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.
Fonds primarily consists of documentation related to publicity, personnel, equity, and the Canada Council for the Arts as well as scripts, production-based records, administrative files, correspondence, PACT files, contracts, annual meeting notes, ROADies records, financial statements and information, board meeting notes, brochures, audio tapes, photographs, and production posters.
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 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.
File includes a picture of students and teachers at St. George's School in Paradise River, Newfoundland and the script for a play "To be or not to be," performed at the school.
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.
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 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 includes press materials, photographs, reviews, correspondence and a contract for the 1998 Great Canadian Theatre Company's production in Ottawa, Ontario.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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.
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.
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.
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.
File contains a draft submission to Canadian Theatre Review and correspondence between Mary Vingoe and Deborah Cottreau, guest editor. The publication solicited a 1,500 word article on the Eastern Front Theatre's recent and past work in the areas of dramaturgy in the Maritimes. Vingoe wrote an article that describes her personal approach to dramaturgy. File also includes a b&w promotional photograph of Mary Vingoe.
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 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 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.
