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.
File contains records related to A Man for All Seasons, by Robert Bolt, directed by Gisela O'Brien and produced by Bill VanGorder. The play was performed at the Pond Playhouse from April 18-May 4, 2013. Records include a program; small poster; photographs of the cast and crew; and a DVD recording.
File contains records related to Aladdin, a Christmas Pantomime by Norman Robbins, directed by Lorne Abramson and produced by Cheryl Theriault, with music direction by Leslie Grantham and Wayne MacIntyre and choreography by Louise Renault. The play ran at the Pond Playhouse from December 6-22, 2001. Records include a producer's report; small poster; email correspondence with budget information; and photographs of the cast, crew and stage.
File contains records related Henrik Ibsen's An Enemy of the People, directed by Gisele O'Brien and produced by Bill VanGorder. The play was performed at the Pond Playhouse from April 13-30, 2011. Records include a program; small poster; two reviews; a CD containing digital images of a rehearsal and front of house; and a DVD recording.
File includes records related to Angel Street, by Patrick Hamilton, directed by Beth VanGorder. The play was performed at the Pond Playhouse from June 26-July 12, 2003. Records include one program; 10 photographs of the cast, crew and set; and one videocassette.
File contains records related to Arsenic and Old Lace, by Joseph Kesserling, directed by Colette Lambert and produced by Tom Patillo. The play ran at the Pond Playhouse from July 5 - July 21, 2001. Records include a producer's report; program; newspaper review; photographs of the cast, crew and stage; and one videocassette.
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.
Fonds contains materials documenting Catherine Banks' professional playwrighting career beginning with her first published play, Eula's Offer. Records include research notes and manuscripts (handwritten and typed), correspondence, contracts, production and publicity materials, a videocassette, a DVD, photographs, sketches, and a small selection of personal papers.
File includes records related to Cinderella, a pantomime by Jeffery Pocock with the assistance of the Gratwick Partnership. It was performed at the Pond Playhouse from December 5-21, 2002. Records include a program; two drawings of the set design; and 21 photographs of the cast and crew.
File includes records related to Culture Shock, by Chris Lorne Elliott, directed by Frank MacLean and produced by Deb Pollock Post. The play ran at the Pond Playhouse from April 18 - May 4, 2002. Records include a small poster; a program; a newspaper review; and three photographs of the cast.
File contains records related to Dancing at Lughnasa, by Brian Friel, directed by Louise Renault and produced by Bill VanGorder. It was performed at the Pond Playhouse from April 28-May 14, 2005. Records include a program; two newspaper reviews; photocopied cast pictures; images for costume inspiration; and two DVDs containing cast photographs and a video recording.
File contains records related to Death by Design: A Comedy with Murder, by Rob Urbinati, directed by James Boyer and produced by Sandra Witherbee. The play was performed at the Pond Playhouse between February 19-March 7, 2015. Records include a producer's report; program; small poster; digital images and DVD recording.
File contains records related to Deathtrap, by Ira Levin, directed by Nick Jupp and produced by Hugh Vincent. The play was performed at the Pond Playhouse from February 17-March 5, 2011. Records include a program; small poster; two photocopied images of the set; and two photographs of the cast and crew.
File contains records related to Don't Dress for Dinner, a comedy by Marc Camoletti, adapted by Robin Hawdon and directed by Frank MacLean, with production and stage management by VanGorder Productions. The play ran at the Pond Playhouse from April 19 to May 5, 2001. Records include a producer's report; program; newspaper review; photographs of the cast, crew and stage; and one videocassette.
File contains records related to Doubt: A Parable, by John Patrick Shanley, directed by Emily Jewer and produced by Sandra Witherbee. The play was performed at the Pond Playhouse between September 18-October 1, 2014. Records include a program; small poster; and digital images.
File contains records related to I Hate Hamlet, by Paul Rudnick, directed by Bill VanGorden and produced by Louise Renault and Cheryl Theriault. The play was performed at Pond Playhouse from April 22 to May 8, 2004. Records include a producer's report; program; two newspaper reviews; and photographs of the cast and crew.
File contains records related Laundry and Bourbon and Lone Star, both written by James McLure, directed by Elaine Casey and Bill VanGorder and Renee Hartlieb. The plays were performed at the Pond Playhouse from June 23-July 9, 2011. Records include a producer's report; program; small poster; newspaper review and two photographs.
File contains records related to Mrs. Walford: A Month in Halsey Street, by Brenda Tyedmers, directed by Cheryl Theriault and produced by Geraldine McDonald. The play was performed from October 21-23, 2021 at Pond Playhouse and was the Theatre Arts Guild's first in-person post-COVID production. Records include a producer's report; program; press release; small poster; photographs by Josh Law; and a recording of the play on a USB flash drive.
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.
File contains records related to Noel and Gertie, by Sheridan Morley, with the words and music of Noel Coward, directed and produced by the Gratwick Partnership. The play was performed at Pond Playhouse from October 7-23, 1999. Records include copies of newspaper reviews; a program; a small poster; and four photographs of the cast.
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.
File contains a photograph of the cast of the Dalhousie Drama Club's production of "The President's Daughter" in 1908-1909. The photograph shows Jack Reid; Archie Sutherland; Helen Crichton; Grace Tupper; Marguerite H. L. Silver; Dorothy Constance Gorham; W. C. Ross; Frank Archibald; Jamie MacLeod; Stewart Mavor; Evan MacKenzie Forbes; and J. P. MacIntosh sitting or standing in several rows.
File contains photographs of Walter Borden printed onto 8.5 x 11 in. pieces of paper. Photographs feature Walter Borden in the productions, The Epistle of Tightrope Time and Driving Miss Daisy.
File contains records related to Puss in Boots, by Dave Jeanes, directed by Lorne Abramson with musical direction by Bunny Shore, and produced with Angela Butler. The play was performed at the Pond Playhouse between November 28 and December 14, 2013. Records includes a program, photograph and two small posters.
The fonds consists of records related to Richard Perkyns' research undertaken in writing The Neptune Story: Twenty-Five Years in the Life of a Leading Canadian Theatre and editing Major Plays of the Canadian Theatre 1934-1984 . The fonds also includes a copy of his doctoral thesis, The Impact of the Expressionists Movements on British and American Drama and Theatre Practice (1968) and records which pertain to his involvement with the Halifax Independent Theatre. Records include correspondence, minutes from meetings, research notes, drafts, newspaper clippings, reviews, manuscripts, photographs, and interviews recorded on audio cassettes. The fonds has been arranged in four series: The Neptune Story, Major Plays of the Canadian Theatre, Doctoral Thesis, and Halifax Independent Theatre.
The fonds contains photographs of singers and musical groups, theatrical paraphernelia, and documents regarding the construction of Ward's home on Beaufort Avenue in Halifax, Nova Scotia, as well as other printed material.
File contains records related to Robinson Crusoe, written by James Morley, directed by Jeff Pocock and produced by Carolyn McDonald. The play ran at the Pond Playhouse from December 1-17, 2000. Records include a program; small poster, newspaper review; and 24 photographs of the cast and crew.
File contains records related to Romance with a Twist, directed by Pam Lutz and produced by John Gratwick and Eric Rountree. The play was performed at Pond Playhouse from October 2-18, 2003. Records include a producer's report; program; newspaper review; and two photographs of the cast and crew.
File contains a program and photograph of Steel Magnolias, by Robert Harling, directed by Nick Jupp and produced by Sandra Witherbee. The play was performed at the Pond Playhouse between September 19-October 5, 2013.
File contains records related to Sylvia, written by A.R. Gurney and directed by Nick Jupp. The play ran at the Pond Playhouse from April 12-29, 2000. Records include a producer's report; program; small poster, newspaper review; and 17 photographs of the cast and crew.
File contains records related to Tainted Justice, written by Don Nigro, based on the book by David Newton, directed by Gisela O'Brien and produced by Bill VanGorder. The play was performed at Pond Playhouse from July 6-22, 2000. Records include copies of newspaper reviews; a program; 14 photographs of the cast; and a videocassette recording.
File contains a program, two reviews and a headshot of Corey James from TAG's joint production of W.O. Mitchell's The Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacCrimmon with the Dartmouth Players, performed at the du Maurier Studio, Neptune Theatre, from March 4-9, 2003.
File contains records related to The Boy Friend, by Sandy Wilson, directed by Gisela O'Brien and produced by John Gatwick, with music direction by Vanessa Buhr and choreography by Sandy Lund. The play ran at the Pond Playhouse from October 4-20, 2001. Records include a small poster; two newspaper reviews; photographs of the cast, crew and stage; and one videocassette.
File contains records related to The Diary of Anne Frank, by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, adapted by Wendy Kesselman, directed by Bill VanGorder and produced by Kate Hendry. The play was performed at the Pond Playhouse between April 5-21, 2018. Records include a program, small poster, photograph and producer's report.
File contains records related to The Drowsy Chaperone, music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison, book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar. The play was performed at the Pond Playhouse from June 21-July 8, 2012. Records include a program; newspaper review; and photographs of the cast and crew.
File contains records related to The Frog Prince: A Webbed Pantomime by Brenda Tyedmers and Cheryl Theriault, directed by Cheryl Theriault with musical direction by Wayne MacIntyre. The play was performed at the Pond Playhouse between November 24-December 10, 2016. Records include a program; small poster; photographs of the cast and crew; and a DVD recording.
File contains records related to The Ladies Foursome, by Norm Foster, directed by Elaine Casey and produced by Michele Moore. It was performed at the Pond Playhouse from September 19-October 5, 2019. Records include a producer's report; program; small poster; and photographs of the cast.
File contains records related to James Goldman's The Lion in Winter, directed by Rebecca Humphreys and produced by Cheryl Theriault. The play ran at the Pond Playhouse from October 12-28, 2000. Records include a program; newspaper review; and four photographs of the cast.
File contains records related to The Reluctant Resurrection of Sherlock Holmes, by David Belke, directed by Renee Hartlieb and Bill Van Gorder, and produced by Angela Butler. The play was performed at the Pond Playhouse from April 9-May 5, 2012. Records include a program; newspaper review; photograph of the cast and crew; and a DVD recording.
File contains records related to Adrian Barradell's pantomime, The Wizard of ... Oz?, directed by Angela Butler and produced by Patrick Charron. It was performed at the Pond Playhouse from November 21-December 7, 2019. Records include a producer's report; program; small poster; photographs of the cast; and DVD recording.