Greystone Theatre associated with the University of Saskatchewan. The theatre was founded in 1946, by Emrys Jones, the first professor of Drama in the Commonwealth.
In 1949, an RCAF hangar was converted to the Theatre's first dedicated building.
Actors who first performed at the theatre include Frances Hyland, Kim Coates, Roy Romanow, Susan Wright and Eric Peterson.
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Shelley A. Leedahl (2008-08-27). "Emry's Dream: Greystone Theatre in Photographs and Words". Sask books. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
Variety shows and choruses had been performed at the U of S since 1909, but when Emrys Jones, a journalist, director, actor and educator, took the Drama Department's helm in 1945, Greystone Theatre's curtains rose on a new era of superbly directed and acted live theatre, and that tradition of excellence continues to the present.
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"GREYSTONE THEATRE: JOHN MITCHELL BUILDING, 118 SCIENCE PLACE, SASKATOON, SK, S7N 5E2". Tourism Saskatoon. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
Whether classical or cutting-edge and contemporary, every season offers a diverse mix of plays chosen to challenge our students and to entrance our audiences: a matter that is as true today as it was in 1946, when Greystone Mainstage Productions premiered on campus at the U of S.
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