Open Heart Surgery Theatre

08/03/2026

It was a delicious honour to be part of casting conversations York University - check out writing from Director Coleen Shirin MacPherson on re-casting Erased for the Germany tour to Heidelberg, Germany! 🇩🇪

By Coleen Shirin MacPherson, Playwright/Director of Erased and Artistic Director of Open Heart Surgery Theatre My play Erased, which premiered at Theatre Passe Muraille in Toronto in 2024, was selected to take part in the prestigious Heidelberger Stückemarkt in Germany this May 2026. When I rece.....

08/03/2026

More writings from our cast of Erased “Performing with Ghosts: Erased” by
Part of Casting Canadian Theatre

In April/May of 2023, myself and several of my York University peers were selected for a workshop of Coleen Shirin MacPherson’s Erased as part of Theatre Passe Muraille’s BUZZ series. Since then, I have been involved in the piece as it has grown, shifted, and made its professional debut in Conti...

08/03/2026

Check out writing by Dylan Carter “Casting and Re-casting Erased” in Germany 🔥

In 2023, I was invited to intern with Open Heart Surgery Theatre as they workshopped Coleen Shirin MacPherson’s play Erased through Theatre Passe Muraille’s Buzz In-Development Series. The play employs physical language to communicate the way capitalism and authoritarianism shape the bodies of i...

05/04/2026

Erased performed at the Heidelberger Stückemarkt
This invitation to Open Heart Surgery Theatre was a unique gift for us to perform the show a second time, to invite new performers to invest in new discoveries and to bring our 17 person team to Germany to share this work in Europe! We are so grateful to the whole team at the Heidelberger Stückemarkt for welcoming us, celebrating us and creating a unique cross cultural dialogue about art and theatre across the ocean! We can’t wait until we meet again!

05/03/2026

Today is the day we share Erased with German audiences at the Heidelberger Stückemarkt!

It wouldn’t have been possible without our incredible supporters including our donors. A million thanks ✨💚

We look forward to sharing our highlights in the coming days.

05/02/2026

Erased in Heidelberg so far ✨

and the entire Heidelberger Stückemarkt team have welcome us with such open arms. We can not wait to share this story with audiences on May 3rd at 4pm at the Zwinger Theatre.

It’s not too late to donate to our go fund me. We are still feeling the loss of not getting our CCA grant so anything you can send our way would mean the world to us and support what we are doing here in Germany. Donate via the link in bio.

Set and Lighting Design by Nick Blais

Pictured Coleen MacPherson, Emma Ly, Jobina Sitoh 司徒加恩, Miranda Calderon, Annika Tupper, Tara Mohan, and Richard Feren

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04/27/2026

We are heading out to Germany to present Erased as part of the Heidelberger Stückemarkt. We will perform on Sunday May 3rd at 4pm! Zwinger 1



Thank you to all our donors through and to York University for all your support for our tour!

Look at this team 🔥 🔥 🔥

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04/22/2026

Rehearsal is underway! 🚨

The Erased team has been up on their feet since Monday getting the show back into their bodies and minds. We can’t wait to share this with German audiences on May 3 in Heidelberg!

Please consider donating to the gofund me linked in our bio to help us get there.

Pictured are Coleen MacPherson, Alix Sideris, Tara Mohan, Zina Ahmed, Dylan Carter, Jenna Geen, Melissa Kiley, Emma Ly, Zoe Magirias, Jobina Sitoh, Annika Tupper, Ericka Leobrera, Miranda Calderon, and Nancy McAlear.

04/04/2026

Erased written and directed by Coleen Shirin MacPherson, was chosen as one of three Canadian productions to be part of the international portion of the Heidelberger Stückemarkt in Heidelberg, Germany this May 2026. We are very excited by this opportunity as this is Germany's largest new play festival and Canada is the guest country this year.

Here we are on the program of our incredible team: https://www.theaterheidelberg.de/en/produktionen/20923-erased
The play is sold out. Exciting!

Here’s Coleen speaking about how we’re heading out to the Heidelberger Stückemarkt in 4 weeks and we need your help to get there.

Last weekend we learned we did not receive the Canada Council for the Arts funding we applied for. We are in need of $10k to cover the gap.

Please consider donating to our gofund me via the link in our bio to help close the gap! Any little bit helps, even sharing this video to help spread the word.

To donate or find out more: https://gofund.me/7b5aa25d8

CREDITS
Archival of Erased (2024): Ulla Laidlaw
Actors featured in the archival: Sochi Fried, Kat Khan, Rose Tuong, Nancy McAlear, Melissa Kiley, Dylan Carter, Zoe Magirias, Zina Ahmed, Jenna Geen, Emma Ly, Jobina Sitoh 司徒加恩

03/26/2026

Look at this talent! These actorswill be featured in Erased, touring to the Heidelberger Stückemarkt in Germany, performing May 4. 🔥

We’ll be introducing the rest of the amazing Erased cast over the next few days here. 🤓

To help get these four talented actors to Germany, along with the 13 other team members, consider donating to our gofund me. Link in bio 💵