About

Odyssey Theatre is a mask and physical arts theatre company in Ottawa at the forefront of contemporary masked performance and training in Canada. The company produces innovative theatre that inspires a wide-range of audiences that are drawn to the magic of our Theatre Under the Stars program in Strathcona Park.

For Odyssey, masks are a gateway to imaginative worlds where we can explore universal human issues through myth, folktale and satire. By collaborating with artists from diverse international masked theatre forms, we create ground-breaking productions that speak to people from all walks of life. Our plays are often enriched with Commedia dell’Arte, dance, puppetry, music and other physical theatre arts in ways that create the special world of each play and capture its theme.  

We alternate between creating original contemporary plays and new translation-adaptations of international classics. Our company is a hub where creators, physical theatre artists, mask-makers, choreographers, directors and dramaturges from a variety of backgrounds can train, develop new plays, explore and share their art. 

Where We Live and Work

Odyssey creates theatre on the traditional, unceded Territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation. We are grateful for this opportunity and for the generations of people who have taken care of this land for thousands of years.

We recognize the historical and ongoing oppressions of Indigenous peoples and offer our company as an ally for change and restitution. We partner with Indigenous artists and arts enthusiasts to share practices and resources and to build towards reconciliation.

Staged Land Acknowledgement. Odyssey Young Company with Suzanne Keeptwo, directed by Eleanor Crowder. 2024

Friends of Odyssey Theatre

We are immensely grateful for the generous support of our individual donors, corporate partners, foundations and government funders.

We couldn’t do this without you. Thank you so very much! 

PLATINUM

Export Development Canada, Linda Chapman, John Forster & Laurie Steven, Monica Ruiz-Casares, Alex Sinclair, Feliks Welfeld

GOLD 

Randy Allan, Susan & Peter Annis, Cynthia Baxter, Sean Boyd, Janet Irwin, Elena Mantagaris, Blaine Marchand, Janina Milanska & Pierre Le Gall, Jane Morris, Guy Smith, Diana & Peter Steven, Jeannie Thomas

SILVER

Judith Anderson, Amelita Armit, John G. Armstrong, Nancy Brodie, Janet Campbell, David Chernushenko, Lena Creedy, Andrew Davies, Pilar Doe, Judith Dowler, Jane Dyment-Saaltink & Mark Saaltink, Brian Eckert, David Elden, Teresa Gardner, Eliane & Roger Herz-Fischler, Judith Holman, Margaret Jaques, Candy Keith, Sean Kelly & Ursula Scott, Karl Koch, Andrea Madan, Kyle & David McRobie, Joanne Miller, Mary E Moreland, Cheryl Parrott, Jeanette Rive, Mike Sheppard, Victoria Steele, Tim Stutt, Gautam Subramanjam, Lorna Tener, Emily Torrens, Dung Chi Tran, Bruce Tsuji, Elaine Vininsky, Jane Waterston

BRONZE 

Stephen Adler, Sarah Anson-Cartwright, Gaye Applebaum, Mike Aprile, Jeff Atkins, Leslee Balsam, Rod Barratt, William Beddoe, Walter Burgess, Shannon Campbell, Carol Card, Jana Clarke, Michaela Côté, Elaine de Courville Nicol, Mary C. Crocker, Jeffrey & Ann Cronin, Jane Donnelly, Erwin & Gertrudis Dreessen, Jane Gurr, Margaret Elson & Rick Lee, Peter Filipski, Brian Fogarty & Louise Voyer, Anne Marie R. Fontaine, Harriet Gorham, Deborah Ironside, Jennifer Jackson, Susan J Johnson, Violet Kelly & Monica McClean-Brown, Dann M Michols, Brian Mitani, Suzanne Monaghan, Robert Lapensee, Vincent Leblanc-Beaudoin, Nora Lee, Lucie Mainville, Gillian Misener, Kelly Mounce, Susan Mowers, Lynn Ovenden, Barbara Popel, David Phillips, Martin Rice, Sharon Roy, Antje Saroueh, William Sheppard, Randi Shulman, Pierre Simpson, Maria Somjen, Mike Sorensen, Kristina Sparkes, Rod Story, Graham Swan, Duncan Urquhart, Robin Yee, Ramune Zitikiene