Green Thumb Theatre

Green Thumb Theatre
Formation 1975
Type Theatre group
Purpose Children's theatre
Location
Artistic director(s)
Patrick McDonald
Notable members
Dennis Foon

Green Thumb Theatre (also known as the Green Thumb Theatre for Young People and simply as Green Thumb) is a Canadian children's theatre company based in Vancouver, British Columbia that was founded in 1975.[1] Playwright Dennis Foon was one of the co-founders.[2] The theatre building out of which Green Thumb operates is located in East Vancouver near the Vancouver East Cultural Centre.[3] English Canadian Ken Peirson was the manager of Green Thumb from 1982 to 1985.[4] In 1982, Green Thumb produced Feeling Yes, Feeling No,[5] a sexual abuse prevention program.[6] Green Thumb performed the premiere of Colin Thomas' play One Thousand Cranes in 1983.[7] Morris Panych has written several plays for the company that have toured internationally.[8] Green Thumb's Celestial Being received the 2015 Jessie Richardson Theatre Award for outstanding production for young audiences.[9] Also that year, Green Thumb performed George F. Walker's Moss Park.[10] As of 2014, Patrick McDonald is Green Thumb's artistic director.[11]

References

  1. Fairhead (2002), p. 154.
  2. Chambers (2006), p. 855.
  3. Ulysses Travel Guides (2003), p. 229.
  4. Saxton & Cornell (1998), p. 181.
  5. Selman & Heather (2015), p. 501.
  6. Selman & Heather (2015), p. 232.
  7. Ross & Cameron (2013), p. 97
  8. New (2002), p. 862.
  9. Thomas, Colin (June 23, 2015). "Théâtre la Seizième Wins Big at 33rd Annual Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
  10. Langston, Patrick (January 23, 2015). "Theatre Review: Moss Park Piles on the Angst and Loses Its Way". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
  11. Lederman, Marsha (September 4, 2014). "B.C. Teachers Strike Renders Arts Groups 'Collateral Damage'". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved July 2, 2015.

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