This photograph shows Neil Freeman, Dean of York University's faculty of fine arts with John Snowdon of the Guelph Little Theatre. Freeman was in Guelph to conduct a theatre workshop as part of the Theatre Ontario's training program. Theatre members from Elora, Kitchener-Waterloo, and Guelph took part.
This photograph shows Angela Skidd and Kathy Barber who were two of the performers for the GCVI production of David and Lisa. The show featured music written by grade 12 student Andy MacDonald.
This photograph shows two actors from the Theatre Passe Muraille production of The West Show that took place at War Memorial Hall. The show featured stories about Canadian prairie and western life. The theatre group were funded by the Canada Council Touring Grant to research and create the show. Paul Thomson was the director for the production.
Some dark areas were highlighted with marker in the original print.
This photograph shows a scene from the production of The Rimers of Eldritch put on by the workshop theatre at the University of Guelph. The play was a drama and comedy about people living in a ghost town in the United States.
This photograph is labelled March 23, 1976 but was published March 16, 1976.
This photograph shows some of the cast in rehearsal for the Bye, Bye Birdie production at GCVI. This scene is from The Telephone Hour. The play was directed by Joyce Mackenzie and playing roles were Joe Tersigni, Vic Thompson, Katherine Jones, Angus Sheach, and Ellen Sinclair.
This photograph is labelled May 26, 1975 but was published June 2, 1975.
This picture shows Don Kinloch welcoming Bill de Lottinville, left, to Guelph. Lottinville will be taking over as manager for the Palace Theatre.
This photograph shows the cast of the shoe Up With People at their performance at Memorial Gardens in Guelph. The show was sponsored by the YM-YCWA and was raising money for the United way. 1,150 tickets were sold for the show.
This photograph is labelled November 9, 1976 but was published November 10, 1976.
This photograph shows the male chorus for the Guelph Little Theatre production of Royal Flush during a rehearsal break. Pictured here are: Malcolm Jones, Paul Snowdon, John McFadzen, Peter Mackie, Mike McLeod, and Mac Howson.
This photograph is labelled as July 18-23 but was published July 22, 1977.
This picture shows members of the cast of The Long Christmas Dinner, who are from Middlesex. The cast won two out of three awards at the Junior Farmers Association of Ontario provincial drama festival.
This photograph shpws Bernhardt Bernwell and Effie Perrine seen here during a rehearsal for the Elora Community Theatre production of "The Maltese Falcon". This production played outdoors at the ruins on Mill Street West for two weekends, July 7, 8, 9 and 14, 15, 16. Tickets were $3 for adults and $1.50 for students and seniors.
This photograph is labeled July 4-9, 1977 but was published July 7, 1977.
This photograph shows a scene from a children's play called "Max The Eater" that was put on by Theatre Max at Wellington Place. The play was sponsored by the Wellington County Library and demonstrated the benefits of food and nutrition. They also performed at the Palmerston and Arthur Library branches.
This photograph shows Marlon Jones and Marilyn MacKenzie in the lead roles of the Elora Community Theatre Production of "Barefoot in the Park". This photograph was taken during rehearsal as the characters were looking up to see snow coming through their roof.
This photograph shows Tom Hollis, the vice president and director of the Guelph Little Theatre in the directors seat for the Elora group production of Barefoot in the Park. The show played at the Elora Mill from Nov 29 - Dec 3, 1977.
This photograph shows members of Paul Gaulin's mime troupe on stage. Paul Gaulin trained under Marcel Marceau and performed in Toronto. The troupe performed the Acton Public Library. The show consists of short funny sketches some of which feature Gaulin's recurring character Pippin.
This photograph shows the four actors of the Guelph Little Theater production of "My Fat Friend"; Peter Mackie, Janet Pollock, Trevor Diggins, and Mac Howson. The show was created by Charles Lawrence and it was about an overweight girl who falls in love and two people help her slim down. The show played from November 16-19 and November 22-26.
This picture shows a scene from 'Where there's a pill there's a way' put on by Curtain Call Production at the War Memorial Hall in Guelph.
This photograph shows two actors, Jackie Martin and Ron Counsins in a scene from "Big X, Little Y", the first play put on by the Elora Poverty Theater. The play was performed at the Elora Mill.
This photograph shows the behind the scenes look for the Guelph Little Theatre Production of Royal Flush The production took place on September 9 and 10, 1977. From left to right are: Liz Stokes, Cheryl Hughes, Valda Roberts, Jane Skinner, Merin Sereres, Diane Miller, Mac Howson, and Peter Mackie.
The photograph shows three members of the Young Actors' Theatre group in their production of 1837: The Farmers' Revolt. There were 8 high school students selected to work with Guelph's professional company through a Young Canada Works federal grant: Anna Bortolon, Eric Coates, Alan Dearnley, John Devorski, Denise Gismondi, Debbie Hale, Andrea Richardson, and Lloyd Woods. The students worked for eight weeks to develop two children's plays but 1837: the Farmers' Revolt was their final project.
This picture shows a scene from the love story comedy "Same Time, Next Year" by Bernard Slade starring Hilary Spence and Lloyd Linsay.