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ABOUT PASSE MURAILLE***

Theatre Passe Muraille is housed in a designated historical building. The building was the original home of the Nasmith Bakery and Stables. Purchased in the 1970's and renovated to encompass two separate performance spaces, it is a landmark of the Queen Street West neighbourhood.

Theatre Passe Muraille is a not-for-profit theatre which is an active member of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres (PACT) and engages professional artists who are members of the Canadian Actors' Equity Association. Theatre Passe Muraille is also a member of the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts, Theatre Ontario and The Creative Trust.

Registered Charitable Number 11921-4344-RR0001.

Mandate
Theatre Passe Muraille develops and produces innovative and provocative Canadian theatre and nurtures new theatre artists and theatre companies.

Mission
TPM is dedicated to reflecting the hearts and minds of the country through producing affordable, accessible, culturally diverse, and entertaining live theatre. We passe through walls by working collaboratively with fresh voices and new partnerships.

Artistic Vision
To create theatre that engages the heart as well as the mind. To produce work that has an open agenda. To connect on a visceral level with our audience through stories and humour.

"A theatre that you can't laugh in is a theatre to laugh at." - Bertholt Brecht

ABOUT PASSE MURAILLE: A SHORT HISTORY

As Theatre Passe Muraille enters its fourth decade it celebrates the creation of over 400 plays and a rich legacy of ground-breaking theatre.

When Passe Muraille evolved in 1968, its radical intention was to create a distinctly Canadian voice in theatre. Throughout the 70s, under the direction of Paul Thompson, the company revolutionized Canadian theatre with its signatory approach to collective creation.

Many of the country's most respected artists - including Mary Walsh, David Fox, Anne Anglin, Eric Peterson - consider Passe Muraille as their starting point. Writers such as Rich Salutin, Linda Griffiths, Ann Marie MacDonald, Maria Campbell, and Michael Ondaatje emerged to create original works which have become Canadian classics. The Farm Show, 1837: The Farmers' Revolt, I Love You Baby Blue, O.D. on Paradise, Prodigals in a Promised Land, Timothy Findley's The Stillborn Lover, our award-winning stage adaptation of Margaret Laurence's The Stone Angel, and of course, Michael Healey's The Drawer Boy, have all triggered a response in the creative community as well as with audiences across the country.

As one of the nation's first alternative companies, Passe Muraille has mentored burgeoning organizations which have become vital on their own artistic terms. Companies such as Newfoundland's CODCO, Toronto's Buddies in Bad Times, Nightwood Theatre and Necessary Angel Company, Saskatoon's Twenty-Fifth Street Theatre and the Blyth Summer Festival all drew their inspiration from Theatre Passe Muraille. The theatre continues to be a leader in its community. In more recent years, several new generations of artists and small companies have found a place at Passe Muraille - DNA Theatre, Platform 9, Cahoots Theatre Projects, Bald Ego and Civilized theatre among a host of others.

Passe Muraille is often regarded as English Canada's national theatre, a distinction that Artistic Director Layne Coleman views as an important responsibility: "Passe Muraille is a theatre driven by a need to engage its audiences. Over the past quarter of a century, the artists and audiences at Passe Muraille have forged a dream of a strong, vibrant Canadian theatre and of a highly skilled, inventive and passionate theatre community. It is a dream come true and a dream worth preserving." Well into its fourth decade, the theatre continues to be a seminal force in the creation and production of a distinctly Canadian voice.

***Taken from http://www.passemuraille.on.ca/about.htm.




		ABOUT PASSE MURAILLE* Theatre Passe Muraille is housed in a designated historical building. The building was the original home of the Nasmith Bakery and Stables. Purchased in the 1970's and renovated to encompass two separate performance spaces, it is a landmark of the Queen Street West neighbourhood. Theatre Passe Muraille is a not-for-profit theatre which is an active member of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres (PACT) and engages professional artists who are members of the Canadian Actors' Equity Association. Theatre Passe Muraille is also a member of the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts, Theatre Ontario and The Creative Trust. Registered Charitable Number 11921-4344-RR0001. Mandate Theatre Passe Muraille develops and produces innovative and provocative Canadian theatre and nurtures new theatre artists and theatre companies. Mission TPM is dedicated to reflecting the hearts and minds of the country through producing affordable, accessible, culturally diverse, and entertaining live theatre. We passe through walls by working collaboratively with fresh voices and new partnerships. Artistic Vision** To create theatre that engages the heart as well as the mind. To produce work that has an open agenda. To connect on a visceral level with our audience through stories and humour. "A theatre that you can't laugh in is a theatre to laugh at." - Bertholt Brecht ABOUT PASSE MURAILLE: A SHORT HISTORY As Theatre Passe Muraille enters its fourth decade it celebrates the creation of over 400 plays and a rich legacy of ground-breaking theatre. When Passe Muraille evolved in 1968, its radical intention was to create a distinctly Canadian voice in theatre. Throughout the 70s, under the direction of Paul Thompson, the company revolutionized Canadian theatre with its signatory approach to collective creation. Many of the country's most respected artists - including Mary Walsh, David Fox, Anne Anglin, Eric Peterson - consider Passe Muraille as their starting point. Writers such as Rich Salutin, Linda Griffiths, Ann Marie MacDonald, Maria Campbell, and Michael Ondaatje emerged to create original works which have become Canadian classics. The Farm Show, 1837: The Farmers' Revolt, I Love You Baby Blue, O.D. on Paradise, Prodigals in a Promised Land, Timothy Findley's The Stillborn Lover, our award-winning stage adaptation of Margaret Laurence's The Stone Angel, and of course, Michael Healey's The Drawer Boy, have all triggered a response in the creative community as well as with audiences across the country. As one of the nation's first alternative companies, Passe Muraille has mentored burgeoning organizations which have become vital on their own artistic terms. Companies such as Newfoundland's CODCO, Toronto's Buddies in Bad Times, Nightwood Theatre and Necessary Angel Company, Saskatoon's Twenty-Fifth Street Theatre and the Blyth Summer Festival all drew their inspiration from Theatre Passe Muraille. The theatre continues to be a leader in its community. In more recent years, several new generations of artists and small companies have found a place at Passe Muraille - DNA Theatre, Platform 9, Cahoots Theatre Projects, Bald Ego and Civilized theatre among a host of others. Passe Muraille is often regarded as English Canada's national theatre, a distinction that Artistic Director Layne Coleman views as an important responsibility: "Passe Muraille is a theatre driven by a need to engage its audiences. Over the past quarter of a century, the artists and audiences at Passe Muraille have forged a dream of a strong, vibrant Canadian theatre and of a highly skilled, inventive and passionate theatre community. It is a dream come true and a dream worth preserving." Well into its fourth decade, the theatre continues to be a seminal force in the creation and production of a distinctly Canadian voice. ***Taken from http://www.passemuraille.on.ca/about.htm.