Dearest Community, 

Simcoe Little Theatre and Lighthouse Festival Theatre came together earlier this year to form a relationship that both parties are proud of and excited about.  

Simcoe Little Theatre (SLT) has been a wonderful community theatre for decades and now with the assistance and support of Lighthouse Festival Theatre, SLT’s future is secured.  

Unfortunately, an advertisement was recently taken out in the Simcoe Reformer which suggested that a Special Meeting of SLT would be held on August 11, 2021. The advertisement also made its way onto Facebook.  The advertisement did not come from the theatre and SLT’s logo was used without our permission.  

For clarity, SLT did not authorize or publish the advertisement. SLT has not called a Special Meeting.  Any money being requested from the public in the advertisement has not been requested by SLT.  Any payments made to those who placed the Ad will not be to SLT and will NOT result in a membership with SLT.     

We sincerely apologize for the confusion the advertisement’s publication has caused.  

SLT and Lighthouse have developed an incredibly exciting agreement that was vetted by both corporations’ legal counsel. Under the agreement, SLT’s mandate as a volunteer-run community theatre will be maintained. We believe that while Lighthouse provides administrative and artistic oversight, in addition to assuming all financial obligations, liabilities, and maintenance of the building, the volunteers and patrons of the SLT community will be able to thrive going forward.    

SLT is very proud of the hard work that has gone into creating this relationship and is ecstatic about what this means for our future in this community as a volunteer run theatre. This agreement will ensure a successful and sustainable future going forward. 

We look forward to updating the public with more about this exciting new relationship, so please stay tuned. For any official updates, you can check our website and follow us on Facebook! We cannot wait to see everyone’s faces back in our favourite little theatre.   

 Richard Gilbert 

President of Simcoe Little Theatre