Blyth Festival production history

Blyth Festival, located in Blyth, Ontario, Canada, specializes in the production and promotion of Canadian plays. The following is a chronological list of the productions that have been staged as part of the Festival since its inception.^[1]

1975

• The Mousetrap - by Agatha Christie
• Mostly in Clover - by Harry J. Boyle

1976

• The Blood Is Strong - by Lister Sinclair
• How I Met My Husband - by Alice Munro
• Mostly in Clover - by Harry J. Boyle
• Shape - by Jim Schaefer

1977

• A Summer Burning - 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 - by the Theatre Network

1979

• This Foreign Land - by Patricia Mahoney
• 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 David Fox and Janet Amos

1981

• He Won't Come In From The Barn - 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 - 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 and 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 and 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
• 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! - by Paul Thompson
• 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 and 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 and Janet Amos
• 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 and Janet Amos
• 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 and 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 and Janet Amos
• 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
• Ballad of Stompin' Tom - by David Scott, 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 - by Beverley Cooper

2009

• The Bootblack Orator by Ted Johns
• The Mail Order Bride by Robert Clinton
• Hockey Mom, Hockey Dad by Michael Melski
• The Nuttalls by Michael Healey
• Innocence Lost: A Play About Steven Truscott by Beverley Cooper

2010

• A Killing Snow by Paul Ciufo
• Bordertown Cafe by Kelly Rebar
• Pearl Gidley by Gary Kirkham
• The Book of Esther by Leanna Brodie

2011

• Hometown by Jean Marc Dalpe, Mieko Ouchi, Mansel Robinson, Martha Ross, Peter Smith & Des Walsh
• Vimy by Vern Thiessen
• Rope's End by Douglas Bowie
• Early August by Kate Lynch

2012

• Dear Johnny Deere by Ken Cameron, Based on the songs of Fred Eaglesmith
• Having Hope at Home by David S. Craig
• The Lonely Diner: Al Capone in Euphemia Township by Beverley Cooper
• The Devil We Know by Cheryl Foggo and Clem Martini

2013

• Dear Johnny Deere by Ken Cameron, Based on the songs of Fred Eaglesmith
• Beyond the Farm Show by The Collective
• Yorkville - The Musical Book and Lyrics by Carolyn Hay; Music by Tom Szczesniak
• Garrison's Garage by Ted Johns
• Prairie Nurse by Marie Beath Badian
• Falling: A Wake by Gary Kirkham

2014

• Kitchen Radio Book by Marion de Vries; Music & Lyrics by Marion de Vries and David Archibald
• Billy Bishop Goes to War Written and composed by John MacLachlan Gray in collaboration with Eric Peterson
• Stag and Doe by Mark Crawford
• St. Anne's Reel by Gil Garratt

References

External links

• Blyth Festival website