Fonds documents the management and theatrical productions of Two Planks and a Passion Theatre Company from 1992-2016. Series include Administrative, Education and outreach, and Production records, the latter being divided into subseries reflecting the types of materials generated by theatrical productions, including prompt books, posters and programs, photographs and reviews. A sousfond, Ross Creek Centre for the Arts, contains records illustrating the development of the Centre , which was founded by Two Planks' artistic directors, Chris O'Neill and Ken Schwartz.
File contains stage manager's book for Only drunks and children tell the truth, by Drew Hayden Taylor, produced by Two Planks and a Passion Theatre Company and toured in Nova Scotia in Fall 1997. Records include a prompt script, show reports, schedules and itineraries, preset, strike and van pack lists. Materials removed intact from binder, where they were kept with records for Someday, the Spring 1997 touring production.
File contains two publicity postcards and a program for a production by Zuppa Circus Theatre in association with Two Planks and a Passion Theatre and performed at the North Street Church in Halifax in December 2002.
File contains two programs for a production by De-ba-jeh-mu-jig Theatre Group in association with Two Planks and a Passion Theatre, and performed at the 1998 Atlantic Fringe Festival and in various First Nations communities throughout Nova Scotia.
File includes programs and brochures for Eastern Front Theatre's On The Water Theatre festival and Canada's National Arts Centre Atlantic Scene festival, both of which showcased Two Planks and Passion Theatre's production of Georama.
File contains two copies of the document outlining the vision and mission of the Maritime Centre for the Arts (later to become Ross Creek Centre for the Arts), which outlines projected capital costs, project budgets, economic impact, project components, and property details.
File contains an undated action plan written by DalTech's ffocus (form and function of community & urban structure) research team, the design group hired to serve as the project architect for the Ross Creek Centre for the Arts (initially called both the Canning Centre for the Arts and the Maritime Centre for the Arts).
File contains an undated business plan for the Maritime Centre for the Arts (later called Ross Creek Centre for the Arts), with Alex Colville as Honorary Chair. The detailed plan contains an executive summary, history, vision, programming, structures and budgets, capital issues, and appendices.
File contains an undated business plan for the Maritime Centre for the Arts (later called Ross Creek Centre for the Arts), prepared by Chris O'Neill, project supervisor and co-artistic director of Two Planks and a Passion Theatre. Also contained in the file are an Arts Centre Committee agenda (31 May 2000), a letter of endorsement from Wendy Lill to Sheila Copps, Minister of Canadian Heritage, a notice of a public hearing on 20 June 2000 with presentation tips, and a printed announcement to potential donors regarding naming possibilities.
File contains an undated business plan for the Maritime Centre for the Arts (later called Ross Creek Centre for the Arts). Also in the file are two copies of a pamphlet produced by Dalhousie Faculty of Architecture's ffocus (form & formation of community and urban settlement), featuring images of the proposed centre.
File contains an undated copy of a business plan for the Maritime Centre for the Arts (later called Ross Creek Centre for the Arts), prepared by Chris O'Neill, co-artistic director of Two Planks and a Passion Theatre Association. The plan contains preliminary designs by ffocus (form & functions of community and urban settlement), dated 16/09/1999.
File comprises prompt script for Two Planks and a Passion Theatre's 2017 production of A midsummer night's dream by fire, by William Shakespeare, directed by Ken Schwartz. Records include preset lists, schedules, scene breakdowns, and music. Materials were removed intact from binder.
File includes a printed article from the Halifax Herald online about the Halifax fire department's refusal to allow a fire in the tipi during the Atlantic Fringe Festival performances on Daltech grounds.
