Theatre Museum Media Release (Ron Braden Gift)

[Michael Wallace]

Here is some exciting news for the Theatre Museum (which, as some of you
know, started off as a committee of what is now CATR).

-Mike Wallace

 

GIFT A MAJOR MILESTONE FOR THEATRE MUSEUM CANADA

Will Celebrates Actor Ron Braden's Life in Theatre 

 

MEDIA RELEASE                

Wednesday October 8, 2014 (For Immediate Release)

 

(TORONTO) - With profound gratitude Theatre Museum Canada thanks actor Ron
Braden (1931-2012) for the charitable gift of $548,000 made in his Will.
The largest donation ever made to Theatre Museum Canada, it creates The
Gertrude Isobelle Braden Fund, named after his mother, and will help the
organization preserve Canadian theatre heritage for future generations. 

 

"Ron was very clear that the work of the museum was important to him." Says
singer and actor Tania Parrish, a neighbour and close friend.  "He was a
volunteer and helped organize material donated to the museum by his good
friends Jean Roberts and Marigold Charlesworth."

 

Marlene Smith, Theatre Museum Board Chair adds "Theatre and being an actor
are all about imagination - and so was leaving a charitable gift in his
Will. Ron will never see what his gift makes possible, but the work of the
museum is being supported today - and throughout the future - by his
charitable donation. 

 

"In 2010 Theatre Museum announced plans for a permanent home" Smith
continued "and this will help to realize that dream.  This is truly a
transformative donation to a cause Ron Braden cared about deeply." 

 

About Theatre Museum Canada

Founded in 1991, Theatre Museum Canada is a registered charity that seeks to
share the wonder of Canada's rich theatre legacy with Canadians and theatre
enthusiasts everywhere. Our broad range of programming includes special
exhibits at the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) and the Macdonald Heaslip
Walkway of Theatre History at Hart House Theatre, the Theatre Museum Goes
Backstage series of public learning events and caring for a growing
collection of theatre artefacts.

 

Our most popular program is the Legend Library of videotaped interviews
conducted by actor R.H. Thomson with pioneers of Canadian theatre posted
online at: www.TheatreMuseumCanada.ca. 

 

Planning is underway for a year-round home at King Blue by Greenland, a
condominium, retail and hotel project at the corner of King Street West and
Blue Jays Way in the heart of Toronto's Entertainment District. 

 

Theatre Museum Canada is privileged to have as our Honorary Patron renowned
Canadian actor

Christopher Plummer.  President of the Board is the noted theatre producer
Marlene Smith. We acknowledge the financial support from the Ontario Arts
Council (OAC), an agency of the Government of Ontario, and are grateful for
the ongoing support of the William and Nona Heaslip Foundation. 

 

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For more information contact:

Michael Wallace, 

Executive Director, Theatre Museum Canada

416-413-7847

mwallace at theatremuseumcanada.ca

www.TheatreMuseumCanada.ca

 

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