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Location: Alumnae Theatre
Alumnae Theatre is participating once again in this years Doors Open Toronto. Our historic building (originally a firehall, dating from 1904) is one of more than 135 architecturally, historically, culturally and socially significant buildings which will open their doors for the weekend of May 26 & 27, and highlight the people who built this city. All for FREE! Alumnae’s hours are 10 am – 5pm on Saturday, and 1 – 5pm on Sunday. Alumnae Theatre will celebrate the contributions of Pamela Terry (1926-2006) to this theatre in particular and also to Toronto’s cultural scene. In 1958, Terry directed the first Canadian production of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot. For our 1959/60 season, she directed the very first play written by esteemed Canadian poet James Reaney – The Killdeer. Through the ’70s and ’80s she directed Canadian premieres of plays by Peter Handke and Vaclav Havel. In recent years Terry promoted Alumnae Theatre’s participation in cultural festivals such as Doors Open Toronto, and took charge of the company’s participation in Toronto’s first Nuit Blanche in 2006. We will be producing The Killdeer in April 2013 as part of our “Countdown to 100” retrospective, in which one play from our past decades (Alumnae Theatre Company was founded in 1919) will be re-mounted each season until the 100th anniversary in 2019. Archival material from Pamela Terrys theatre career will be on display in our lower lobby area. In addition, Doors Open visitors are welcome to tour areas of the theatre volunteer guides are available to answer questions about the exhibits and architecture. A full list of the buildings in Doors Open is at http://www.toronto.ca/doorsopen2012
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