MAY 17, 2023 (Toronto, ON): Don Cole, President of the Jon Kaplan Legacy Fund, today announced the Fund’s fifth-annual theatre award recipients: $5,000 to emerging Canadian playwright Rachel Mutombo; $5,000 to stage performer Kim Nelson; and $2,500 to Abigail Henry,…
The Jon Kaplan Legacy Fund was established in 2018 to continue Jon’s work by providing encouragement and financial support to theatre makers. Thanks to the generosity of those who knew and loved him, the Fund remains active in the community,…
Today would have been Jon’s 75th birthday. I know we all miss him. Jon cared about our theatre community. He showed up for over thirty years. We are striving to support Canadian theatre makers in his honour. Thanks to your…
In June of 2021, the Toronto Fringe announced the New Young Reviewers Program, supported by the Jon Kaplan Legacy Fund. This program feels like the perfect way to honour the legacy of Jon Kaplan and the impact he had on…
Festival Players is proud to house the Kaplan Script Library as part of the Studio Theatre facility in Wellington, Ontario.
NOW Magazine's beloved theatre writer was remembered in a moving celebration