Item is a manuscript copy of The Promised Land, first produced in the spring of 1988 by the Mulgrave Road Co-op Theatre, which included a three-week tour with one week at Toronto's Theatre Passe Muraille as part of the From the Ground Up Theatre Festival.
File contains project grant applications and correspondence for Christopher Heide's "Poor People," which evolved into "The Promised Land," produced by Mulgrave Theatre in 1988. File also contains a tour schedule and contract between Christopher Heide and Mulgrave Road Co-op Theatre.
Item is a manuscript that includes a component list indicating originals and compiled materials by Christopher Heide. The revue was sponsored by the Nova Scotia Department of Culture, Recreation and Fitness in cooperation with the Old Home Summer Commission, a 1982 revival of a festival incorporated by the province in 1920 to encourage tourism. The revue was directed by Don Allison and featured Nicola Lipman, Barrie Dunn, Gay Haliser and Robbie O'Neill, with musicians Sandy Moore and Nathan Currie.
File contains one digital recording of the raw source audio used to create the episode Time Out, by the Working Theatre, which aired on September 22, 1989.
File contains documents regarding the creation of the Rock Meets Bone episode titled "Time Out" by the Working Theatre, which aired on September 22, 1989. The episode is a play created by five participants of an adult literacy program at the Mulgrave Road Co-op in collaboration with the Guysborough County people. Participants include Hughie Ashe, Elizabeth Byard, Sue Clyke, Ernie Daniel, and Ruth Scott. Materials include an introduction script, handwritten production notes, and a booklet, press release, and information on the adult literacy program.
File contains an audio cassette with episode one of the radio program Rock Meets Bone hosted by Brian Guns. The episode highlights a performance of "Time Out" produced as part of the Working Theatre Project organized by Mulgrave Road Theatre. The episode aired on September 22, 1989. The recording is on side B of the audio cassette.
File includes records documenting Mulgrave Road Co-op Theatre's Working Theatre Project, which used theatre structures and methodologies with an adult education approach to literacy upgrading. Records include correspondence; reports; notes; a contract with Christopher Heide; budgets; project summary; and a program for "Time Out," the play produced by program's participants.
File contains seven pages of prose as well as posters created by Working Theatre Project participants. The posters feature pictorial shields illustrating achievements, strengths and skills.