Sudbury Theatre Centre
 Sudbury Theatre Centre | |
| Address |
Sudbury, Ontario Canada |
|---|---|
| Type | professional and amateur theatre |
| Current use | Professional and amateur theatre |
| Opened | September 14, 1971 |
| Website | |
| http://www.sudburytheatre.on.ca/ Sudbury Theatre Centre | |
The Sudbury Theatre Centre is a professional theatre company, located in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
Following an Ontario government report in 1967 which recommended the creation of a theatre company in Sudbury, local arts patrons Sonja Dunn, Carolyn Fouriezos, Bill Hart, Bob Remnant and Peg Roberts raised funds to bring the Gryphon Theatre Company of Barrie to Sudbury for a production of Neil Simon's Come Blow Your Horn. That production was staged at Laurentian University's Fraser Auditorium in May 1970.
Following that production, the Sudbury Theatre Centre was officially incorporated on September 14, 1971. Over the next number of years, the STC staged plays and children's theatre workshops at Fraser Auditorium, Cambrian College and the Inco Club. Its success was largely due to the dedication of long-standing artistic director Tony Lloyd, who made it his mission to build a theatre for the people of Sudbury.
In 1980, the city of Sudbury donated a parcel of municipal land on Shaughnessy Street near Civic Square to the STC for the construction of their own permanent 289-seat theatre. Construction began in July 1981, and the new facility was officially opened at the launch of the company's 1982 theatre season.
The company's current artistic director is David Savoy.
Current creative and administrative staff
- Artistic director – Caleb Marshall
- General manager – Kathy Heimbecker
- Education coordinator – Judi Straughan
- Communications coordinator – Callam Rodya
- Technical director – Michael Johnson
- House manager – Jeff Smith
- Playwright-in-residence – Matthew Heiti
2005–06 season
- William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
- John MacLachlan Gray, Billy Bishop Goes to War
- Peter Colley, When the Reaper Calls
- David French, Of the Fields, Lately
- Alan Menken and Howard Ashman, Little Shop of Horrors
2006–07 season
- Dean Regan, A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline
- Joanna McClelland Glass, Trying
- Michel Marc Bouchard, Heat Wave
- Arthur Miller, The Price
- Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt, 2 Pianos, 4 Hands
Children's program
- Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach
- Ontario Ballet Theatre, The Nutcracker
2007–08 season
- Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield, The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged)
- Jeffrey Hatcher and Mitch Albom, Tuesdays With Morrie
- Dan Needles, Wingfield's Inferno
- David Lindsay-Abaire, Rabbit Hole
- Alan Janes, Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story
- Geofrey Dinwiddie, Cinderella
Children's program
- Val MacMenemey, Heroes and Villains
- Kim McCaw, Muncha Buncha Munsch
2008–09 season
- Molière, The Miser
- David French, Salt-Water Moon
- Robert Reale (music), Willie Reale (book and lyrics), based on the books by Arnold Lobel, A Year With Frog and Toad
- Michelle Riml, Sexy Laundry
- John Mighton, Half Life
- Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics) Hugh Wheeler (book, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2009–10 season
- Ken Ludwig, Leading Ladies
- John Patrick Shanley, Doubt: A Parable
- Norm Foster, The Love List
- Lindsay Price, The Flying Bandit
- Terrence McNally and David Yazbek, The Full Monty
- Charles Way, Sleeping Beauty
Children's program
- Val MacMenemey, Spin – A Future Ad-venture
- Martha Brooks and Maureen Hunter, I Met a Bully on the Hill
2010–11 season
- Ron Hutchinson, Moonlight and Magnolias
- Morris Panych, Vigil
- Norm Foster, Skin Flick
- Guy Vanderhaeghe, I Had a Job I Liked. Once.
- William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
- Lewis Carroll adapted by David Savoy, Alice in Wonderland
Children's program
- Val MacMenemey, The Pirate and the Time Thief
- Margery Williams adapted by Scott Davidson, Velveteen Rabbit
2011–12 season
- John Buchan adapted by Patrick Barlow, The 39 Steps
- Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot
- adapted by Warren Graves, Wingfield Lost and Found (Wingfield Series)
- Morris Panych, Lawrence & Holloman
- book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar, music & lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison, The Drowsy Chaperone
- adapted by Warren Graves, Beauty and the Beast
Children's program
- Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus, The Brothers Grimm: Out of Order
- adapted by Joseph Robinette, based on the book by E.B. White, Charlotte's Web
2012–13 season
- Henry and Alice: Into the Wild by Michelle Riml, directed by Marcia Tratt
- How it Works by Daniel MacIvor directed by David Savoy
- Bunch of Munsch / stories by Robert Munsch adapted and directed by David Savoy
- Same Time, Next Year by Bernard Slade directed by David Savoy
- The Clockmaker by Stephen Massicotte directed by David Savoy
- Suds by Melinda Gilb, Steve Gunderson, Will Roberson and Bryan Scott directed by Dave Campbell
Children's program
- Black Dog: 4 vs the World by Matthew Heiti directed by Judi Straughan (World Premiere)
Black Dog was commissioned by the STC for the 2013 Theatre for Young(ish) Audiences production.
2013–2014 season
- Our Town by Thornton Wilder, directed by David Savoy
- Mucking in the Drift by Matthew Heiti, directed by Lee Wilson
- The Snow Queen by Mike Kenny adapted from Hans Christian Andersen, directed by Thom Currie
- Real Estate by Allana Harkin
- God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza
- Avenue Q by Robert Lopez, Jeff Marx and Jeff Whitty
NOTE: David Savoy went on a leave of absence in November 2013.
Children's program
- Black Dog: 4 vs the World by Matthew Heiti directed by Judi Straughan (Back by Popular Demand)