From our simple beginning in 1972, St. James Players have entertained thousands of Peterborough area residents and visitors alike with our musical theatre productions. 

St. James Players started out in a very modest way…performing in the church hall, borrowing costumes, improvising a stage and using whatever was available for sets.  Ours was a simple goal  ~ to provide musical theatre opportunities for the young people of our community.

As our performers and backstage workers became more experienced, our productions became more ambitious.  We moved out into the community, renting larger venues to stage these musical productions for our building audience.  We now present our  fall productions at Showplace Peterborough every November but we still do our spring productions at the end of April  in the large auditorium at St. James church.

The home and rehearsal space for St. James Players is the beautifully restored Wesley Hall (2002) in St. James Church (founded in 1908), Romaine Street, Peterborough.  It’s gleaming woodwork, beautiful stained glass windows and exceptional acoustics provide an excellent locale for the Players to rehearse for musical productions. 

We are a registered not-for-profit organization and over fifty-percent of our profits are donated annually to charities and programs both within our community and internationally.  This translates to thousands of dollars given on behalf of St. James Players during our thirty-six year tenure.

We have no intention of slowing down now and recently celebrated our 36^th season of musical theatre in November 2008. We had a Gala event at the opening night of Bells Are Ringing on November 9th at Showplace-Peterborough.

For a complete list of plays performed by the St. James Players please see our playlist.