Since 2009, the Stratford Festival has partnered with a fledgling theatre company in Suchitoto, El Salvador, to support economic stability through the arts in that community and help it rebuild itself in the wake a civil war.

At this Salvadoran-inspired dinner, Allan Culham, former Canadian Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador and to the Organization of American States, Tito Hasbun, Board President of Primer Acto and Logistics Manager of Es Artes, Pilar Garcia, Cuso International Representative, Central America and Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino share the challenges of recovery in that community, long dictated by violence.

Following dinner, some of the young artists share their story in performance. Proceeds from the dinner go to Es Artes.