The musical Anne and Gilbert will be touring the province of Ontario this fall in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Anne of Green Gables.
It’s been running for three years in Summerside, PEI; and had its first Ontario production–in Kingston–this year, at the Thousand Islands Playhouse.
The tour will run from September 23 to November 2.
For the record - “Anne and Gilbert” was first produced in Ontario in the summer of 2007, at the Thousand Islands Playhouse in Gananoque. Greg Wanless directed. The Playhouse did it again in 2008, but moved it to the larger Grand Theatre in Kingston.
It was first staged in Victoria-by-the-Sea, P.E.I. in 2005, then moved the next year to the larger Jubilee Theatre in Summerside. Megan Follows WASN’T in it. The touring production stars Ashleigh Ireland as Anne and Adrian Marchuk as Gilbert. (In Summerside, those roles were played this year by Rebecca Parent and Aaron Kyte.) - Nancy White (one of the Anne and Gilbert composers. )