PLAY Society

PLAY Society is a non-profit organization that provides affordable theatre and musical theatre programming to local families. P.L.A.Y.

We also host a season of professional musicals. The Professional Live Arts for Youth Society (P.L.A.Y.) is dedicated to bringing Arts programs to children and youth everywhere we can! Too long have arts classes been unaffordable and inaccessible. With every dollar counting these days, parents are having to prioritize and cutback on certain extracurricular activities for the family. Going to the mo

vies, eating out and after school programs are big ticket items that many of us are going without. The Barbara Howard Foundation is putting an end to one of those items through their new non profit, P.L.A.Y. It was given this name because at the core of the arts and every child is simply play. will bring theatre professionals to Langley and provide top tier classes that will result in a professional production to anyone who wants it. Classes will run as 10 week semesters and students will create a piece of theatre that will be performed at a theatre during the final class. The goal is to make them as cost friendly as possible. These types of classes normally cost between $9-13 per hour, P.L.A.Y. classes will come in around $4 per hour which hopefully makes them affordable to everyone. Creating these classes are two local theatre professionals; Jessica Anne Nelson and Brad Tones. Jessica Anne Nelson is an award-winning theatre director, creator, and producer in Vancouver, with a B.A. in Theatre Honours from the University of British Columbia. Jessica has had a life-long love of creative theatre. Growing up on a 40-acre plant nursery in Langley, she developed a passion for theatre created out in nature, learning that she could use the environment around her as both source material and stage. She has been teaching children and youth, aged 2-13 visual art and theatre classes for the past 2 years in the Greater Vancouver area. Brad Tones has been teaching drama for 9 years throughout the Greater Vancouver area, most notably StageCoach theatre Arts and the Tones Academy of Arts. He is an accomplished actor, director, writer and teacher. Brad is a theatre graduate from SFU and currently resides in Maple Ridge with the 3 loves of his life, Amber and their two girls Kaydence and Callie.

06/03/2026

$8/hr Summer Camps in Langley! Space is limited.
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05/18/2026

Come catch us at May Day Parade!!

05/07/2026

Today is a hard day, today our thoughts and prayers are with Dan Card and his family as he battles hard to the very end. Dan Card was one of PLAY Societies inaugural board of directors and PLAY’s very first Treasurer.

Dan was an ambassador for PLAY and believed in accessible, affordable and professional programming for youth. He was a distinguished realtor and told everyone he knew about this amazing program that he helped build. Dan was an integral part of our first years, we couldn’t have done it without him.

Dan is a kind, generous and loving young man. His family and his children are amazing and will grow into outstanding individuals as they had an outstanding father.

Dan is battling cancer. I want to thank him for the work he did with us and the affect he had on this society, this community and his family.

With love and respect, you are loved.

04/27/2026

We can’t wait to start rehearsals for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and our semester classes! Stay tuned and don’t forget to sign up for summer camps!

04/11/2026

A great pic from our last show The Lightening Thief! Make sure to email us for audition information [email protected] for our next production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee!

04/08/2026

Spelling Bee Audition Information is ready. Email us at [email protected]

03/31/2026

Our summer camp registration is open! ☀️

All camps ages 7-11
Kpop Demon Hunter: July 6th - 10th
Sponge Bob Square Pants: July 13th - 17th
Mario Brothers Galaxy: August 10th - 14th
Zootopia 2: August 17th - 21st

03/27/2026

Happy world theatre day! We are so grateful for this theatre community we have and continue to build in Langley! ❤️💛🩵💚

03/25/2026

We are still reminiscing over how amazing this show was! Can’t wait for you all to see what we have planned for summer… information coming soon! 🧡

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+16046129713

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http://www.playsociety.ca/

Address

#39 22411 124th Avenue
Maple Ridge, BC
V2X0H5

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