APPENDIX I: NEW PLAYS PREMIERED BY WALTERDALE THEATRE ASSOCIATES
New Plays Premiered by Walterdale Theatre Associates
Below is a list of new plays premiered by Walterdale during its first fifty years. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy and completeness. In some cases records may not have been available.
DATE OF PREMIERE | PLAY | PLAYWRIGHT | DIRECTOR |
Dec 14–16, 1961 | Is This a Friendly Visit? (one-act) | Mary Baldridge | Barry Vogal |
Nov 2–10, 1962 | Barranca | Jack McCreath | Jack McCreath |
Mar 8–18, 1967 | Nothing But a Man | George Ryga | Marjorie Knowler |
May 26–28, 1967 | The Canadian Fact (one-act) | Wilfred Watson | Peter Montgomery |
Nov 13–18, 1967 | Jackpot (musical) | Chet Lambertson and Jimmy Richardson | Dr. Norman Ibsen Music: Frank Glenfield |
Mar 15–17, 1968 | Yes, Dear (one-act) | Warren Graves | Warren Graves |
Mar 15–17, 1968 | Two Teardrops Frozen on a Rearview Mirror (one-act) | Wilfred Watson | Joan Krisch |
Nov 7–16, 1968 | Love in a Greenhouse | Warren Graves | Warren Graves |
July 19–31, 1971 | The Mumberly Inheritance or His Substance Frittered (melodrama) | Warren Graves | Warren Graves |
July 15–27, 1974 | Chief Shaking Spear Rides Again or the Taming of the Sioux (melodrama) | Warren Graves; songs by William Thorsell | Warren Graves |
Feb 20–22, 1975 | Pause (one-act) | Frank Moher | Jack Wilson |
Mar 1–5, 1977 | The Girl I Left Behind Me (one-act) | Erika Ritter | Warren Graves |
April 17–21, 1979 | The Coal Branch: A Documentary (one-act) | Duane Mills | Duane Mills |
Jan 29–Feb 9, 1980 | Shikata Ga Nai | Kevin Burns | Kevin Burns |
Jan 27–Feb 7, 1981 | Mutants | Brad Fraser | Brad Fraser |
May 19–30, 1981 | The Apprentice of Swipe | Gordon Pengilly | Larry Farley |
Mar 17–26, 1983 | The Tenth Negative Pig | Barbara Sapergia and Geoffrey Ursell | Frank Glenfield |
Dec 16–20, 1983 | The Three Sillies (children’s play) | Mary Glenfield | Frank Glenfield |
May 9–12, 1984 | The Immortelle (one-act) | Raymond Storey | Art van Loo |
May 9–12, 1984 | Would You Like a Cup of Tea? (one-act) | Warren Graves | Gaye LePage |
May 9–12, 1984 | Sister Virtue (one-act) | Gerald St. Maur | Gerald St. Maur |
July 17–28, 1984 | Pamela Frankenstein or Adam and Eve Meet Apple 2 (melodrama) | Warren Graves | Warren Graves |
May 9–14, 1988 | The Poet’s Pig (one-act) | Eric Rice | Eric Rice |
May 15–19, 1989 | Funny (one-act) | Tom McGovern | Eric Rice |
May 15–19, 1989 | Love at First Sight (one-act) | Peter Adamski and Michael Sturko | Robert Corness |
May 16–20, 1989 | Spiders in My Bed (one-act) | Andrea L. Toma | Marilyn Mercx |
May 16–20, 1989 | Scrap Paper (one-act) | Gerald Osborn | Gerald Osborn |
May 20–25, 1991 | Mother Tongue (one-act) | Gerald Osborn | Gerald Osborn |
May 29–June 3, 1995 | Chameleon’s Romance (one-act) | Mary Ann Trann | Andrea Martinuk |
May 29–June 3, 1995 | More Past than Future (one-act) | Charles Lendzion | Matthew Kowalchuk |
May 29–June 3, 1995 | Lady in a Barrel (one-act) | Chris Allen | Dmitri Baranov |
June 3–8, 1996 | The Pegasus Bridge (one-act) | Andrew Schuster | Michele Vance Hehir |
June 3–8, 1996 | Alien Among Us (one-act) | Darin Saretzky | David Newton |
June 3–8, 1996 | Raven Morningstar (one-act) | Kari Klassen | Lisa Newman |
June 2–7, 1997 | Crushed (one-act) | Heather Morrow | Darin Saretzky |
June 2–7, 1997 | Fragments (one-act) | Anthony King | Petros Efstathiou |
June 2–7, 1997 | Waiting for the Fish to Die (one-act) | Barbara Mah | Eric Brown |
June 1–6, 1998 | Save a Prayer (one-act) | Matthew Kowalchuk | Heather Taylor; Dramaturge: Ken Brown |
June 1–6, 1998 | Tunnel Vision (one-act) | Paul Sveen | Dramaturge: Dave Clarke and Eileen Sproule |
June 1–6, 1998 | The Retreat (one-act) | Marily Hussey | Dramaturge: Janet Hinton |
May 31–June 5, 1999 | The Burner (one-act) | Stephanie Benger | Donna Detka |
May 31–June 5, 1999 | Just (one-act) | Trevor Schmidt | Trevor Schmidt |
May 31–June 5, 1999 | Gimcrackery (one-act) | Chris Rice | Bob Klackowich |
May 29–June 3, 2000 | A Special Latitude (one-act) | Sandy Knowler | Dimitry Baranov |
May 29–June 3, 2000 | Enter the Giants (one-act) | Peter Chriss | Elizabeth Day |
May 28–June 2, 2001 | On the Subject of... | Dale Wilson | Donna Detka |
May 28–June 2, 2001 | Bang! (one-act) | William R. Cramer | Darin Saretzky |
June 10–15, 2002 | The Beaver Effect (one-act) | Mark Stubbings | David DeGagné; Dramaturge: Sam Varteniuk |
June 10–15, 2002 | Infidelity (one-act) | David Owen | Matt Kloster; Dramaturge: Sam Varteniuk |
June 9–14, 2003 | [ice land] (one-act) | Jonathan Seinen | Michael Cowie; Dramaturge: Heather Inglis |
May 4–8, 2004 | Fran Chews (one-act) | Mark Stubbings | Brian Bergum |
May 4–8, 2004 | Double Occupancy (one-act) | Blaine Newton | Stewart Burdett |
May 9–14, 2005 | The Open Mouth (one-act) | Cat Francis | Jaclyn Thomey; Dramaturge: Caroline Livingstone |
May 9–14, 2005 | Chance Moments (one-act) | Charles Netto | Sarah Van Tassel; Dramaturge: Scott Sharplin |
May 9–14, 2005 | Kissing the Armadillo (one-act) | Leland Stelck | Heather Ross; Dramaturge: Kevin Sutley |
May 8–13, 2006 | Lunatic (one-act) | Jacqueline Lamb | Dramaturge: Amy DeFelice |
May 8–13, 2006 | Crossword Puzzles (one-act) | Tracy Alsenstat | Dramaturge: Annette Loiselle |
May 8–13, 2006 | Swimming with Goldfish (one-act) | A.G. Boss | Dramaturge: Alison Wells |
May 21–26, 2007 | Pieces (one-act) | Kristen M. Finlay | Marsha Amanova; Dramaturge: David Belke |
May 21–26, 2007 | Perdu (one-act) | Katherine Koller | Taylor Chadwick; Dramaturge: David Belke |
May 21–26, 2007 | The Traveling Nude (one-act) | Phil Kriesel | Sam Varteniuk; Dramaturge: David Belke |
July 4–14, 2007 | The Trial of Salomé | Scott Sharplin | Amy Neufeld |
June 18–27, 2008 | Up Shit Creek (one-act) | Taylor Chadwick | Steve Weller, Mentor: David Belke |
June 19–28, 2008 | Cellar Doors, Secret Gardens (one-act) | Nathan Coppens | Marsha Amanova, Mentor: Trevor Schmidt |
June 18–27, 2008 | Bless You Billy Wilder (one-act) | David Belke | Stacey Lawrence |
June 19–28, 2008 | Mockingbird Close (one-act) | Trevor Schmidt | Justen Bennett |