25th Street Theatre Centre Inc.
A Brief History
25th Street Theatre House Players was established in 1972 as an artists’ collective. The company would proceed to incorporate in 1974 and become the first professional theatre company in Saskatoon.
Our history is rich with many exciting achievements including the creation and production of Paper Wheat which grew to become a nationally acclaimed piece of theatre culminating in a one hour film by the National Film Board.
The company name was formally changed to 25th Street Theatre Centre Inc. as our programming grew beyond the original mandate established in 1972.
Past Productions
| * An original 25th Street Theatre Production | ||
| 1999 | The Hats of Mr Zenobe - Robert Astle | |
| *Bea’s Niece - David Gow | ||
| Hosanna - Michel Tremblay | ||
| Spitting Slag - Mansel Robinson | ||
| 1998 | Cherry Docs - David Gow | |
| *Four Horses - Greg Daniels | ||
| Dummies Theatre’s Go Weast - Anna Papadakos | ||
| 1997 | *Bim and Bub - Henry Woolf | |
| So Low - Denise Clarke | ||
| Scraping the Surface: A Life in Progress - Lyle Victor Albert | ||
| *Sacred Places - Joe Welsh | ||
| *The Last Journey of Captain Hart - Dianne Warren | ||
| 1996 | *Blue Zone - Rod MacIntyre | |
| Illegal Entry - Clem Martini | ||
| *One More Time (Provincial Tour) - Maria Campbell & Harry W Daniels | ||
| 1995 | *Spirit Wrestler - Greg Nelson | |
| *Percy’s Edge - Greg Daniels | ||
| *One More Time - Maria Campbell & Harry W Daniels | ||
| 1994 | *The Harrowing - Scott Douglas (playwright’s first play) | |
| *Saddles in the Rain - Pamela J Bustin (playwright’s first play) | ||
| Co-produced by Realife Productions | ||
| *Z: A Meditation on Oppression, Desire, and Freedom - Anne Szumigalski (playwright’s first play) | ||
| Published by Coteau Books, Saskatchewan | ||
| Winner of the Saskatchewan Book of the Year Award | ||
| 1993 | *Rodeo Life - Sharon Butala (playwright’s first play) | |
| *Colonial Tongues - Mansel Robinson (playwright’s first play) | ||
| Published by Playwrights Canada | ||
| *Magpie - Kit Brennan | ||
| Published in Grain Magazine, Saskatchewan | ||
| 1992 | *Sidney - Greg Nelson | |
| as part of the Playwrights Repertory Festival | ||
| *Talking West - Don Kerr | ||
| as part of the Playwrights Repertory Festival | ||
| *Club Chernobyl - Dianne Warren | ||
| as part of the Playwrights Repertory Festival | ||
| Published by Coteau Books, Saskatchewan | ||
| Elvira - Brigitte Jacques translated by David Edney | ||
| World Premier of English translation | ||
| 1991 | *Serpent in the Night Sky - Dianne Warrren (playwright’s first play) | |
| Published by PlayCan, Playwright’s Union of Canada, Toronto | ||
| Nominated for Governer General Award (1992) | ||
| *Dreamkeeper - Bruce Sinclair | ||
| Published by Coteau Books, Saskatchewan in “ Eureka ” a collection of plays | ||
| *Blind Girl Last Night - Greg Daniels | ||
| *Auntie’s Knitting a Baby - Lois Simmie | ||
| Toured schools in Saskatchewan | ||
| Published by Red Deer Press | ||
| 1990 | *Nice Guy - Rod MacIntyre | |
| *Roundup - Barbara Sapergia | ||
| Published by Coteau Books, Saskatchewan | ||
| *Exile - Archie Crail | ||
| Subsequent production in South Africa | ||
| 1989 | *Sky - Connie Gault (playwright’s first play) | |
| Subsequent radio version produced by CBC and BBC | ||
| Published by Blizzard | ||
| Produced on BBC Radio’s World Broadcast network in 1994 | ||
| *Talking Back - Don Kerr | ||
| Published by Coteau Books, Saskatchewan | ||
| *Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree - Collective | ||
| Co-production with Tamanhous Theatre, Vancouver | ||
| 1988 | *The Oldest Profession - Paula Vogel | |
| Subsequent productions across Canada | ||
| 1987 | *Melody Farm - Ken Mitchell | |
| *Fun and Nobody - Howard Korder (playwright’s first play) | ||
| Concurrent production in New York City | ||
| Playwright received Pulitzer Prise nomination for his second play | ||
| *Sex and Politics - Wiliam Chadwick | ||
| Commissioned by 25th Street Theatre Centre | ||
| Subsequent productions across Canada | ||
| Published by North Waterloo Academic Press | ||
| *The Medicare Show - Kim Morrisey | ||
| 1986 | Play Memory - Joanna Glass | |
| Canadian Premier produced by 25th Street Theatre Centre | ||
| Published in “Newest Plays by Women”, Newest Publishers, Saskatchewan | ||
| *Flights of Angel - Ron Marken (playwright’s first play) | ||
| 1985 | *The Plainsman - Ken Mitchell | |
| Published by Coteau Books, Saskatchewan | ||
| *The Great War - Don Kerr (playwright’s first play) | ||
| *Snow White and the Three Dwarfs - Kim Morrisey | ||
| 1983 | *Diefenbaker - Thelma Oliver | |
| *Playing the Fool - Alun Hibbert | ||
| 1982 | *Lokkinen - Barbara Sapergia | |
| 1981 | *Jessica - Maria campbell, Linda Griffiths, Paul Thompson | |
| Subsequesnt production by Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto | ||
| Winner of Dora Mavor Moore Award | ||
| Published by Coach House Press, Ontario | ||
| *A Very Modest Orgy - Patricia Joudrey | ||
| 1980 | *O.D. on Paradise - Linda Griffiths, Patrick Brymer | |
| Subsequesnt production by Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto | ||
| *Matonnabbee - EH Carefoot | ||
| *The Ziggy Effect - Marc Diamond | ||
| 1979 | *Jacob Kepp - Andras Tahn | |
| *Queen’s Cowboy - Layne Coleman & William Hominuke | ||
| Subsequently revised, mounted, and toured in 1980 | ||
| *Cold Comfort - Jim Gerrard | ||
| Subsequent productions throughout Canada | ||
| Published by Talon Books, British Columbia | ||
| Made into a feature film in 1990 | ||
| 1978 | *Generation and 1/2 - Collective | |
| *Wolf Boy - Brad Fraser (playwright’s first play) | ||
| 1977 | *Paper Wheat - Collective | |
| Subsequent tours of Saskatchewan and Canada (1977, 1978, 1979) | ||
| National Film Board produced documentary film (1978) | ||
| CBC Television production (1980) | ||
| Subsequent productions by 25th street Theatre centre (1980, 1981, 1989) | ||
| Published by Western Producer, Prairie Books (1980) | ||
| 1976 | *Heartbreak Hotel - Layne Coleman and others | |
| *Christmas Candy: The Sacred Mountain - Collective | ||
| 1975 | *The Ballad of Billy the Kid – adaped by Andras Tahn | |
| *If You’re So Good Why Are You In Saskatoon - Collective | ||
| Production Remounted in 1976 | ||
| 1974 | *The Sibyl - adaptation by Alexander Hausvater from the novel by Par Lagerkvist | |
| 1973 | *Covenent Garden - Andras Tahn | |
| 1972 | *Gardens Sketch 1 & 2 - Andras Tahn | |
| *Pleasent Street - Ken Mitchell (playwright’s first play) | ||
