Slings & Arrows Prequel Reading to Reunite Original Cast Members

Original cast members from the 2003 Canadian TV show Slings & Arrows will reunite in Stratford on July 26 for a staged reading of The Amateurs, a new TV comedy prequel to Slings & Arrows by the same writing team: Susan Coyne, Bob Martin, and Mark McKinney.

The Amateurs is inspired by the founding of the Stratford Festival, and the reading will be presented as part of the Stratford Festival’s Meighen Forum.

The reading stars Slings & Arrows original cast members Bob Martin, Martha Burns, Paul Gross, Mark McKinney, Susan Coyne, Stephen Ouimette, and Don McKellar, along with Jessica B. Hill, Shannon Taylor, Maria Vacratsis, André Sills, Jeff Lillico, Aaron Krohn, Ijeoma Emesowum, Bethany Jillard, and others.

The reading, directed by Chris Abraham, will include the first two episodes. Set in rural Ontario, The Amateurs is the origin story of a Shakespeare festival that will one day capture international attention—if it can just get started.