Is this a family dinner or a Greek tragedy?
A mother and her three daughters gather to mark the anniversary of a death. But the past has other plans.
Ghosts of My House is a darkly funny exploration of family, grief, memory, and the pressures on modern women to have it all. Loosely inspired by Agamemnon, this raw, lyrical new work unravels the stories women inherit while also invoking ancient archetypes that refuse to rest.
WORLD PREMIERE | DRAMA
Ghosts of My House
Summer Season
July 8 - 19, 2026
Opening July 10
Run Time: Approximately 75 minutes
CAST
Mum – Laura de Carteret
L – Siobhan O’Malley
M – Kelly Van der Burg
B – Sarah Wilson
CREATIVE TEAM
Playwright – Susanna Fournier
Director – Leora Morris
Lighting Designer – Darren Burkett
Sound Designer – Adam Campbell
Set Designer – Ariel Slack
Stage Manager – Delaney Small
Associate Sound Designer - Sam Snyders
Costume Designer – Jennie Wonnacott
Ghosts of My House is supported by these wonderful people:
Show Sponsor: Robert Lott and Dr. Anne Robinson
Production Supporters: Crystal L. Spicer
Meet the Cast
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A working artist for the past 40 years, Ms. de Carteret has made numerous appearances in feature films, television and performed on stages across the country and abroad.
Selected film and television guest appearances include: Slo Pitch, Bet, The Boys, Cruel Intentions, Accused, Law and Order Criminal Intent: Toronto, Mrs. America, Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol, Pretty Hard Cases, Y: The Last Man, V Wars, Seed (Canadian Screen Award Nomination – Best Actress in a Comedy), Georgetown, Standoff, Mean Girls.
Stage appearances include: Paul And Linda Plan A Threesome (Here For Now Theatre), The Beauty Queen of Leenane (Neptune), Tout Comme Elle, Hamlet (Dora Nomination – Best Actress), Half Life (Necessary Angel), Sideman (Tarragon).
Ms. de Carteret has narrated documentaries for the CBC and the NFB and has voiced dozens of radio spots and cartoons.
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Previous Theatre Credits: Jill Banford in The Fox, Jessica in Spit, Belle in Post Alice, Rory in A Hundred Words for Snow, Rue in Whack! (Here For Now Theatre); Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion (Guild Festival Theatre); Fanny in Mary of Shanty Bay (Theatre by the Bay); Mary in Mary’s Wedding, Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Festival Players of Prince Edward County); Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing (The Secret Shakespeare Series); Catherine Givings in In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play), Martha in Spring Awakening, Rosalind in As You Like It, and Yelena in Uncle Vanya (The Lir). Training: Honours BA in Acting, The Lir National Academy of Dramatic Art (Trinity College Dublin/RADA). Siobhan is an Artistic Associate and Marketing Coordinator with Here For Now Theatre.
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This will be Kelly’s Here For Now Theatre debut! Previous theatre credits include Buying The Farm (Drayton Entertainment), Perfect Wedding (Upper Canada Playhouse), Renovations for Six (Aquarius), Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Leroy Street Theatre). Her recent on-screen roles include a supporting role in the limited series Borje, as well as a guest star in Heartland (CBC) and lead in the MOW Belle on Wheels. Previously, Kelly shot lead roles in the CBC web series Decoys and as “Tess” in the Canadian indie Body and Bones. She is featured in New Line Cinema’s IT 2, and FOX TV’s feature reboot Rocky Horror Picture Show directed by Kenny Ortega. She is a graduate of the CBC Actors Conservatory.
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Sarah was born in Sudbury and now lives in Stratford. Recent acting credits include Fifteen Dogs (Crow’s/NAC) and Pride & Prejudice (Grand). She’s acted in many shows at Soulpepper and performed at Canadian Stage, the Stratford Festival, and several other theatres around the province. Selected writing credits include lyrics for De Profundis: Oscar Wilde in Jail (Soulpepper), lyrics and co-book for ROSE (Soulpepper), and Inside American Pie (Harmony House PEI/Mirvish). She is the recipient of two Dora Awards for Best New Musical, a Dora as part of the ensemble of Soulpepper’s Of Human Bondage, and a Gold Medal at the New York Festival of Radio and Drama. Upcoming: Revolutionary Women in Blues (Writer/Soulpepper), Inside the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (Writer/Harmony House).
Meet the Creative Team
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Susanna Fournier is an award-winning Canadian theatre-maker and educator. She’s best known for her adventurous performance texts, interdisciplinary productions, and that gig she had in X-Men. Susanna’s company, PARADIGM productions, produced her acclaimed trilogy, The Empire, as a full season of theatre and radio-drama podcast. Her other texts include take rimbaud, PYPER, Next Time I Die, HEART/BODY, Always Still the Dawn, antigone lives*. As an educator, Susanna shapes performance pedagogy and coaches Canada’s next generation of artists. She’s taught at Toronto Metropolitan University, Armstrong Acting Studios, Etobicoke School of the Arts, Randolph College, and Cawthra Park Secondary School. www. susannafournier.com
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Leora is a director/creator who splits her time between Canada and the USA. Her work has been developed or produced at places like the Belfry Theatre, Alliance Theatre, Public Theater, NYU Tisch, Coal Mine Theatre, Olney Theatre Center, and NACL. Previous Canadian projects include The Sound Inside (Toronto Theatre Critics’ Award - Best Director) and Knives in Hens (Coal Mine Theatre), The Philosopher’s Wife by Susanna Fournier, and He Left Quietly by Yaël Farber/Duma Kumalo (2014 SummerWorks Best Production). Leora resides in Vancouver, where she is on faculty at the University of British Columbia. MFA Directing, Yale School of Drama. www.leoramorris.com
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Darren is thrilled to be back for the whole summer season at HFN! Previous Design work: Apples in Winter [Set, Lighting and Costume], Dinner with the Duchess [Set in a co-pro with Crows Theatre], 12 Dinners [Set], Life Without [Set and Costume], The Fox [Set] (Here For Now), Legally Blonde [Set] (Metro Theatre), Wizard of Oz [Set] (Pulse Productions), Something Rotten, Seussical The Musical [Set], Mamma Mia! [Set and Lighting] (Secondary Characters), and multiple set and lighting designs for dance and theatre schools in Vancouver. As an actor, he has worked across the globe. Many thanks to the whole HFN team for the unwavering trust in me, and his family, friends and especially Hunter for their never ending love and support!
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Adam Campbell is a Dora-nominated composer, sound designer and musician. Originally from Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Adam has worked as sound designer/composer with Stratford Festival, Blyth Festival, Human Body Expression, Tarragon Theatre, Canadian Stage, Here For Now Theatre, Edmonton Opera, Capitol Theatre and more. Adam made his Here For Now debut as sound designer and composer for 2025’s Reproduktion, and is thrilled to join HFN for several productions this season. Adam has toured and performed throughout North America as a percussionist with TorQ Percussion Quartet and Ladom Ensemble, and regularly plays in the pit for musical theatre productions with companies such as Mirvish Productions and Stratford Festival. In 2019, Adam released his debut solo singer-songwriter album, Guess I’m A People Too, featuring a mix of folk, rock and 90’s-tinged original music. Adam currently lives in Stratford, Ontario, with his wife Alice and their cats Ninja and Nazca.
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Ariel Slack is a multidisciplinary artist who writes, performs, and designs, and is currently Props Buyer at the Stratford Festival. Some theatre companies they have worked for as a set designer include Carousel Theatre, Geekenders, Tumbleweeds Theatre, Ensemble Theatre Company, the frank theatre, and now… Here For Now! Ariel has also been an assistant designer at the Stratford Festival on 5 shows, and was the winner of the 2022 Cultchivating the Fringe Award (Vancouver Fringe Festival) for their one person show How to Believe in Anything. They are a Jessie Award nominee, an Ovation Award winner, and completed their first international tour with Tumbleweeds Theatre's show A Little Green Leaf last fall. Proud associate member of ADC and Studio 58 grad. See more at: https://arielslack.squarespace.com/</
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Credits: Death of a Salesman (Stratford Festival) Octet (Crow's/Soulpepper/Musical Stage), Flex (Crow's/Obsidian Theatre), The Master Plan (Theatre Aquarius/Soulpepper/Crows), Liars at a Funeral (PSFT), Shirley Valentine and Pollyanna (Theatre Aquarius), Mamma Mia and Once (Thousand Islands Playhouse), Jeeves at Sea (Chemainus Theatre), Jenny's House of Joy (Foster Festival), Turn the Page (Sheridan College), An Enemy of the People (Theatre Erindale). Training: Sheridan College Technical Production Program. She would like to thank her family and friends who have always encouraged her to pursue her passion for theatre!
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Sam is an emerging theatre artist from Mitchell, Ontario, glad to be back for his third season at Here For Now. Previously at HFN, Sam stage-managed Apples in Winter, Humour Me, Stick Around, The Saviour, and Paul and Linda Plan a Threesome, and sound-designed The Rules of Playing Risk. No stranger to the Rose McQueen Stage, Sam also played Aaron in last year's Forget About Tomorrow. Other acting credits include Boris Trigorin in The Seagull (Strands of the Night), Pierre in Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 (AUTS McGill), Jason in Medea (Player's Theatre) and Moe in Pomona (Moyse Hall). Sam recently graduated from McGill University with a BA in English: Drama & Theatre. Thank you, always, to his family and friends for their constant support.
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Jennie has enjoyed a two-decade theatre career as a costume cutter and tailor, designer and professor. As a theatre professional that takes joy in the success of her peers, Jennie recently made the switch to a career in art administration to assist in facilitating what artists do best! Select design credits include 12 Angry Men and Steel Magnolias(Drayton Entertainment), and The Magic Flute (UWO). Jennie has surpassed 24 seasons at the Stratford Festival in wardrobe production. She is the 2016 recipient of the Pauline McGibbon award, and recently completed an MA is Arts Leadership from Queens University.
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“Ghosts of My House was developed with support from the Ontario Arts Council, the Canada Arts Council and Canadian Stage. Ghosts of My House received additional development support from and premiered at Here for Now Theatre (Stratford, ON) in July 2026.
Ghosts of My House is produced by permission of the Playwright and Marquis Literary (Colin Rivers) www.MQlit.ca.
Susanna Fournier is a member of the Playwrights Guild of Canada.”