News

  • UNCOMMON SCENT will have a public Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York in April 2026

  • THE CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF FAITH FRIESEN, written with composer Danika Loren, will premiere at Against The Grain in April 2026.

  • Vertigo Theatre announces World Premiere of Susie Moloney & Vern Thiessen’s THE LODGER.

  • THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES will receive its UK premiere at the Drama Studio - London in July 2026. commissioned by the University of Manitoba, it will receive its North American/World Premiere there in the fall of 2026 .

  • ICEMEN will be produced by Theatre Burlington in the fall of 2026.

  • Vern is writing a new play called THE BOYS FROM ELMWOOD

  • Vern is once again teaching playwriting at Sage Hill.

  • BLUEBIRDS will be produced by the United Players in Vancouver in the spring of 2027