Same Boat Theatre Company is a Canadian theatre company based in Hamilton, ON.
Same Boat Theatre will premiere their first production as a company in this year’s Fringe Festival. Previous to this year, all of the company founders have collaborated together as part of the Hamilton Fringe Festival. In 2013, Aaron, Stephen and Lauren premiered the LARP-themed play Test to both critical acclaim and enthusiasm from Fringe audiences. And, in 2014, the company co-founders were back
07/20/2026
Same Boat is excited to announce submissions for our 2026/27 season of our play reading series, Dispatches.
All the details are in the form in our bio. Feel free to reach out with any questions, we can’t wait to hear from you!
07/16/2026
Check out co-founder Aaron Joel Craig featured in today's The Hamilton Spectator and a mention of our upcoming Dispatches event on July 20th at Last Supper Books.
MONDAY JULY 20! 730PM! Dispatches returns!
Come down to Last Supper Books and hear about our plans for this year! The space is air conditioned and the people are also kind of cool? (sorry)
See you there!
07/11/2026
Join Same Boat and Rook’s Theatre as we announce our plan for the 26/27 theatre season and share some of what we have planned for Dispatches and play development going forward!
Tickets are Pay-What-You-Can with an option to donate to the projects! Find the link where you’d expect it.
See you at Last Supper on July 20 at 730!
03/17/2026
Join Same Boat Theatre for the latest installment of our play reading series, Dispatches, at Last Supper Books.
Inspired by a fugitive slave advertisement found in a colonial newspaper in Quebec in 1785, “Unwanted” by Melissa Murray-Mutch, follows two runaways: an enslaved mixed-race man described in the ad as a “mulatto,” the other an Irish carpenter fleeing indentured servitude. Both are wanted men escaping an authority determined to control them and their future.
Doors at 7pm, Reading at 730pm.
Tickets at the link where you’d expect it.
12/02/2025
TOMORROW! Our Dispatches Reading Series returns (after our Doll's House hiatus) as we host Open Heart and a reading of Kelly Wolf's new play The Lake Effect.
🎟️ are RSVP and available at the link:
https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/sameboat/the-lake-effect
DISPATCHES IS BACK!
Join us to listen to The Lake Effect by Hamilton legend .e.l.l.y.wolf - we’re excited to be collaborating with to bring this one to you. Book your spot at the link that’s in the usual spot!
December 3rd, 730 pm - doors at 7. See you there!
Good news for us, good news for you! Online tickets are sold out, but maybe try your luck at the door? SEE YOU THERE!