Globe Theatre, Regina

Globe Theatre Society

Company type	Non-Profit
Industry	Theatre
Founded	1966
Headquarters	Regina, Saskatchewan
Key people	Ken & Sue Kramer (Founders), Ruth Smillie (CEO, Artistic Director)
Website	globetheatrelive.com

The Globe Theatre in Regina, Saskatchewan, was founded in 1966 by Ken and Sue Kramer. It was the first professional educational theatre company and the only professional theatre company in Saskatchewan.

Background

The Globe was first in the Jubilee Theatre (subsequently remained several times but in the Globe Theatre's time there most continuously known as Hanbidge Hall) at the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts and then moved to rented quarters in downtown Regina. In 1981, the company acquired its own permanent space in the Prince Edward Building (Old City Hall, formerly the Old Regina Post Office), a heritage building on 11th Avenue and Scarth Street.

Prince Edward, as a member of the Canadian Royal Family, granted his royal patronage to Globe Theatre in 1992.

The Globe Theatre is currently under the leadership of Artistic Director Ruth Smillie, who succeeded Susan Ferley in 1998. Ferley served as Artistic Director of the Globe Theatre from 1990 (when Ken Kramer retired following the death of Sue Kramer) to 1998. Being a non-profit organisation, the Globe Theatre is overseen by a volunteer Board of Directors, elected by the members of the Globe Theatre Society.

Throughout the Kramers' tenure, the Globe Theatre premiered a large number of new works by playwrights Brian Way and Rex Devrell, the latter of whom would go on to publish a book of plays from his time at the Globe Theatre. In more recent years, the Globe Theatre has seen premiers of works by author/playwright Gail Bowen, theatre artist Joey Tremblay, and a variety of young artists through their Shumiatcher Sandbox Series.

With an annual operating budget of roughly two million dollars, The Globe Theatre is Saskatchewan's largest professional theatre company, programming as many as ten productions between its mainstage season and Shumiatcher Sandbox Series. The Globe Theatre's IPSCO Mainstage is Canada's only permanent, professional "theatre-in-the-round", seating 406 patrons. Globe Theatre is a member of PACT (Professional Association of Canadian Theatres, and engages its stage management, actors, and artists under the Canadian Theatre Agreement (CTA) through the Canadian Actors' Equity Association.

The Globe Theatre is greatly involved in the development of new talent, and boasts a popular theatre school program for children and adolescents, and an actor conservatory program for adults, to train the next series of professional actors and develop a company within the Regina area. Globe Theatre implemented a new strategic plan beginning in the 2009|2010 season with the overarching vision: Globe Theatre is a national centre of excellence in the production of theatre-in-the-round and in fostering the work of Saskatchewan artists.

Globe Theatre's Values

• Embrace new ideas and new art practices
• Open and inviting
• Inspirational
• Passionate
• Achieve the highest standards in art and business

Artistic Directors

• Ken Kramer (1966-1989)
• Susan Ferley (1989-1998)
• Ruth Smillie (1998-present)

2007/2008 IPSCO Main Stage Season

• Death and the Maiden by Ariel Dorfman
• The Melville Boys by Norm Foster
• A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, adapted by Michael Shamata
• Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks by Richard Alfieri
• Elephant Wake by Joey Tremblay
• Girl In The Goldfish Bowl (sic) by Morris Panych

2008/2009 Globe Theatre Main Stage Season

• A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
• Anne of Green Gables, a Musical from the novel by L. M. Montgomery
• Sexy Laundry by Michelle Riml
• Wingfield's Inferno by Dan Needles
• Mesa by Doug Curtis
• Doubt: A Parable by John Patrick Shanley

2008/2009 Shumiatcher Sandbox Series

• Tales from the Gap by Joel Fafard
• Skin&Lungs - Storytelling with its own Heartbeat by Ryan Beil & Jayden Pfeifer
• Xippie: says LOL created by Marie-Claire Marcotte & Rebecca Davey
• A Few Shiny Pieces (A Fusion Project), originally created by Joey Tremblay
• Riddle Me This by Johanna Bundon

2009/2010 Globe Theatre Main Stage Season

• The Alice Nocturne by Joey Tremblay
• Peter Pan By J.M. Barrie Adapted by Jeff Pitcher
• Marion Bridge by Daniel Macivor
• Tuesdays With Morrie By Jeffrey Hatcher & Mitch Albom, Based on the Book by Mitch Albom
• The Syringa Tree by Pamela Gien
• A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Frank McGuinness

2009/2010 Shumiatcher Sandbox Series

• A Spoon We Are Not Created and Performed by FadaDance
• The Unforeseen Journey of Nathanial Dunbar and Other Tales of Whimsical Sadness created by Melanie Hankewich & Jeremy Sauer
• whyrobotsmakebetterlovers created by Johanna Bundon & Lee Henderson
• Fusion Directed by Johanna Bundon & Jayden Pfeifer
• Bertha Created & Performed by Lucy Hill
• The Tooth Fairy Created, Conceived & Performed by The Old Trout Puppet Workshop & David Rhymer

See also

• Globe Theatre of Shakespeare
• List of Canadian organizations with royal patronage
• Saskatchewan Royal Connections
• Culture in Regina

External links

• Globe Theatre's official website