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. World Premieres have also been noted.

1975

 * The Mousetrap - by Agatha Christie
 * Mostly in Clover (World Premiere)- by Harry J. Boyle

1976

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

1977

 * A Summer Burning(World Premiere) - by Anne Chislett from the novel by Harry J. Boyle
 * The Blood Is Strong - by Lister Sinclair
 * The Blyth Memorial History Show (World Premiere)- by Jim Schaefer
 * The Shortest Distance Between Two Points (World Premiere) - by Keith Roulston

1978

 * The Huron Tiger(World Premiere) - by Peter Colley
 * His Own Boss (World Premiere) - by Keith Roulston
 * The School Show(World Premiere) - by Ted Johns
 * Gwendoline (World Premiere)- by James W. Nichol
 * Two Miles Off - by the Theatre Network

1979

 * This Foreign Land (World Premiere) - by Patricia Mahoney
 * I'll Be Back For You Before Midnight (World Premiere)- by Peter Colley
 * McGillicuddy's Lost Weekend (World Premiere)- by Keith Roulston
 * Child (World Premiere)- 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(World Premiere) - by Ted Johns
 * i'll be back for you before midnight - by Peter Colley
 * The Life That Jack Built (World Premiere)- by David Fox and Janet Amos

1981

 * He Won't Come In From The Barn - by Ted Johns
 * Quiet In The Land(World Premiere) - by Anne Chislett
 * Love or Money (World Premiere) - by Carol Bolt
 * The Tomorrow Box - by Anne Chislett
 * Fire On Ice (World Premiere)- by Keith Roulston

1982

 * Down North(World Premiere) - by Janet Amos
 * Heads You Lose(World Premiere) - by Peter Colley
 * La Sagouine - by Antonine Maillet
 * Country Hearts(World Premiere) - by Ted Johns and John Roby
 * Quiet In The Land - by Anne Chislett

1983

 * Nobody's Child (World Premiere)- by Janice Wiseman and Holden Jones
 * My Wild Irish Rose (World Premiere)- 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(World Premiere) - by Ted Johns
 * A Spider In The House(World Premiere) - by Brian Tremlay
 * Cake-Walk(World Premiere) - by Colleen Curran
 * Blue City Slammers (World Premiere) - by Layne Coleman
 * Country Hearts - by Ted Johns and John Roby

1985

 * Polderland(World Premiere) - by Brian Wade
 * Moose County (World Premiere)- by Colleen Curran
 * Beaux Gestes and Beautiful Deeds - by Marie-Lynn Hammond
 * Primrose School District 109 (World Premiere)- by Ted Galay
 * Garrison's Garage - by Ted Johns

1986

 * Another Season's Promise (World Premiere) - by Anne Chislett and Keith Roulston
 * Drift - by Rex Deverell
 * Gone To Glory (World Premiere)- by Suzanne Finlay
 * Lilly, Alta. (World Premiere)- by Kenneth Dybat
 * Cake-Walk - by Colleen Curran

1987

 * Girls In The Gang (World Premiere) - by John Roby and Raymond Storey
 * Miss Balmoral of the Bayview (World Premiere)- by Colleen Curran
 * Bush Fire (World Premiere) - by Laurie Fyffe
 * Another Season's Promise - by Anne Chislett and Keith Roulston
 * Bordertown Café (World Premiere) - by Kelly Rebar

1988

 * The Cookie War (World Premiere)- by Kathleen McDonnell
 * The Mail Order Bride - by Robert Clinton
 * Lucien - by Marshall Button
 * Fires In The Night (World Premiere)- by David S. Craig
 * Bordertown Café - by Kelly Rebar

1989

 * Perils of Persephone (World Premiere)- by Dan Needles
 * Sticks and Stones (part 1) by James Reaney
 * The Right One (World Premiere) - by Bryan Wade
 * The Dreamland (World Premiere) - by Raymond Storey and John Roby
 * The Mail Order Bride - by Robert Clinton

1990

 * Local Talent (World Premiere) - by Collen Curran
 * Albertine in Five Times - by Michel Tremblay
 * A Field of Flowers (World Premiere) - by Laurie Fyffe
 * The Perils of Persephone - by Dan Needles
 * Firefly (World Premiere) - by Carol Sinclair with music by John Alcorn

1991

 * Two Brothers (World Premiere) - by Ted Johns
 * Barbershop Quartet (World Premiere) - by Layne Coleman
 * The Stone Angel - by James W. Nichol based on the novel by Margaret Laurence
 * End Of The World Romance (World Premiere)- by Sean Dixon
 * Cornflower Blue (World Premiere) - by Kelly Rebar

1992

 * The Puff 'n' Blow Boys - by Valoreyne Brandt Jenkins
 * The Hometown Boy (World Premiere)- by Robert Clinton
 * Back Up and Push - or The Confessions of a Reformed Cynic (World Premiere) - by Ted Johns
 * The Glorious 12th (World Premiere)- by Raymond Storey
 * Yankee Notions (World Premiere)- by Anne Chislett
 * I'll Be Back Before Midnight - by Peter Colley

1993

 * Many Hands (World Premiere) - by Dale Hamilton
 * Ceili House (World Premiere)- by Colleen Curran
 * Safe Haven (World Premiere)- by Mary-Colin Chisholm
 * The Old Man's Band (World Premiere) - by John Roby
 * Web (World Premiere)- by Rosalind Goldsmith
 * The Glorious 12th - by Raymond Storey

1994

 * Glengarry School Days (World Premiere) - 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 (World Premiere)- by Suzanne Finlay

1995

 * Ballad for a Rum Runner's Daughter (World Premiere)- book & lyrics by Laurie Fyffe and music by Beth Barley
 * This Year, Next Year (World Premiere)- by Norah Harding
 * The Tomorrow Box - by Anne Chislett
 * Jake's Place (World Premiere) - by Ted Johns
 * He Won't Come In From The Barn - by Ted Johns

1996

 * Barndance, Live! (World Premiere)- by Paul Thompson
 * Ma Belle Mabel - by Cindy Cowan
 * Villa Eden (World Premiere) - by Colleen Curran
 * Fireworks (World Premiere)- by Gordon Portman

1997

 * Quiet in the Land - by Anne Chislett
 * Booze Days in a Dry County (World Premiere)directed by Paul Thompson
 * There's Nothing In The Paper (World Premiere) - by David Scott
 * The Melville Boys - by Norm Foster
 * Barndance, Live! - by Paul Thompson
 * Overboard! (World Premiere) - by Deborah Kimmett

1998

 * Yesteryear - by Joanna McClelland Glass
 * Wilbur County Blues (World Premiere)- by Andrew Moodie
 * Thirteen Hands - by Carol Shields
 * Jobs, Jobs, Jobs (World Premiere) - by Keith Roulston
 * Hot Flashes (World Premiere) - by Paul Ledoux and John Roby

1999

 * That Summer (World Premiere) - by David French
 * Big Box (World Premiere) - by David Carley
 * The Great School Crisis of '99 (World Premiere) - by Ted Johns
 * Every Dream (World Premiere) - by James W. Nichol
 * When the Reaper Calls - by Peter Colley

2000

 * Death of the Hired Man (World Premiere)- 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 (World Premiere) - by Peter Colley
 * When the Reaper Calls - by Peter Colley

2001

 * The Outdoor Donnellys (World Premiere) - by Paul Thompson and Janet Amos
 * The Passion of Narcisse Mondoux - by Gratien Gelinas
 * Cruel Tears - by Ken Mitchell and Humphrey & the Dumptrucks
 * McGillicuddy (World Premiere) - by Keith Roulston
 * Sometime, Never (World Premiere) - by Norah Harding
 * Corner Green (World Premiere) - by Gordon Pinsent

2002

 * The Outdoor Donnellys - by Paul Thompson and Janet Amos
 * Goodbye, Piccadilly (World Premiere) - 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 (World Premiere) - by Ted Johns

2003

 * The Perilous Pirate's Daughter (World Premiere) - by Anne Chislett & David Archibald
 * Leaving Home - by David French
 * Hippie (World Premiere) - by Jonathan Garfinkel, Kelly McIntosh and Paul Thompson
 * Having Hope at Home (World Premiere) - 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 (World Premiere) - by Anne Lederman
 * Cricket & Claudette (World Premiere) - by Ted Johns
 * Test Drive (World Premiere) - by Dave Carley

2005

 * The Ginkgo Tree - by Lee MacDougall
 * Powers and Gloria (World Premiere) - by Keith Roulston
 * The Thirteenth One (World Premiere) - 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 (World Premiere) - by David Scott, songs by Stompin' Tom Connors
 * Lost Heir (World Premiere) - by Sean Dixon
 * Another Season's Harvest (World Premiere) - by Anne Chislett & Keith Roulston
 * Schoolhouse (World Premiere) - by Leanna Brodie

2007

 * The Eyes of Heaven (World Premiere) - by Beverley Cooper
 * Queen Milli of Galt - by Gary Kirkham
 * World Without Shadows - by Lance Woolaver
 * Reverend Jonah (World Premiere) - by Paul Ciufo
 * Ballad of Stompin' Tom - by David Scott, songs by Stompin' Tom Connors

2008

 * Against the Grain (World Premiere) - by Carolyn Hay
 * Harvest (World Premiere)  - by Ken Cameron
 * Courting Johanna (World Premiere) - by Marcia Johnson, based on Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage by Alice Munro
 * The Steven Truscott Project - by Beverley Cooper

2009

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

2010

 * A Killing Snow (World Premiere) by Paul Ciufo
 * Bordertown Cafe by Kelly Rebar
 * Pearl Gidley (World Premiere) by Gary Kirkham
 * The Book of Esther (World Premiere) by Leanna Brodie

2011

 * Hometown (World Premiere) 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 (World Premiere) by Kate Lynch

2012

 * Dear Johnny Deere (World Premiere) 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 (World Premiere) by Beverley Cooper
 * The Devil We Know (World Premiere) by Cheryl Foggo and Clem Martini

2013

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

2014

 * Kitchen Radio (World Premiere) 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 (World Premiere) by Mark Crawford
 * St. Anne's Reel (World Premiere) by Gil Garratt

2015

 * Seeds - Annabel Soutar
 * Wilberforce Hotel (World Premiere) - Sean Dixon
 * Fury (World Premiere) - Book and Lyrics by Peter Smith; Music by Samuel Shouldice
 * Mary's Wedding - Stephen Massicotte

2016

 * Our Beautiful Sons: Remembering Matthew Dinning (World Premiere) Christopher Morris
 * The Birds and the Bees (World Premiere) Mark Crawford
 * If Truth Be Told (World Premiere) Beverley Cooper
 * The Last Donnelly Standing (World Premiere) Paul Thompson and Gil Garratt

2017

 * Mr. New Year's Eve: A night with Guy Lombardo (World Premiere) David Scott
 * The Berlin Blues Drew Hayden Taylor
 * The Pigeon King (World Premiere) The company (Rebecca Auerbach, Jason Chesworth, Gil Garratt, Gemma James Smith, George Meanwell, J.D. Nicholsen, Birgitte Solem, Severn Thompson)
 * Ipperwash (World Premiere) Falen Johnson and Jessica Carmichael

2018

 * The Pigeon King (World Premiere) The company (Rebecca Auerbach, Jason Chesworth, Gil Garratt, Gemma James Smith, George Meanwell, J.D. Nicholsen, Birgitte Solem, Severn Thompson)
 * The New Canadian Curling Club (World Premiere) Mark Crawford
 * Judith: Memories of a Lady Pig Farmer (World Premiere) Heather Davies, adapted from Judith, by Aritha van Herk
 * 1837: The Farmer's Revolt Rick Salutin and Theatre Passe Muraille
 * Wing Night at the Boot (World Premiere) The Company

2019

 * Jumbo (World Premiere) - Sean Dixon
 * Cakewalk - Colleen Curran
 * The Team on the Hill - Dan Needles
 * In the Wake of Wettlaufer (World Premiere)
 * Bed and Breakfast - Mark Crawford