Paper Wheat is a play by the 25th Street Theatre Centre about the hard lives of early Saskatchewan settlers and the foundation of the wheat pools and the Co-op movement on the Canadian Prairies.
[1] The most successful stage show in Saskatchewan history, Paper Wheat opened in Sintaluta, Saskatchewan on May 18, 1977 and subsequently played to full houses across the province and nation.
[2] Paper Wheat was an example of documentary theatre, with company members traveling to local communities to collect stories about Saskatchewan history.
[3] It was collectively created and written by its originating cast and crew, including director Andras Tahn and actors Linda Griffiths and Lubomir Mykytiuk.
[4] Later productions, under the direction of Guy Sprung, added further new characters and dialogue created by the same collective process.