The Thousand Islands Playhouse
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The Thousand Islands Playhouse is a highly successful summer theatre company located in Gananoque
, Ontario
, Canada
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The Thousand Islands Playhouse was founded in 1981 by Greg Wanless and a collection of local actors and graduates from Queen's University
including Timm Hughes, Joan Gardiner, Mo Bock, and Kathryn Mackay. It has two theatres, the Springer Theatre, a 366-seat theatre in which musicals and larger plays are performed, and a black-box theatre, The Firehall Theatre, in which smaller, experimental plays are produced.
Gananoque, Ontario
Gananoque is a town in Leeds and Grenville County, Ontario, Canada. The town had a population of 5,287 year-round residents in the Canada 2006 Census, as well as summer residents sometimes referred to as "Islanders" because of the Thousand Islands in the St. Lawrence River, Gananoque's most...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada
Canada
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The Thousand Islands Playhouse was founded in 1981 by Greg Wanless and a collection of local actors and graduates from Queen's University
Queen's University
Queen's University, , is a public research university located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Founded on 16 October 1841, the university pre-dates the founding of Canada by 26 years. Queen's holds more more than of land throughout Ontario as well as Herstmonceux Castle in East Sussex, England...
including Timm Hughes, Joan Gardiner, Mo Bock, and Kathryn Mackay. It has two theatres, the Springer Theatre, a 366-seat theatre in which musicals and larger plays are performed, and a black-box theatre, The Firehall Theatre, in which smaller, experimental plays are produced.