Blyth Festival production history

1975

• The Mousetrap - by Agatha Christie
• Mostly in Clover - by Harry J. Boyle

  1976

• The Blood Is Strong '- by Lister Sinclair
• How I Met My Husband '- by Alice Munro
• Mostly in Clover - by Harry J. Boyle
• Shape - by Jim Schaefer

  1977

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

  1978

• The Huron Tiger - by Peter Colley
• His Own Boss ' - by Keith Roulston
• The School Show - by Ted Johns
• Gwendoline '- by James W. Nichol
• Two Miles Off - by the Theatre Network

  1979

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

  1981

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

  1982

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

  1983

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

  1985

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

  1986

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

  1987

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

  1988

• The Cookie War '- by Kathleen McDonnell
• The Mail Order Bride - by Robert Clinton
• Lucien - by Marshall Button
• Fires In The Night '- by David S. Craig
• Bordertown Café - by Kelly Rebar

  1989

• Perils of Persephone '- by Dan Needles
• Sticks and Stones by James Reaney
• The Right One ' - by Bryan Wade
• The Dreamland ' - by Raymond Storey and John Roby
• The Mail Order Bride''' - by Robert Clinton

  1990

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

  1991

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

  1992

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

  1993

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

  1994

• Glengarry School Days ' - 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 '- by Suzanne Finlay

  1995

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

  1996

• Barndance, Live! '- by Paul Thompson
• Ma Belle Mabel - by Cindy Cowan
• Villa Eden ' - by Colleen Curran
• Fireworks - by Gordon Portman

  1997

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

  1998

• Yesteryear - by Joanna McClelland Glass
• Wilbur County Blues '- by Andrew Moodie
• Thirteen Hands - by Carol Shields
• Jobs, Jobs, Jobs ' - by Keith Roulston
• Hot Flashes - by Paul Ledoux and John Roby

  1999

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

  2000

• Death of the Hired Man '- 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 ' - by Peter Colley
• When the Reaper Calls - by Peter Colley

  2001

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

  2002

• The Outdoor Donnellys - by Paul Thompson and Janet Amos
• Goodbye, Piccadilly ' - by Douglas Bowie
• Filthy Rich - by George F. Walker
• The Drawer Boy - by Michael Healey
• ' - by Ted Johns

  2003

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

  2005

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

  2007

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

  2008

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

  2009

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

  2010

• A Killing Snow ' by Paul Ciufo
• Bordertown Cafe by Kelly Rebar
• Pearl Gidley ' by Gary Kirkham
• The Book of Esther by Leanna Brodie

  2011

• Hometown ' 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 ' by Kate Lynch

  2012

• Dear Johnny Deere ' 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 ' by Beverley Cooper
• The Devil We Know by Cheryl Foggo and Clem Martini

  2013

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

  2014

• Kitchen Radio ' 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 ' by Mark Crawford
• St. Anne's Reel by Gil Garratt

  2015

• Seeds Annabel Soutar
• Wilberforce Hotel ' Sean Dixon
• Fury ' Book and Lyrics by Peter Smith; Music by Samuel Shouldice
• Mary's Wedding Stephen Massicotte

  2016

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

  2017

• Mr. New Year's Eve: A night with Guy Lombardo ' David Scott
• The Berlin Blues Drew Hayden Taylor
• The Pigeon King ' The Company
• Ipperwash Falen Johnson and Jessica Carmichael

  2018

• The Pigeon King ' The Company
• The New Canadian Curling Club ' Mark Crawford
• Judith: Memories of a Lady Pig Farmer ' 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 ' The Company

  2019

• Jumbo ' Sean Dixon
• Cakewalk Colleen Curran
• The Team on the Hill Dan Needles
• In the Wake of Wettlaufer '
• Bed and Breakfast Mark Crawford