The Howland Company is one of Toronto’s leading independent theatre companies that strives for innovation on and off stage.
This Spring: The World Premiere of TAKE RIMBAUD by Susanna Fournier.
A Howland Company production in partnership with Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, on stage Spring 2026. Find out more.
“Celebrate the collectively run Howland Company”.
– The Globe and Mail
“The Howland Company is one of the city’s most exciting indie companies.”
– NOW Magazine
“The Howland Company is incredibly reliable in putting out thoughtful, well-produced material. Their work never disappoints.“
– My Entertainment World
“There’s no finer ensemble of young actors in the city than The Howland Company. Their willingness to live in the silences, to throw their bodies and minds into the work, to embrace the theatrical power of a soliloquy in the midst of a naturalist show: all exceptional and truly awesome.”
– Holger Syme
Our Mandate:
The Howland Company strives for innovation on and off the stage. We are an artist-led and art-driven theatre company, dedicated to the production of electric stories that speak to the world and the times in which we live. Through an agile, collective-leadership model, Howland aims to build new operating structures that empower its artists with agency, skills, and growth opportunities. We seek to challenge and inspire our audiences through productions, training and community initiatives, fostering a new wave of theatre makers and theatre goers.
Celebrate and Support the Future of The Howland Company
The Howland Company has officially been around for 12 years! Whether you’ve been with us from the start or you’ve joined us along the way, your unwavering support is the backbone of The Howland Company and we thank you.
As we celebrate our past growth and successes and the bright future we are planning for, we invite you to consider making a donation to support our ongoing artistic journey. Your financial contribution is crucial to ensure that we can continue producing thought-provoking and inspiring theatre for decades to come! Find out more.
The Howland Company is a registered charity. Charitable registration # 76820 3549 RR0001.
Land Acknowledgement
The Howland Company works and performs in Tkaronto, the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples. This territory is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples and is covered by the Dish With One Spoon treaty, and more recently by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit.
Members of the Howland Company come from territories across Turtle Island and the globe.
The Howland Company acknowledges that as uninvited settlers on this territory we hold a responsibility to know the history of the lands we live upon, and to actively work towards becoming better treaty partners.
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