🎉 UPDATE: WE HAVE A NEW VAN!! 🎉
WAIT - WHAT HAPPENED?!
Well, at the end of March, our touring van - driven by Artistic Director Cedric en route home from a conference where he was representing TOTB - got hit by a pickup truck which entered the oncoming lane. 😣 We’re incredibly grateful that Cedric is safe and nobody was hurt, but the ole Beatmobile that carried our artists, sets, and stories across the country for many years was unfortunately toast. See our artists’ farewell send-off to her here!
The timing couldn’t have been worse. On May 2, our team departs on a Western Canada tour of Invisible Threads - our first national tour since 2023. Without a safe and functional touring van, that work wouldn’t have been able to take place. But our amazing community came to the rescue:
Thank you so much for helping us secure new wheels so our team can bring this show to communities across Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia this spring, starting vital conversations about human trafficking, forced labour, global systems of exploitation, and the limits of activism.
If you missed the chance to help us fund our new wheels, never fear: a donation today still goes a heck of a long way toward helping our tours stay sustainable. A gift of any size helps us prepare for the unexpected, and if you donate before May 2nd, you get a shot at helping us name the new van!
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Theatre of the Beat
2174 Danforth Ave, Toronto, ON. M4C 1K3
CHARITY NUMBER
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donors
Creative Communications & Outreach Manager Johnny Wideman and former Board Chair Fred Martin
None of the work we do would be possible without the support of our donors. Thank you to all the PASSENGERS, Mechanics, Navigators, and Drivers we have had over the years.
2025 donors
Passengers
Alissa Bender, Jake and Louise Buhler, Laura McCallum, Margaret and Neil Burnett, Marijke Groenen, Meaghan Watson, Rhona Cogan, Roger and Carolyn Horst, Roxanne Wright, Sue Croley, Virginia Reimer and Peter Dick, Anonymous x2
MechanicS
those who donateD $100-$499
Aaron and Alyson Neufeld, Abram Bergen, Aldred and Erna Neufeldt, Alex and Chani Wiens, Brenda Mak, Carolyn Heath, Cecil and Reta Wagler, Cyndie Blackmore, Danforth Mennonite Church, Daniel Kramer, Dave Klassen, Gayle Zacharias, Glenn & Irene Steiner, Hugh and Lys Laurence, Hugo C. Peters, James and Margaret Beer, Janet Lewis, Johnny Wideman, Krista Alexander, Lloyd Leonard, Maurice Koetsier, Megan Piercey Monafu, Melissa Miller and Dean Peachey, Murray Lumley, Norbert and Judith Driedger, Phyllis Martin-Neufeld and Keith Neufeld, Reynold and Esther Redekopp, Rita MacDonald, Rob Norquay, Roger and Heather Kehl, Ron de Roo, Ruth and Vincent Friesen, Thomas and Teresa Warkentin, Wesley Dyck and Shirley Grove, Anonymous x4
NavigatorS
those who donateD $500-$999
Annette Reesor and Jeff Steiner, Arlene Reesor, Dan Mast, Barry Reesor and Lori Guenther, Eugene and Julia Reesor, Gary & Brenda Leis, Geoff & Audrey Wichert, Geraldine Balzer, John Byer, John Neufeld, Mathew and Jillian Suta, Nolan Andres, Pauline & Marvin Shank, Rebecca Steiner and Pierre-Joël Koop, Samuel Steiner in memory of Sue Clemmer Steiner, Steve Brenneman, Timothy Wichert and Debra Simpson, Zach and Julie Peters
DriverS
those who donateD $1000+
Carolyn & Richard Reesor, Justin Reesor John Harder, Sandra and Dieter Schonwetter, Karl and Ilene Bergen, Steve Martin, Karen Partridge, Dawn and Cameron Kaufman-FreyMichael and Diane Ediger, Jim and Lorna Blair Foundation, Eleanor Nash, Darren and Monika Pries-Klassen, Anonymous x1
