---
title: Why Not Theatre
description: A Toronto theatre company creating new performance work and supporting artists through fellowships.
url: "https://www.artsume.com/o/why-not-theatre"
type: organization
createdAt: 2026-09-06
updatedAt: 2026-09-06
organizationType: Theater / performing arts
location: "Toronto, ON, Canada"
website: "https://whynot.theatre"
---

# Why Not Theatre

*Theater / performing arts • Toronto, ON, Canada*

## About

A Toronto theatre company creating new performance work and supporting artists through fellowships.

Why Not Theatre is a Toronto-based theatre company that develops and produces new contemporary performance work. Its recent work has included an intimate storytelling piece spanning Chinese-Canadian generations, a poetic environmental theatre collaboration with David Suzuki and Tara Cullis, and a series of short plays commissioned from award-winning playwrights on the climate crisis. The company also runs fellowship and travel award programs to support theatre artists.

Why Not Theatre creates and presents its work on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples in Toronto.

## Details

- **Address:** 33 Bloor Street East, 5th floor, Toronto, ON M4W 3H1, Canada
- **Website:** https://whynot.theatre
- **Social Media:** instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whynottheatreto, facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whynottheatreto, bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whynottheatreto.bsky.social, linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/why-not-theatre, youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhyNotTheatreTO, twitter: https://x.com/whynottheatreto

## Programs

View current programs from Why Not Theatre on Artsume: https://www.artsume.com/o/why-not-theatre