Blyth Festival Past Productions




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Nichol THIS FOREIGN LAND created by Patricia Mahoney and the Company I'LL BE BACK FOR YOU BEFORE MIDNIGHT by Peter Colley McGILLICUDDY'S LOST WEEKEND by Keith Roulston CHILD by James W. Nichol ST. SAM OF THE NUKE PILE by Ted Johns THE LIFE THAT JACK BUILT by the Company with David Fox and Janet Amos QUIET IN THE LAND by Anne Chislett LOVE OR MONEY by Carol Bolt FIRE ON ICE collectively created from an original script by Keith Roulston DOWN NORTH by Janet Amos HEADS YOU LOSE by Peter Colley COUNTRY HEARTS by Ted Johns and John Roby NOBODY'S CHILD by Janice Wiseman and Holden Jones MY WILD IRISH ROSE by Janet Amos GARRISON'S GARAGE by Ted Johns A SPIDER IN THE HOUSE by Brian Tremblay CAKE-WALK by Colleen Curran BLUE CITY by Layne Coleman POLDERLAND by Bryan Wade MOOSE COUNTY by Colleen Curran PRIMROSE SCHOOL DISTRICT 109 by Ted Galay ANOTHER SEASON'S PROMISE by Anne Chislett and Keith Roulston GONE TO GLORY by Suzanne Finlay LILLY, ALTA. by Ken Dyba GIRLS IN THE GANG by Raymond Storey and John Roby BORDERTOWN CAFE by Kelly Rebar MISS BALMORAL OF THE BAYVIEW by Colleen Curran BUSH FIRE by Laurie Fyffe THE COOKIE WAR by Kathleen McDonnell FIRES IN THE NIGHT by David S. Craig THE PERILS OF PERSEPHONE by Dan Needles THE RIGHT ONE by Bryan Wade THE DREAMLAND by Raymond Storey and John Roby LOCAL TALENT by Colleen Curran A FIELD OF FLOWERS by Laurie Fyffe FIREFLY by Carol Sinclair and John Alcorn TWO BROTHERS by Ted Johns BARBERSHOP QUARTET by Layne Coleman THE END OF THE WORLD ROMANCE by Sean Dixon THE STONE ANGEL dramatization by James W. Nichol, based on the novel by Margaret Laurence CORNFLOWER BLUE by Kelly Rebar. THE HOMETOWN BOY by Robert Clinton THE GLORIOUS TWELFTH by Ray Storey YANKEE NOTIONS by Anne Chislett MANY HANDS by Dale Hamilton CEILI HOUSE by Colleen Curran SAFE HAVEN by Mary-Colin Chisholm THE OLD MAN'S BAND by John Roby WEB by Rosalind Goldsmith BACK UP AND PUSH or THE CONFESSIONS OF A REFORMED CYNIC by Ted Johns GLENGARRY SCHOOL DAYS by Anne Chislett BOUNCING BACK by Suzanne Finlay BALLAD OF A RUM RUNNERÕS DAUGHTER by Laurie Fyffe & Beth Bartley THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR by Norah Harding JAKE'S PLACE by Ted Johns BARNDANCE LIVE! A Collective by Raoul Bhaneja, Eric Coates, Andrew Dolha, Carolyn Hay, Gary Muir, Jack Nicholsen and Paul Thompson VILLA EDEN by Colleen Curran FIREWORKS by Gordon Portman BOOZE DAYS IN A DRY COUNTY A Collective by Raoul Bhaneja, Eric Coates, Bev Elliott, Carolyn Hay, Scott Hurst, Brian Paul, and Paul Thompson THERE'S NOTHING IN THE PAPER by Dave Scott OVERBOARD by Debra Kimmett WILBUR COUNTY BLUES by Andrew Moodie JOBS! JOBS! JOBS! by Keith Roulston HOT FLASHES by Paul Ledoux & John Roby THAT SUMMER by David French BIG BOX by David Carley THE GREAT SCHOOL CRISIS OF Ô99 by Ted Johns EVERY DREAM by James W. Nichol DEATH OF THE HIRED MAN, conceived & directed by Paul Thompson STOLEN LIVES - The Albert Walker Story by Peter Colley THE OUTDOOR DONNELLYS conceived & directed by Paul Thompson, by Janet Amos, Wes Berger, Eric Coates, Sean Dixon, Gil Garratt, John Jarvis, Ted Johns, Robert Kennedy, Anne Lederman, Kelly McInstoh, Alan Merovitz, Gene Pyrz, Paul Thompson, Brendan Wall CORNER GREEN by Gordon Pinsent SOMETIME, NEVER by Norah Harding McGILLICUDDY by Keith Roulston GOODBYE, PICCADILLY by Douglas Bowie BARNBOOZLED: HE WON'T COME IN FROM THE BARN, PART II by Ted Johns THE PERILOUS PIRATE'S DAUGHTER by Anne Chislett & David Archibald HIPPIE by Jonathan Garfinkel, Kelly McIntosh & Paul Thompson HAVING HOPE AT HOME by David S. Craig SPIRIT OF THE NARROWS by Anne Lederman CRICKET & CLAUDETTE by Ted Johns TEST DRIVE by Dave Carley POWERS & GLORIA by Keith Roulston THE THIRTEENTH ONE by Denyse Gervais Regan THE BALLAD OF STOMPINÕ TOM by David Scott LOST HEIR by Sean Dixon ANOTHER SEASON'S HARVEST by Anne Chislett & Keith Roulston SCHOOLHOUSE by Leanna Brodie THE EYES OF HEAVEN by Beverley Cooper REVEREND JONAH by Paul Ciufo AGAINST THE GRAIN by Carolyn Hay HARVEST by Ken Cameron COURTING JOHANNA by Marcia Johnson, Based on Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage by Alice Munro THE STEVEN TRUSCOTT PROJECT (working title) by Beverley Cooper All Productions 1975 THE MOUSETRAP by Agatha Christie MOSTLY IN CLOVER by Harry J. Boyle, adapted by James Roy, Steven Thorne and the Original Cast 1976 THE BLOOD IS STRONG by Lister Sinclair HOW I MET MY HUSBAND by Alice Munro MOSTLY IN CLOVER by Harry J. Boyle, adapted by James Roy, Steven Thorne and the Original Cast SHAPE by Jim Schaefer 1977 A SUMMER BURNING adapted by Anne Chislett from the novel by Harry J. Boyle THE BLOOD IS STRONG by Lister Sinclair THE BLYTH MEMORIAL HISTORY SHOW by Jim Schaefer THE SHORTEST DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO POINTS by Keith Roulston 1978 THE HURON TIGER by Peter Colley HIS OWN BOSS by Keith Roulston THE SCHOOL SHOW by Ted Johns GWENDOLINE by James W. Nichol TWO MILES OFF - Theatre Network 1979 THIS FOREIGN LAND created by Patricia Mahoney and Company I’LL BE BACK FOR YOU BEFORE MIDNIGHT by Peter Colley MCGILLICUDDY’S LOST WEEKEND by Keith Roulston CHILD by James W. Nichol THE DEATH OF THE DONNELLYS by Theatre Passe Muraille and Ted Johns 1980 JOHN AND THE MISSUS by Gordon Pinsent ST. SAM OF THE NUKE Pile by Ted Johns I’LL BE BACK FOR YOU BEFORE MIDNIGHT by Peter Colley THE LIFE THAT JACK BUILT by the Company with David Fox and Janet Amos 1981 HE WON’T COME IN FROM THE BARN recreated by Ted Johns QUIET IN THE LAND by Anne Chislett LOVE OR MONEY by Carol Bolt THE TOMORROW BOX by Anne Chislett FIRE ON ICE - collectively from an original scrip by Keith Roulston 1982 DOWN NORTH by Janet Amos HEADS YOU LOSE by Peter Colley LA SAGOUINE by Antonine Maillet COUNTRY HEARTS by Ted Johns and John Roby QUIET IN THE LAND by Anne Chislett 1983 NOBODY’S CHILD by Janice Wiseman and Holden Jones MY WILD IRISH ROSE by Janet Amos TIGHTEN THE TRACES, HAUL IN THE REINS by Robbie O’Neill NAKED ON THE NORTH SHORE by Ted Johns THE INNOCENT AND THE JUST by Gratien Gélinas THE TOMORROW BOX by Anne Chislett 1984 GARRISON’S GARAGE by Ted Johns A SPIDER IN THE HOUSE by Brian Tremlay CAKE-WALK by Colleen Curran BLUE CITY by Layne Coleman COUNTRY HEARTS by Ted Johns & John Roby 1985 POLDERLAND by Brian Wade MOOSE COUNTY by Colleen Curran BEAUX GESTES AND BEAUTIFUL DEEDS by Marie-Lynn Hammond PRIMROSE SCHOOL DISTRICT 109 by Ted Galay GARRISON’S GARAGE by Ted Johns 1986 ANOTHER SEASON’S PROMISE by Anne Chislett and Keith Roulston DRIFT by Rex Deverell GONE TO GLORY by Suzanne Finlay LILLY, ALTA. by Kenneth Dybat CAKE-WALK by Colleen Curran 1987 GIRLS IN THE GANG by John Roby and Raymond Storey MISS BALMORAL OF THE BAYVIEW by Colleen Curran BUSH FIRE by Laurie Fyffe ANOTHER SEASON’S PROMISE by Anne Chislett and Keith Roulston BORDERTOWN CAFÉ by Kelly Rebar 1988 THE COOKIE WAR by Kathleen McDonnell THE MAIL ORDER BRIDE by Robert Clinton LUCIEN by Marshall Button FIRES IN THE NIGHT by David S. Craig BORDERTOWN CAFÉ by Kelly Rebar 1989 PERILS OF PERSEPHONE by Dan Needles STICKS AND STONES (PART 1) by James Reaney THE RIGHT ONE by Bryan Wade THE DREAMLAND by Raymond Storey and John Roby THE MAIL ORDER BRIDE by Robert Clinton 1990 LOCAL TALENT by Collen Curran ALBERTINE, IN FIVE TIMES by Michel Tremblay A FIELD OF FLOWERS by Laurie Fyffe THE PERILS OF PERSEPHONE by Dan Needles FIREFLY by Carol Sinclair with music by John Alcorn 1991 TWO BROTHERS by Ted Johns BARBERSHOP QUARTET by Layne Coleman THE STONE ANGEL by James W. Nichol based on the novel by Margaret Lawrence END OF THE WORLD ROMANCE by Sean Dixon CORNFLOWER BLUE by Kelly Rebar 1992 THE PUFF’N’ BLOW BOYS by Valoreyne Brandt Jenkins THE HOMETOWN BOY by Robert Clinton BACK UP AND PUSH OR THE CONFESSIONS OF A REFORMED CYNIC by Ted Johns THE GLORIOUS 12TH by Raymond Storey YANKEE NOTIONS by Anne Chislett I’LL BE BACK BEFORE MIDNIGHT by Peter Colley 1993 MANY HANDS by Dale Hamilton CEILI HOUSE by Colleen Curran SAFE HAVEN by Mary-Colin Chisholm THE OLD MAN’S BAND by John Roby WEB by Rosalind Goldsmith THE GLORIOUS 12TH by Raymond Storey 1994 GLENGARRY SCHOOL DAYS by Anne Chislett HE WON’T COME IN FROM THE BARN by Ted Johns THE BLACK BONSPIEL OF WULLIE MACCRIMMON by W.O. Mitchell BOUNCING BACK by Suzanne Finlay 1995 BALLAD FOR A RUM RUNNER’S DAUGHTER book & lyrics by Laurie Fyffe & music by Beth Barley THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR by Norah Harding THE TOMORROW BOX by Anne Chislett JAKE’S PLACE by Ted Johns HE WON’T COME IN FROM THE BARN by Ted Johns 1996 BARNDANCE, LIVE! by Paul Thompson and Company MA BELLE MABEL by Cindy Cowan VILLA EDEN by Colleen Curran FIREWORKS by Gordon Portman 1997 QUIET IN THE LAND by Anne Chislett BOOZE DAYS IN A DRY COUNTY directed by Paul Thompson THERE’S NOTHING IN THE PAPER by David Scott THE MELVILLE BOYS by Norm Foster BARNDANCE LIVE! a Collective OVERBOARD! by Deborah Kimmett 1998 YESTERYEAR by Joanna McClelland Glass WILBUR COUNTY BLUES by Andrew Moodie THIRTEEN HANDS by Carol Shields JOBS, JOBS, JOBS by Keith Roulston HOT FLASHES by Paul Ledoux & John Roby 1999 THAT SUMMER by David French BIG BOX by David Carley THE GREAT SCHOOL CRISIS OF ‘99 by Ted Johns EVERY DREAM by James W. Nichol WHEN THE REAPER CALLS by Peter Colley 2000 DEATH OF THE HIRED MAN by Paul Thompson ANNE adapted for the stage by Paul Ledoux CORKER by Wendy Lill THE DRAWER BOY by Michael Healey STOLEN LIVES-THE ALBERT WALKER STORY by Peter Colley WHEN THE REAPER CALLS by Peter Colley 2001 THE OUTDOOR DONNELLYS by Paul Thompson, Janet Amos and the Company THE PASSION OF NARCISSE MONDOUX by Gratien Gelinas CRUEL TEARS by Ken Mitchell and Humphrey & the Dumptrucks MCGILLICUDDY by Keith Roulston SOMETIME, NEVER by Norah Harding CORNER GREEN by Gordon Pinsent 2002 THE OUTDOOR DONNELLYS by Paul Thompson, Janet Amos and the Company GOODBYE, PICCADILLY by Douglas Bowie FILTHY RICH by George F. Walker THE DRAWER BOY by Michael Healey BARNBOOZLED: HE WON’T COME IN FROM THE BARN, PART II by Ted Johns 2003 THE PERILOUS PIRATE’S DAUGHTER by Anne Chislett & David Archibald LEAVING HOME by David French HIPPIE by Jonathan Garfinkel, Kelly McIntosh, Paul Thompson HAVING HOPE AT HOME by David S. Craig BARNBOOZLED: HE WON’T COME IN FROM THE BARN, PART II by Ted Johns 2004 THE OUTDOOR DONNELLYS by Paul Thompson, Janet Amos & Company HEAT WAVE by Michel Marc Bouchard SALT-WATER MOON by David French SPIRIT OF THE NARROWS by Anne Lederman CRICKET & CLAUDETTE by Ted Johns TEST DRIVE by Dave Carley 2005 THE GINKGO TREE by Lee MacDougall POWERS AND GLORIA by Keith Roulston THE THIRTEENTH ONE by Denyse Gervais Regan I’LL BE BACK BEFORE MIDNIGHT by Peter Colley SPIRIT OF THE NARROWS by Anne Lederman 2006 BALLAD OF STOMPIN’ TOM by David Scott, songs by Stompin’ Tom Connors LOST HEIR by Sean Dixon ANOTHER SEASON’S HARVEST by Anne Chislett & Keith Roulston SCHOOLHOUSE by Leanna Brodie 2007 THE EYES OF HEAVEN by Beverley Cooper QUEEN MILLI OF GALT by Gary Kirkham WORLD WITHOUT SHADOWS by Lance Woolaver REVEREND JONAH by Paul Ciufo THE BALLAD OF STOMPIN' TOM by David Scott, with songs by Stompin' Tom Connors 2008 AGAINST THE GRAIN by Carolyn Hay HARVEST by Ken Cameron COURTING JOHANNA by Marcia Johnson, Based on Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage by Alice Munro THE STEVEN TRUSCOTT PROJECT (working title) by Beverley Cooper