Fonds comprises administration, publicity and production records of 2b theatre company since their inception as Bunnies in the Headlights Theatre in 1999. Records types include manuscripts, correspondence, programs, posters, playbills and photographs.
Series contains documents related to theatrical, television, film, and radio performances of actor Jenny Munday. The documents include acting contracts, correspondence, theatre programs, reviews, newspaper articles, photographs, and other documents about the productions that Munday acted in. The documents also include greeting cards congratulating Munday for her performances.
6 prints : ca 25 contact sheets : 22 negatives, colour and b&w. Includes photos of Lauren Bacall, Barry Nelson, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Ian McShane, David Renton, Diana D’Aquila, John Wood and other actors, and interior of a theatre.
File contains two autographed photographs of the English actor John Martin-Harvey, signed for John Daniel Logan following a performance in Halifax on May 19, 1921. One of the photographs shows him in costume for a role.
Subseries contains autographs of musicians, some of which are on concert programs. These concert programs also frequently contain annotations by J.D. Logan about the music performed. Most of the autographs would have been obtained from the musician directly by John Daniel Logan, with the exception of the autograph of the American pianist and composer Louis Morceau Gottschalk (1829-1869) and that of the French operatic soprano Marie Rôze Mapleson (1846-1926).
Series contains autographs, autograph letters, and autographed photographs. The letters were purchased by John Daniel Logan and were predominantly written by composers, including Giuseppe Verdi and Jacques Offenbach. Many of the autographs are signed on concert programs, presumably from concerts that Logan attended. The photographs are of musicians and actors, including several of the English actor Johnston Forbes-Robertson, and were sent to or obtained by Logan for his personal collection and in his capacity as a music critic and journalist.
Subseries contains programs from concerts that John Daniel Logan attended in Canada, excluding Nova Scotia, predominantly at venues in Toronto and Montreal. Many of the programs include annotations by Logan.
File contains a letter from the English-born American actress Julia Marlowe Sothern thanking John Daniel Logan for sending her and her husband (E. H. Sothern) some of his poetry and inviting Logan to visit them backstage at one of their performances.
File contains documents related to Jenny Munday's association with Christopher Banks & Associates, a talent agency. The documents include correspondence with Christopher Banks & Associates; notes about payment; acting contracts; and other documents.
File contains documents related to Jenny Munday's association with Andrei Pauzer from Performing Arts Management. The documents include correspondence with Pauzer; a contracts between Munday and Pauzer; Munday's resume; and other documents.
File contains documents related to Jenny Munday's association with Sloan Talent Agency. The documents include correspondence with Sloan Talent; invoices; acting contracts; weekly time reports; and other documents.
File contains documents related to Jenny Munday's participation in the Canadian Actors' Equity Association Advisory Committee. The documents include correspondence; a list of committee members; and a report from an Equity Council meeting.
Fonds comprises records created and collected by Don Allison that document his work as an actor in Neptune Theatre's 1967 production of The Wooden Ship, as well as his own poetry and prose writings. There is also a small number of letters from someone named Anna.
Item is a poster for Eastern Front Theatre's production, "Portia White: First You Dream," at Alderney Landing Theatre in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The play was directed by Linda Moore and featured Réjean J. Cournoyer, Sandi Ross, Jeremiah Sparks, and Denise A. Williams.
File contains flyers and programs for "Revelations," "The Collected Works of Billy the Kid," and "Forever Yours, Marie-Lou" produced at Second Stage; "The Empire Builders" at Pier 1; "The Daughter-in-law" at Theatre New Brunswick; "The Devil's Disciple" at Neptune Theatre; and "The Satyricon" and "All the Queen's Men." File also contains a postcard of the Charlottetown Summer Festival.
Series consists of Henry Orenstein's materials regarding his professional activities, including photographs, negatives, sketches, programs, flyers, posters, postcards, slides, correspondence and other materials. Fonds contains several of Henry Orenstein's art pieces and sketches, including related to the "Sudbury Industrial Landscape" project. In the 1950s, Henry Orenstein was commissioned by the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers of Sudbury to paint a mural for the local union hall, which was the centre of a broad-ranging cultural role of Mine Mill Local 598 in the Sudbury area. At that time, Mine Mill was in the midst of a series of raids by the United Steelworkers.
File contains six contracts related to Home First Production's 2010 production of the play Home by Colleen Wagner. Contracts are between Home First Productions and Mary Vingoe (director), Karren Bassett, John Beale Jr., Mary-Colin Chisholm, David Hughes, and Sarah English (performers). File also includes a letter from the Canadian Actors' Equity Association and a copy of the association's independent artists projects policy.
Fonds contains records pertaining to Jenny Munday's career as a playwright, actor, director, dramaturge and arts administrator. Materials include manuscript drafts; professional contracts; production reviews; grant applications; and correspondence. The fonds also contains records related to Munday's time as a Crake Fellow in Drama at Mount Allison University.
File contains several different versions of Jenny Munday's resume, used while applying for work as an actor. Some of the resumes are printed on letterhead from Munday's agencies or managers.
File contains several different versions of Jenny Munday's curriculum vitae and resume, which she used to apply for jobs in theatre, film, television, and radio.
Fonds consists of Joan and Henry Orenstein's materials regarding their professional activities, including photographs, negatives, sketches, programs, flyers, posters, postcards, slides, correspondence and other materials. Fonds includes several photographs of Joan Orenstein acting, Henry Orenstein's art pieces and sketches, and Joan and Henry Orenstein's family photographic negatives.
File contains certificates awarded by the Cultural Federations of Nova Scotia, the Maritime branch of the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists, and the Dora Mavor Moore Awards.
Series consists of Joan Orenstein's materials regarding her professional activities, including photographs, programs, flyers, postcards, correspondence and other materials. Fonds includes several photographs of Joan Orenstein acting in "Stone Angel," "La Sagouine," "William Schwenck and Arthur Who" or "Shades of G&S," "Wood Demon" and other productions.
Fonds contains photographs taken by Lionel Simmons during the 1970s, primarily of Neptune Theatre productions, rehearsals and people. The photographic format is overwhelmingly black-and-white negative film, but also includes contact sheets, prints and slides.
Fonds consists of records that document every aspect of Neptune Theatre as an organization, including various textual records and graphic and audio-visual material pertaining to productions, events, personnel, and the administration of the Theatre. Types of records include correspondence, meeting minutes, reports and newsletters, financial records, box office records, applications, licenses, contracts, scripts, posters, newspaper clippings, production notes, programs, press kits, videocassettes, audiocassettes, negatives, contact sheets, slides, photographs, and other materials.
Subseries contains programs from concerts that John Daniel Logan attended in Nova Scotia, predominantly at venues in Halifax. Many of the programs include annotations by Logan.
Accession consists of miscellaneous records relating to David Renton's acting and directing career, and includes publicity and performance photographs, correspondence, contracts, appointment calendars and diaries. There are also publicity photographs of Karine Renton's father announcing the CHNS radio program Now it Can Be Told.
Fonds consists of records relating to Renton's personal life as well as his acting and teaching careers. The personal papers include files on specific actors, athletics, clippings and publications, festivals and workshops, financial records, Portus Theatre Productions (the production company he founded), school-related theatrical education materials, committee work, unions, associations, and a variety of other subjects. Correspondence includes letters to, from, and about Renton and are primarily theatre-related. The scripts were accumulated by Renton throughout his career as an actor, director, and producer. The fonds also includes photographs and slides of numerous theatrical productions.