Stephenville, Nfld Keeping Up with the Joneses
To be or not to be indigenous – that is the question much on the minds of two underfunded Newfoundland theatre companies these days. According to their administrators, both the Stephenville Festival and Theatre Newfoundland in Corner Brook rely far too much on corporate sponsorship for their surviva...
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crunivtoronpr:10.3138/ctr.55.011 2023-12-31T10:17:49+01:00 Stephenville, Nfld Keeping Up with the Joneses Downton, Dawn Rae 1988 http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/ctr.55.011 https://ctr.utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/ctr.55.011 en eng University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) Canadian Theatre Review volume 55, page 88-89 ISSN 0315-0836 1920-941X Visual Arts and Performing Arts journal-article 1988 crunivtoronpr https://doi.org/10.3138/ctr.55.011 2023-12-01T08:18:25Z To be or not to be indigenous – that is the question much on the minds of two underfunded Newfoundland theatre companies these days. According to their administrators, both the Stephenville Festival and Theatre Newfoundland in Corner Brook rely far too much on corporate sponsorship for their survival. Stephenville offers a summer festival of six productions, and TNL operates every year from September to May, producing five inhouse shows along with a community-involved and community-funded sixth. After Stephenville’s ninth season last summer, Cheryl Stagg gave up her job as the Festival’s producer and administrative director while remaining as fundraiser, for she has unfinished business. Stagg, for one, feels cut out by arts funding bodies, particularly the Canada Council. And she’s tired of keeping up with the Joneses. Article in Journal/Newspaper Newfoundland University of Toronto Press (U Toronto Press - via Crossref) Canadian Theatre Review 55 88 89 |
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To be or not to be indigenous – that is the question much on the minds of two underfunded Newfoundland theatre companies these days. According to their administrators, both the Stephenville Festival and Theatre Newfoundland in Corner Brook rely far too much on corporate sponsorship for their survival. Stephenville offers a summer festival of six productions, and TNL operates every year from September to May, producing five inhouse shows along with a community-involved and community-funded sixth. After Stephenville’s ninth season last summer, Cheryl Stagg gave up her job as the Festival’s producer and administrative director while remaining as fundraiser, for she has unfinished business. Stagg, for one, feels cut out by arts funding bodies, particularly the Canada Council. And she’s tired of keeping up with the Joneses. |
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