 In 1975, few scripts that fit the festival's mandate were being written, so the festival's founders began to create new works and adapt the work of other Canadian playwrights.The first season included a play with an established reputation, Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap", but the popularity of the Canadian-written offering, Harry J. Boyle's "Mostly in Clover", encouraged the founders to focus on plays with local content.The Blyth Memorial Community Hall had an upstairs auditorium which had been little used for decades; this was refurbished to provide a venue for the festival.