Welcome to The Player's Guild
A murder in 1876... ...the killer's hanging two months later.
Rumours of a ghost in the costume room... A gray Victorian house with a bright red door.
Historical facts? An incredible backdrop for great theatre? How about both! The Players' Guild of Hamilton, the oldest community theatre in North America, is proud to announce that this coming season, patrons will get both: four great plays held at the historic Guild House - one of Hamilton's oldest and most unique theatre spaces.
2013-2014 Season
Players' Guild Announcement
Garage Sale May 25th!
Garage Sale at the Guild House. This will run from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. and will be held in the Guild auditorium as well as the front lawn, weather permitting. We need your STUFF – please gather up your good saleable items around the house and bring them down to the Guild. We are collecting things on the second floor in the Green Room. We will also need help on the day and the few previous days for sorting, pricing and displaying all our items as well as sales people and cashiers. Send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call me at 905 902 9099 if you can help. If you need help moving things or want to meet me at the Guild during the day let me know and we can set up a date.
Summer Show! July 5th – 13th
The Players’ Guild, in collaboration with Hammer Entertainment will be presenting The Last Five Years a musical by Jason Robert Brown that opened in Chicago in 2001 and then went on to numerous productions around North America including a short run off-Broadway. The show will run July 5th and 6th with a matinee on Sunday, the 7th and then July 12th and 13th with matinee and evening performances on Sat., the 13th Tickets are $15 for Guild and Hammer members, seniors and students and $20 for all others.
Guild AGM June 15th
The Guild’s Annual General Meeting will start at 6:30. There is a slate of Officers to elect to the Board and a few housekeeping items to take care of. The meeting will be followed by a slide show presented by Scott Smith recapping this season’s shows and then a party featuring Shari Vandermolen and her jazz band Quarter 2 Nine. She will do two sets - 8:30 for some easy listening and entertainment and 9:30 for dancing and partying. After the formal part of the meeting, Dan Scruton, a local musician will perform in the Eastbourne Room to get us in the party mood while we set out the food and strike the slide show. We will open the doors to the general public around 8:15 and there will be a light buffet and our usual pay bar throughout the night. Members will pay $10 to cover the cost of food and if they wish to stay for the rest of the night an additional $5. Tickets for everyone else will be $20. Talk it up, bring your friends and let’s have a good time. See you there.
Theatre is happening in Hamilton and in 2013
it all happens in the house with the big red doors.
Join the Guild!
Join the Guild family and become part of the wonderful world of theatre.
Memberships are only $25 per person. The membership helps support one of Hamilton's greatest community resources, and gives you all sorts of valuable discounts.
Some of the perks of membership include:
- Discounted series and single tickets
- 50% off other area community theatre groups on opening night
- Invitation to year round Guild celebrations
- Advance notice of auditions
- Free subscription to the Guild newsletter, The Buskin
- The ability to vote on, or run for, Board of Directors positions
- The opportunity to work in community theatre and have a great time.
