People Suck: the award-winning musical comedy
This hilarious Canadian musical showcases all the ways humanity is just the absolute worst!
Fresh off a SOLD-OUT run in Toronto, People Suck is:
Getting ready for a production in Saskatoon in autumn 2025
Gearing up to record a cast album
Planning something BIG for summer 2026
Check back here soon for more details!
“Oozes with delicious frivolity…This show belongs on bigger stages with bigger audiences.”
This hilarious and all-too-relatable musical theatre song-cycle dares ask the question: WT*A*F is wrong with humanity??
People Suck’s premiere in the Toronto Fringe Festival in 2015 was a sold-out hit, winning Best of Fringe, Patron’s Pick, and the Ed Mirvish Award. After two acclaimed productions in Melbourne, Australia, People Suck triumphantly returned to Toronto in July 2025 for a sold-out run!
By Peter Cavell (The Second City) and Megan Phillips (The Anxiety Show), directed by Jessica Sherman (Dear Evan Hansen), with cast from Come From Away, Evil Dead, and Avenue Q.
People Suck: you’ll wish for your optimism back!
People Suck
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“Gutsy, entertaining, and meaningful”
Hear People Suck!
By which we mean that you can listen to some of the songs from the show “People Suck”, not that you can hear people sucking on things. That’s an entirely different website.
“Side-splittingly hilarious”
Meet the Team
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Megan Phillips
Writer / Cast - “Dawn”
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Peter Cavell
Writer / Musical Director
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Jessica Sherman
Director
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Liana Bdéwi
Cast - “Pearl”
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Chris Johnson
Cast - “Rick”
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Michelle Nash
Cast - “Alanna”
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David Silvestri
Cast - “Alex”
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Andrea Miller
Producer / Stage Manager
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Kelsey Howatt
Choreographer / Swing
“Wildly entertaining”
Sheet music and merch
“Had me grinning from ear to ear”
Contact Us
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