With the assistance of the Canada Council Playwright in Residence program and the Nova Scotia Department of Tourism, Culture and Heritage, Allen Cole has been developing a musical adaptation of Frank Parker Day's Rockbound which he began during our 2007-08 Season. The winner of the first Canada Reads competition on CBC Radio, Rockbound tells the story of a young man named David Young who comes to the small island of Rockbound to claim his share of the territory. "Rockbound evokes the power, terror, and dramatic beauty of the Atlantic, and paints a portrait of back-breaking labour, cunning bitterness and family strife in the decade preceding the first Great War" (CBC Radio). The premiere production of Rockbound will be the centrepiece of our 2009-10 season. For tickets, click here.

Award-winning playwright Rick Chafe, author of our 2007 production of The Odyssey will be our playwright in residence for our 19th season, developing Beowulf for our 2010-2011 season. Supported by the Canada Council, this work in development will have a workshop at the Ross Creek Centre for the Arts in summer or fall in preparation for its outdoor premiere in summer, 2010.