Here For Now Theatre
24 St. Andrew Street, Stratford, ON
Here For Now is not the Festival. It is an independent company, founded in 2012 by Fiona Mongillo, now in the former Perth County registry office. Sixty seats, new and underproduced plays, often one-acts, from spring through winter. The 2027 season they announced in October 2026 runs April through December. Titles move. Read them on their site, not as gospel here.
See the official seating chart & buy tickets
We don't sell tickets. Buy only from the official box office.
- Seats
- 60
- Room
- Black box — the Rose McQueen Performance Space
- Season
- Year-round Canadian and new one-acts
- Opened here
- May 24, 2025, in the old registry office
Map
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Parking
Downtown. Use a metered street and read the sign. This guide does not assign them a private lot.
Accessibility
The company describes the renovated building as fully accessible. Sixty seats means the room is small; it does not mean every seat is identical. Ask them about step-free seats and washrooms when you book.
Seating, without the chart
- A 60-seat black box has no distant bargain section. Every seat is close.
- Sightlines depend on how that show is staged — in the round, in a corner, or end-on. The chart, if they publish one, is theirs.
- There is no steep Festival-style balcony. If you need an aisle seat, say so when you buy.
- We do not copy a seating plan, and we do not sell the ticket.
Best seat for your budget
Read the seating notes above. This house is not one of the Festival's four stages, and it does not share their chart.
Festival discount zones: Play On covers Bravo, B, A and A+. Rush is not sold in the Globe Ring, Founders' Row, Spotlight or Bravo zones. The prices and the 2027 terms are on Ways to save. Those zones are Festival tickets, not a price list for every room in town.
See the official seating chart & buy tickets
We don't sell tickets. Buy only from the official box office. This page does not copy a seating chart.
Parking and intermission
Festival lot prices, the StratFest OnSite app and pre-ordered picnics are at the Festival houses. See Parking.
Current plays here
This guide's play list is the Stratford Festival season. Here For Now publishes its own year. Nothing below is a substitute for their calendar.
Nothing in the Festival file is booked into this room.
Where to eat nearby
Walking minutes are planning estimates. Menus and hours belong to the restaurant. We do not book a table.
Menus and hours are on each restaurant's own site.
Bentley's Bar, Inn & Restaurant
99 Ontario Street
Walk. Downtown, a short walk Planning estimate, not a measured Festival time.
Open late, so it is the straightforward after-show stop downtown. Fine before the Avon or Studio if you sit down with time to spare.
Open Monday: —
Their site only. We do not take a reservation, copy the menu, or quote a price.
The Starlight
64 Wellington Street
Walk. A few downtown blocks Planning estimate, not a measured Festival time.
Dinner from late afternoon, and the kitchen stays open late. Ideal after a matinee, or after an evening show. A pre-show table only works if you are already downtown and seated early.
Open Monday: —
Their site only. We do not take a reservation, copy the menu, or quote a price.
The Common
80 Wellington Street
Walk. A few downtown blocks Planning estimate, not a measured Festival time.
A sit-down downtown dinner. Give it the same clock as The Starlight: comfortable after the show, tight before an evening curtain if you are walking from the Festival Theatre.
Open Monday: —
Their site only. We do not take a reservation, copy the menu, or quote a price.