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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>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).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-Mike Wallace<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>GIFT A MAJOR MILESTONE FOR THEATRE MUSEUM CANADA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>Will Celebrates Actor Ron Braden’s Life in Theatre <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>MEDIA RELEASE <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>Wednesday October 8, 2014 (For Immediate Release)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'> (TORONTO) – With profound gratitude Theatre Museum Canada thanks actor <b>Ron Braden</b> (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. <span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>“Ron was very clear that the work of the museum was important to him.” Says singer and actor <b>Tania Parrish,</b> 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.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b>Marlene Smith</b>, 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. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>“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.” <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>About Theatre Museum Canada<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>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 <b><i>Theatre Museum Goes Backstage</i></b> series of public learning events and caring for a growing collection of theatre artefacts.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Our most popular program is the <b><i>Legend Library</i></b> of videotaped interviews conducted by actor R.H. Thomson with pioneers of Canadian theatre posted online at: <a href="http://www.TheatreMuseumCanada.ca">www.TheatreMuseumCanada.ca</a>. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Planning is underway for a year-round home at <b><i>King Blue by Greenland</i></b>, 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. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=X-NONE>Theatre Museum Canada is privileged to have as our Honorary Patron </span>renowned Canadian actor<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=X-NONE>Christopher Plummer. President</span> of the Board <span lang=X-NONE>is </span>the noted<span lang=X-NONE> theatre producer Marlene Smith. We acknowledge the </span>financial <span lang=X-NONE>support </span>from the <span lang=X-NONE>Ontario Arts Council</span> (OAC)<span lang=X-NONE>, an</span> agency of the Government of Ontario<span lang=X-NONE>, and are grateful for the ongoing support of </span>the William and Nona Heaslip Foundation<span lang=X-NONE>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>-30-<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>For more information contact:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Michael Wallace, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Executive Director, Theatre Museum Canada<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>416-413-7847<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><a href="mailto:mwallace@theatremuseumcanada.ca">mwallace@theatremuseumcanada.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>www.TheatreMuseumCanada.ca<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>