Summer Theatre
by Theatre Network
During the summer of 1976, Theatre Network presented 3 shows at Edmonton playgrounds, daycare centres and tourist attractions, sponsored by City of Edmonton Parks and Recreation.
In the Siksika story The Bear Who Stole the Chinook, spring fails to come to the land. A boy discovers the reason — Bear has stolen the chinook. Then the boy and his animal friends set out in pursuit of Bear.
The Mountie Play was a children’s program illustrating the history of the mounties in early Alberta.
The Homesteader’s Collective was a documentary drama that illustrated the way of life in Edmonton in 1882. It was performed in authentic period costumes on the Fort Edmonton Site as a part of the Canada Birthday celebrations.