File consists of a program and three photographs of Irene Prothroe as Joan in Studio A's 1959 production of "The Lark." The show was performed at the Alberta Regional Drama Festival in Edmonton, having already been staged at Studio Theatre. It was directed by Gordon Peacock. Irene had taught in the University's Drama Division for the 1951 to 1952 season, and was in the process of taking her drama degree.
File consists of correspondence and memos to and from Irene Prothroe concerning theatre courses taught at the Banff School of Fine Arts, including, Acting I, Advanced Acting (Acting II), Seminar in Advanced Theatre Study, Introduction to Acting, and other Theatre Division courses. There is also correspondence concerning textbooks for acting courses, namely: Toby Cole's "Acting," Richard Boleslansky's "Acting" The First Six Lessons, and Rosenstein, Haydon and Sparrow's "Modern Acting."
File consists of an agenda for the 1956 Summer School of the Theatre; a Musical Theatre Division advert; a list of students in the 1973 Musical Theatre Division; a reminder for the 1974 scholarship deadline; the 1974 summer program; a memo "re: Audition Plans"; correspondence to Irene Prothroe alerting her to taped auditions; audition appraisal notes and sheets; a notification of the death of Boris Roubakine; the February-March 1974 Banff Centre audition schedule; a [set?] budget breakdown; an agenda for "radio arts-accounting," and two pamphlets for the the visual arts and dance and theatre arts 1974 summer programs.
File consists of materials accumulated and created by Irene Prothroe during her activities at the Banff School of Fine Arts, including: a handout for speech exercises; a linear chronology of when characters are on stage for "Fiddler on the Roof": program layout documentation; space requirements for classes and rehearsals of the Musical Theatre Division; correspondence to and from Irene Prothroe regarding hiring and the establishment of the 'Banff Foundation for the Performing Arts' (a professional theatre school), as well as newspaper clippings containing reviews and editorials.
File consists of a venue schedule for the 1973 and 1974 Summer Showcase; a "report of the planning meeting for Summer Session 1974"; an offer of employment from Neil M. Armstrong to Milton Williams (1973); a list of faculty and course offerings for the 1974 Summer Session; attendance estimates for the 1973 Banff Festival of the Arts; an annotated list of national drama department heads; program offerings; the weekly registration report - performing arts (1973); the 1973 interim operating statement, and the agenda for the "Planning Meeting Summer Session 1974."
File consists of an informational pamphlet for the 1973 Banff Festival of the Arts; a list of plays of the British Council Play Reading Library in Ottawa (1969); a list of British Council tape recordings (1970); Volume IX, No. 3 of "Performing Arts in Canada"; a transcript of CBC Radio coverage of the Banff Centre in August 1973, photocopies of newspaper clippings regarding the Banff Centre and the Banff Festival of the Arts; a photocopied article from "Performing Arts in Canada"; a performing arts management document with scheduling and cultural resource notes, and a list of participants in "Performing Art Management."
File consists of notes; a schedule of available off-campus performance facilities for the 1974 Festival of the Arts; a class room booking schedule; a meeting agenda; a draft of "An Artistic Policy for the Banff Centre"; registration reports; a schedule for the 1974 Summer Showcase; correspondence to Irene Prothroe from Assistant Festival Coordinator Pat St Pierre detailing listings of potential locations for off-campus performances; suggested 1974-1975 library acquisitions budgets for the Performing Arts Division; a breakdown of tuition fees; an [external?] review of the 1974 fine arts program; a report from the Canadian Chamber Orchestra Training Program.
File consists of materials relating to the Banff Centre School of Fine Arts' production of "Man of La Mancha," mounted at the Banff Festival of the Arts on August 15th and 19th 1972, and during the Summer Showcase on August 2nd and 3rd of that same year. The production was directed by Irene Prothroe. File consists of Irene Prothroe's annotated script for the Banff Festival of the Art's 1972 production of "Man of La Mancha." Numerated caricatures are tucked inside the script. Script was housed within a production binder.
File consists of materials relating to the Banff Centre School of Fine Arts' production of "Man of La Mancha," mounted at the Banff Festival of the Arts on August 15th and 19th 1972, and during the Summer Showcase on August 2nd and 3rd of that same year. The production was directed by Irene Prothroe. The file contains the contents of a production binder, and consists of programs, rehearsal schedules, and a linear chronology of when characters are on stage.
