{"id":5,"date":"2017-09-22T15:24:41","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T14:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theatremuseum.dev\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2024-03-05T20:57:16","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T20:57:16","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/","title":{"rendered":"The wonder of Canada\u2019s rich theatre legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"columns-1 wp-block-post-template is-layout-grid wp-container-core-post-template-layout-1 wp-block-post-template-is-layout-grid\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-14 page type-page status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-layout-3 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-bottom:2rem\"><figure style=\"aspect-ratio:1;height:45vh;\" class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/future-plans\/\" target=\"_self\"  style=\"height:45vh\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Elgin-Winter-Garden-front-CROPPED_small.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Canada&#8217;s Theatre Museum Announces Its New Home Within The Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Elgin-Winter-Garden-front-CROPPED_small.jpg 828w, https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Elgin-Winter-Garden-front-CROPPED_small-300x272.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Elgin-Winter-Garden-front-CROPPED_small-768x697.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-layout-2 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><h2 style=\"padding-top:1rem;\" class=\"has-link-color has-text-color has-gray-color wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-f71deec7f22ac36ace55bb81fd71e21d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/future-plans\/\" target=\"_self\" >Canada&#8217;s Theatre Museum Announces Its New Home Within The Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">This exciting new museum will be an integral part of Canada\u2019s theatre community, past, present and future with space for dynamic exhibits, presentations and educational programming. <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><a style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600;\" class=\"wp-block-read-more has-medium-font-size\" href=\"https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/future-plans\/\" target=\"_self\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Canada&#8217;s Theatre Museum Announces Its New Home Within The Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-repeated\" style=\"min-height:50vh\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-black-background-color has-background-dim-40 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div role=\"img\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-1784 is-repeated\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Banner_Draft5-Squares-e1539880195577.jpg)\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:1rem;padding-right:2rem;padding-bottom:1rem;padding-left:2rem;flex-basis:45%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-large-font-size\">The Legend Library<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:1.75rem\">Explore our exclusive series of conversations with pioneers of Canadian theatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/legend-library\/\">Watch here<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-gray-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">News and Events<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query recent-posts is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"columns-2 post-loop  wp-block-post-template is-layout-grid wp-container-core-post-template-layout-2 wp-block-post-template-is-layout-grid\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-4171 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-events category-exhibitions category-news\">\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-gray-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-gray-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/join-us-march-27-for-world-theatre-day\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2446\" height=\"1218\" src=\"https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-05-at-5.18.23-PM.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Thanks for joining us March 27 for World Theatre Day\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-05-at-5.18.23-PM.png 2446w, https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-05-at-5.18.23-PM-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-05-at-5.18.23-PM-1024x510.png 1024w, https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-05-at-5.18.23-PM-768x382.png 768w, https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-05-at-5.18.23-PM-1536x765.png 1536w, https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-05-at-5.18.23-PM-2048x1020.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2446px) 100vw, 2446px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"blob:https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/6f276acd-4e4f-40f3-b077-55ff8b9463fa\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-link-color has-text-color has-gray-color wp-block-post-title wp-elements-88eb5dc53a979133c2c1420caeaa9ec2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/join-us-march-27-for-world-theatre-day\/\" target=\"_self\" >Thanks for joining us March 27 for World Theatre Day<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Thanks so much to everyone &#8211; including our special guests &#8211; for joining us on World Theatre Day, a chance for our performing arts communities to gather, celebrate, and sneak a peek at what will be the future home of the museum. <\/p><\/div>\n\n<a class=\"wp-block-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/join-us-march-27-for-world-theatre-day\/\" target=\"_self\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Thanks for joining us March 27 for World Theatre Day<\/span><\/a>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-4184 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-gray-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-gray-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/in-memorium-nona-macdonald-heaslip-c-m\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"314\" height=\"314\" src=\"https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Nona-Photo.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"In Memorium NONA MACDONALD HEASLIP, C.M.\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Nona-Photo.jpg 314w, https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Nona-Photo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Nona-Photo-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"blob:https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/6f276acd-4e4f-40f3-b077-55ff8b9463fa\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-link-color has-text-color has-gray-color wp-block-post-title wp-elements-88eb5dc53a979133c2c1420caeaa9ec2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/in-memorium-nona-macdonald-heaslip-c-m\/\" target=\"_self\" >In Memorium NONA MACDONALD HEASLIP, C.M.<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Mrs. Heaslip was a driving force behind establishing the museum, and her passion for theatre found expression in the roles she played as an active board member, host for garden parties and meetings around her dining room table, and a proofreader of press releases. <\/p><\/div>\n\n<a class=\"wp-block-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/in-memorium-nona-macdonald-heaslip-c-m\/\" target=\"_self\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: In Memorium NONA MACDONALD HEASLIP, C.M.<\/span><\/a>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-71 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news\">\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-gray-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-gray-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/annual-appeal-thanks-so-much\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/inspire-the-artists-of-tomorrow-with-a-donation-today-1.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Donate now. Make a secure online donation today.\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/inspire-the-artists-of-tomorrow-with-a-donation-today-1.png 1920w, https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/inspire-the-artists-of-tomorrow-with-a-donation-today-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/inspire-the-artists-of-tomorrow-with-a-donation-today-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/inspire-the-artists-of-tomorrow-with-a-donation-today-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/inspire-the-artists-of-tomorrow-with-a-donation-today-1-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"blob:https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/6f276acd-4e4f-40f3-b077-55ff8b9463fa\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-link-color has-text-color has-gray-color wp-block-post-title wp-elements-88eb5dc53a979133c2c1420caeaa9ec2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/annual-appeal-thanks-so-much\/\" target=\"_self\" >Donate now. Make a secure online donation today.<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Your much-needed charitable donations set the stage for students and theatre lovers young and old to remember and be inspired by our rich theatre heritage. <\/p><\/div>\n\n<a class=\"wp-block-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/annual-appeal-thanks-so-much\/\" target=\"_self\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Donate now. Make a secure online donation today.<\/span><\/a>\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Theatre Museum Canada seeks to share the wonder of Canada\u2019s rich theatre legacy with Canadians and theatre enthusiasts everywhere. <\/p>\n<p>We exist to serve the theatre community of Canada by preserving and interpreting the work of nationally significant theatre artists for the Canadian public. <\/p>\n<p>We believe that the legacy of the past will inspire even greater achievements in the theatre arts in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":3637,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":119,"href":"https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4175,"href":"https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/4175"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theatremuseum.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}