About Us
Take Two Theatre Inc. broke ground in October of 1984. It was the dream of 6 individuals Gerard Arsenault, Hedy Baker-Graf, Marjory Bryce, Linda Jenkin, Scott Reid, and Vic Voyer. These pioneers were joined by 10 others and presented the first play, "Plaza Suite," at the William Dawson Memorial Auditorium (Timmins High and Vocational School) in May 1985. The production was well received by the Timmins audience and thus, the company of Take Two Theatre was born. From then, T.T.T. continued to offer more live theatre as follows:
- Daddy Dear Daddy Oct-85
- Squabbles Feb-86
- Mixed Doubles Apr-86
- Let's Murder Marsha Sep-86
- Move Over Mrs. Markham May-87
- Having a Wonderful Time, Wish You Were Her! Oct-87
- But Why Bump Off Barnaby? Apr-88
- Don't Tell Mother Oct-88
- Suite hearts Feb-89
- Playing Doctor Apr-89
- Crimes of the Heart Nov-89
- Squabbles Apr-90
- God's Favorite Nov-90
- Sinners Feb-91
- The Nerd Oct-91
- Lie, Cheat and Genuflect Mar-92
- Daddy's Dyin' Who's Got the Will? Oct-92
- Field of Flowers Feb-93
- They're Playin' Our Song Oct-93
- The House of Bernarda Alba Feb-94
- Whodunnit Jun-94
- Take Five Oct-94
- Bible Oct-94
- Brighton Beach Memoirs Apr-95
- Love Boat Feb-96
- The Orphan Muses Mar-96
- I Oughtta Be in Pictures Mar-98
- Office Hours Nov-98
- The Foreigner Mar-99
- Arsenic & Old Lace Oct-99
- The Art of Dining Oct-00
- Kiss or Make Up Nov-01
- Don't Dress for Dinner Feb-02
- Take Five Jun-02
- Over the River & Through the Woods Nov-02
- Over the River & Through the Woods Mar-03
- Cheatin Nov-03
- Humphrey Pumphrey Had a Great Fall Apr-04
- Clara & The Gamble Apr-04
- Sociability Apr-04
- Oliver (Musical) Nov-04
- I Remember Mama May-05
- The Long Week-end Nov-05
- Marion Bridge Feb-06
- The Mourners Jun-06
- The Sound of Music (Musical) Nov-06
- Beau Jest Nov-07
- The Universal Language May-08
- Sylvia Oct-08
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Musical) Nov -09
- Plaza Suite - October 2010
- The Spring Fling Caberet Style - April 2011
- Lend Me a Tenor - November 2011
The seasons keep rolling by with more comedy, farce, and dinner theatre. The costumes, sets, and props have become more elaborate. Over the seasons T.T.T. has had great support from the Timmins community and surrounding area, QUONTA, and Theatre Ontario. It has been privileged to receive Theatre Ontario grants for training members and much education and growth has occurred. The professional workshop leaders have been a wonderful asset to the group. TTT has made substantial donations to: Ontario Diabetes Assoc., Heart & Stroke, Timmins Firefighters, Porcupine Dante Club, Santa Claus Fund and the Timmins Symphony.
T.T.T. has also given back to the community by offering a yearly scholarship to each of the Timmins area high schools for anyone going into a college or university program of the arts. Many members have contributed to the community by offering their expertise to different organizations and groups. (I.e. face painting at the mall for Halloween; make-up for school productions; skits for service clubs; skits presented at the Golden Manor and much more.) Besides all of this, the members of T.T.T. also have time for more zany fun stuff." Hollywood has their "Academy Awards," and T.T.T. has the "Corey Awards." An entertaining evening is set aside to honour actors, directors, producers, etc.
We have now settled into our new Home the "Station" which is located on Pine st north behind the CTV (old CFCL) station. We are able to hold meetings build sets and also rehearse there. It is a great new home for Take Two.
Each year Take Two Theatre realizes a growth in membership. It is comforting to know that the love for theatre is alive and well in Timmins!