Get Involved
Four ways to keep the lights on at the Capitol.
Volunteer
Christmas Crisis at the Capitol needs a props person and backstage help
Our family Christmas show needs two more volunteers to make the magic happen:
- Props person
- Backstage crew
The show runs December 11, 12, 13, 18, 19 and 20, 2026.
Can you help? Please contact Liane at fitz@shaw.ca.
No experience needed. Pick something you love or something you’d like to learn:
- Acting
- Directing
- Assistant directing
- Show production
- Costumes
- Sewing
- Wardrobe maintenance
- Sound
- Lights
- Set design
- Set construction
- Props
- Make-up
- Cast party
- Concession & refreshments
- Front of house & ushering
- Theatre maintenance
- Clean up
- Publicity
- Photography
- Poster design & distribution
- Box office sales
- Corporate sponsorships
- Play writing
- Play reading
- Orchestra
- Chorus
- Board of directors
- Zone festival
…and much more!
Volunteers take part as members of Portal Players. Join from $10 a year, then email capitoltheatre@shaw.ca to tell us what interests you.
Auditions & show proposals
Lips Together, Teeth Apart
By Terrence McNally · directed by Diena Tyne · on stage April 15 – May 1, 2027.
- Dates
- December 7, 8, 9 and 10, 2026
- Time
- 7 to 9 pm
To book your audition date and time, email dienatyne@gmail.com. Information on what to prepare will be sent to you by email.
Future auditions: subscribe to our email newsletter to get notice of upcoming auditions.
Proposing a show: each season is planned about a year ahead. When the season is being developed, our Artistic Direction Committee (ADC) puts out a call for proposals. Subscribe to the email newsletter for updates.
Sponsor Our Season
Partner with Portal Players and turn our promotion into your promotion. Six partnership packages, from $120 for individuals to $3,000+ for businesses, with season tickets, logos, programme ads and more.
Donate
Portal Players Dramatic Society is a federally registered charitable organization and a provincially registered non-profit society. Your gift keeps a 90-year-old building alive and the stage lit for the next generation, and cash donations are tax deductible. Official donation receipts are issued for income tax purposes.
Charitable registration number: 89081 5442 RR0001 · BC Society No. S-24357
- e-Transfer to capitoltheatre@shaw.ca
- Visa or Mastercard: call 250-723-1195 or drop in at the box office
Buy a notebook
Our Capitol Theatre lined notebooks feature the 1936 opening-day photo. $10 from every copy goes to Portal Players. Produced in partnership with PWA Publishing.
Doreen Anderson Volunteer of the Year Award
This award honours the members whose time and work keep Portal Players and The Capitol Theatre going. It was named in 2010 in memory of longtime member Doreen Anderson, herself the 2008 recipient.
- 2006Pam Aspinall
- 2007Bob Mayr
- 2008Doreen Anderson
- 2009Mary Ann Naesgaard
- 2010Peter Wienold
- 2011Denis Levasseur
- 2012Hannele Talkio
- 2013Sandy Bouleau
- 2014Elliot Drew
- 2015Janet Deakin
- 2016Carrera Schroeder
- 2017Diena Tyne
- 2018Melissa Lowe
- 2019Heather Maloney
Marina Connah - 2020Brent Ronning
- 2021Mitch Coté
- 2022Naomi Boutwell
- 2023Nicole Foster
- 2024Teresa Drew
- 2025Cydney Pedersen
Darien Edgeler - 2026Liane Fitzpatrick