY UNTIL NOV 6TH
Regular price: $70 (includes meal)

NOTE:

  • Seating is done a first reserved , closest seated basis
  • For dietary restrictions, please contact Mary Louise at Helvi’s Catering: (705) 692-9081

 

The Story:

If you enjoyed the Sweet Delilah Swim Club two season ago, you will love this one!  Career-driven Suzannah Hayden needs a lot more help on the home front than she’s getting from her husband, Gibby. Lately, nurturing his marriage of twenty-seven years hasn’t been the highest priority for Gibby, but pretty soon he’ll wish it had been. Enter Beth Bailey, Suzannah’s newly hired assistant, a gregarious, highly motivated daughter of the South. To Suzannah’s delight, Beth explodes into the Hayden household and whips it into an organized, well-run machine. This couldn’t have happened at a better time for Suzannah, since her boss, Celia Carmichael, the C.E.O. of Carmichael’s Chocolates, is flying in soon for an important make-or-break business dinner. Gibby grows increasingly wary as Beth insinuates herself into more and more aspects of their lives. In no time, she exceeds her duties as a household assistant and interjects herself into Suzannah’s career. As Suzannah’s dependence on Beth grows and Gibby’s dislike of the woman deepens, Suzannah gives Beth carte blanche to change anything in the household that “will make it run more efficiently.” And the change Beth makes is convincing Suzannah that Gibby must go! When he realizes it’s Suzannah’s career Beth is really after, a newly-determined Gibby sets out to save his marriage aided by Suzannah’s best friend, Margo, a wisecracking and self-deprecating divorcee and her ex-husband, Hank, who is in the midst of his own mid-life crisis. Their effort to stop Beth at any cost sets up the wildly funny climax in which things go uproariously awry just as Suzannah’s boss arrives for that all-important dinner. Whether you’re married, single, rethinking your divorce or currently being controlled by someone up to no good, you’re sure to enjoy this family-friendly, laugh-out-loud comedy!

Refund Policy

Thanks for purchasing tickets. No refunds. Exchanges only if sales permit.

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Dinner Theatre: Four Old Broads

Starts:
Wednesday
October 23rd, 2024

Ends:
Saturday
October 26th, 2024

Doors: 5:30 PM
Starts: 6:30 PM
Ends: 10:00 PM

Thorneloe University
935 Ramsey Lake Rd,
Greater Sudbury

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Description

What you need to know:

  • Wednesday through Saturday, door open at 6:30pm, Performance at 7:30
  • Saturday matinee, doors open at 11am, Performance at 12:30

Location: Thorneloe University on the Laurentian Campus

Early Bird Cost: $65 (includes meal)

Regular Price: $70

Please call 705-662-8518 to book the members in your party. (NOTE: this is ONLY if you are buying your tickets separately under multiple last names. If you are buying all your tickets under one order, there is no need to call)

NOTE:

  • Seating is done a first reserved , closest seated basis
  • For dietary restrictions, please contact Mary Louise at Helvi’s Catering: (705) 692-9081

 

The Story:

Retired burlesque queen Beatrice Shelton desperately needs a vacation – and NOT another trip up to Helen, Georgia to see that “precious little German village for the umpteenth time.” A Sassy Seniors Cruise through the Caribbean may be just the ticket if she can just convince her best friend, Eaddy Mae Clayton, to stop praying and go with her. Unfortunately, things have not been very pleasant at Magnolia Place Assisted Living since Nurse Pat Jones began working there. The newest resident, Imogene Fletcher, is suddenly losing her memory. Maude Jenkins is obsessed with her favorite soap opera and planning her own funeral. Sam Smith, retired Elvis impersonator, keeps trying to bed every woman in the building. A mystery unfolds with laughter as the gals try to outsmart the evil Nurse Pat Jones and figure out why so many residents have been moved to “the dark side,” what exactly IS that mysterious pill, and what happened to Doctor Head? Hilarity ensues as Imogene goes undercover and Maude enters the Miss Magnolia Senior Citizen Pageant to throw Pat off their trail. If they can solve the mystery, they may make it to the cruise ship after all.

Refund Policy

Thanks for purchasing tickets. No refunds. Exchanges only if sales permit.

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Dinner Theatre: SANDY TOES & SALTY KISSES

Due to circumstances beyond our control, we have had to move the dates for Sandy Toes and Salty Kisses to the following dates: June 6, 7, 8

Please email me at Mark@sudburyperformance.ca or call/text me at 705-662-8518 to let me know what date will be best for you. Please note: I work at CRA Monday to Friday from 9-5, so I will only be able to respond to messages after hours.

I am sorry for any inconvenience that this may have caused!

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Location

  • Thorneloe University
    935 Ramsey Lake Road Greater Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6

Refund Policy

Contact the organizer to request a refund.
Eventbrite’s fee is nonrefundable.

About this event

The Story:

Bubba’s extra-curricular activities, without exception, appear to be illegal. They run the gamut from cash prize bingo, to a rum distillery, to off-track betting. You name it, Bubba is doing it. Arriving at the hotel is Beatrice Rutherford-Smythe (The epitome of the New England blue bloods) and her daughter Traci, to check out the hotel for Traci’s wedding. They have an appointment with Madame Coco, the hotel’s wedding planner, who unfortunately has eloped. The only staff member who knows anything about weddins is Uncle Bubba, who, coerced by Audrina, now has to spend the rest of the play, alternating between himself and Madame Coco.

Two other guests are checking in today. Traci’s fiance, Peter Mudd, and a mysterious Douglas DuPont. Through a mix up of room numbers, a sweries of mistaken identities ensues. Candy, the hotel receptionist is bribed by Beatrice to flirt with Peter, but ends up with Douglas. Douglas, who is actually an innocent travel writer for a destination wedding publication, is mistaken for a federal agent from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Candy’s report to Beatrice introduces a roller coaster of events creating an on again-off again wedding.

In the midest of all this mayhem,Bubba and Beatrice appear to be falling in love. Peter and Traci are reconciled (Several times), and Audrina and Douglas find they have a strong attraction for each other. Throughout the play though, one question remains unanswered: Is it true love or is it the mystique of ‘Sandy Toes & Salty Kisses’ at the Lovers’ Landing Beach Hotel?

What you need to know:

Door open at 6pm

Dinner at 6:30pm

Performance at 7:30pm

Location: Thorneloe University on the Laurentian Campus

Cost: $60 (includes meal)

Please call 705-662-8518 to book the members in your party. (NOTE: this is only if you are buying your tickets separately under multiple last names. If you are buying all your tickets under one order, there is no need to call)

NOTE:

-Seating is done a first reserved , closest seated basis

-For dietary restrictions, please contact Mary Louise at Helvi’s Catering: (705) 692-9081

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