St. George Theatre History

Theatre in Halifax began in 1915 when the first vaudeville house, known as the Strand Theatre, was constructed on the present site of the Neptune Theatre. Performances in Halifax continued until the Great Depression when the theatre was transformed into a movie house, which it remained for over 30 years. The Neptune Theatre, as it is known today, opened its doors in 1963 with a performance of Major Barbara and the story was written for a prosperous Nova Scotian

Another part of the park that has a great cultural benefit is the Summer Stage. Here the park hosts plays, acting camps and more. In this beautiful outdoor theater, guests can come a relax and enjoy a bit of popular culture while still enjoying the great outdoors.

The timeline of the drama program is it would start in October and end in May. The program will include teachers and community members as volunteers. Ideally, the people who volunteer would be interested in the arts such as: music, art, dance and acting. But, experience in those fields is not required. The students will have the opportunity to learn reading comprehension skills such as: sequence of events, vocabulary and summarization. The students will choose one book to read and study per month, and the activities will coordinate with those books. The books the children will choose from will vary in topic and difficulty, but will be on the 2nd grade reading level. The drama techniques that will be used are: hotseating, role-play and tableaux.

The history of The Globe Theatre comes from a building known as The Theatre. The Theatre, had been built by James Burbage, in Shoreditch (District in the East End of London) in 1576. The Burbage's had a 20-year lease of the land where the theater had been built. When the lease was up, the landlord intended on knocking the theater down. However, with the lease ending, James Burbage built the theatre in Blackfriars as a replacement. Unfortunately the wealthy people of Blackfriars persuaded the government to forbid its use for plays. James Burbage died in 1597. The members of the Lord Chamberlain’s Men had to rent a theater. In 1598, they decided to build a theater of their own. The Burbage’s sons got their fathers inheritance, Cuthbert and Richard, which were connected the Blackfriars, they formed an agreement with Shakespeare and a few other actors, who became partners for the new Globe. Each member had their own share, the two brothers, Cuthbert and Richard, got a bigger share than the others. Each person’s shares became smaller as

The Globe Theater was an octagon shape and had three different stories to it. Levels one and two were for dressing and storage. Level three was upper stage and balcony, resembling the courtyard, or a bridge of a ship. The Globe Theater was built with oak wood and timber, the walls were made with plaster. The stage had a canopy over it that represented “the heavens”, moon, stars, planets, sun, etc. There were two pillars supporting the canopy. The stage did not have a curtain either. There were trap doors, entrances and exits, underneath the stage were represented as “hell”. This theater was located in an area called Bankside.

Regional Theater – How To Succeed, Les Miserables, 9 To 5 The Musical, Sabellico, GREASE, Baby Case, A Funny Thing Happened, and much more.

Located on 24-28 W. Randolph Street, the four story tall “L-shaped” Iroquois Theater was designed after the Opera Comique in Paris, France. The stain glass windows and polished wood throughout the building made it even more magnificent. The 60-foot-tall main lobby ceiling made a grand entrance for any of the paying guests. With walls made out of marble, the

While working in the Education Department Jane has performed in many successful plays held at the 70 year old Genesian Theatre. The theatre (opened in 1944) has housed many talented actors and producers including Bryan Brown and Baz Luhrmann. Genesian Theatre shows 6 different plays every year that are cast with amateur actors located in Sydney.

The Public Theater has been a staple of the New York City theater community for over 50 years now. Part of The Public’s core values include providing great content for the community and making sure that content is accessible to as wide an audience as possible. This mission is highly appealing to potential donors and foundation committee’s as it provides a very transparent place for donations to land and be used to directly improve the community. Through a clear mission, a great legacy and a proven track record of community centered engagement, The Public Theater’s clearly has a great capacity to fundraise.

Unfortunately, the Park Theater was not resurrected again after it burned down the final time, however, this did not spell the end of the Broadway era. Let's take a look at the next form of Broadway to

The Charles theatre is a Beaux-Arts building designed by architect, Jackson C. Gott in 1892, that did not originally begin as a movie theater, but as a street car barn and powerhouse known to locals as the Baltimore City Passenger Railway Power House and Car Barn, only later becoming a popular dance club hosting national acts such as Tommy Dorsey and the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Although, the Beaux-Arts buildings were originally designed to be a cable car barn on the north side and a powerhouse on the south side and is now known to many as a movie theater. The original buildings served as cable car facilities for four years after which they became a streetcar barn, a bus barn, a library for the blind, and a Famous Ballroom. The Times Theatre

IATI Theater seeks NEA funds to support artist fees, production and direct touring costs for “TRIPLE PLAY SERVICES TO LATINO COMMUNITIES”. This program seeks to provide a bridge between artists and under-served communities in the Northeastern United States. The program combines 3 different services with the goal to engage our communities in the performing arts while providing artists a platform to fulfil their dreams and improve their skills.

Shaw’s works were only sporadically performed before 1962. This changed when lawyer Brian Doherty offered up the idea of having a theatre company attributed to Shaw the way Stratford was to Shakespeare. The company was created as “A salute to shaw” to help give the town a financial boost. In the year of 1962 Doherty was named both artistic director and producer bring the shows ‘Don Juan in Hell’ and ‘Candida’ to the stage. Throughout all of the changes in titles Doherty worked on “A salute to shaw” that produced a major milestone on June 12, 1973. That milestone being the opening of the new Shaw Festival theatre by Queen Elizabeth herself. During this time Calvin Rand arts Professor from the University of Buffalo became president of the company and help move the company forward.

The Temple Theatre was built in 1926 by the Elf Khurafeh Shrine after the Music Academy burned down. The new building was considered a modern-day marvel at the time, featuring fireproof construction, geo-thermal cooling, better acoustics, and a state of the art stage rigging and dimming system. The outside of the building has a classical design and was decorated with an ornamental iron marquee. It is unclear if the iron details remain today. Overall, the building cost $1 million, and was later rented to Butterfield Theaters. The Temple also had a "trolley car" (box marquee) design, but this feature was later removed in 1960 because of an animal infestation. The sign was replaced with a modern wedge design, which was popular due to the rise

The theater that Cuthbert Burbage built for the Chamberlain's Men had a total capacity of between 2,000 and 3,000 spectators. Because there was no lighting, all performances at the Globe were conducted, weather permitting, during the day (probably most often in the mid-afternoon span between 2 P.M. and 5 P.M.). Because most of the Globe and all of its stage was open air, acoustics were poor and the actors were compelled by circumstances to shout their lines, stress their enunciation, and engage in exaggerated theatrical gestures. What would seem most striking to a modern (Broadway) theatergoer about the productions staged at the Globe is that they were completely devoid of background scenery. Although costumes