Stage Door
January 2009
OKTC STAGEDOOR JANUARY 2009
All tickets for 2009 go on sale, Monday, Jan. 19 at 11am .
519-672-8800 / www.grandtheatre.com
UNVEILING THE NEW SEASON
OKTC JUNIOR PLAYBILL 2009
Spriet Family Theatre
Covent Garden Market Mezzanine
King St. and Talbot Street , London , ON
Tickets for all shows on sale as of Mon., Jan. 19.
$8 Kids & Students / $12 Adults
519-672-8800 / www.grandtheatre.com
All information on www.oktc.ca
MARCH BREAK
DISNEY’S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Jr. The Musical
Director: Reg Malik
Mar. 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21 @ 2pm
Mar. 18, 20, 21 @ 7pm
“Be Our Guest” at this “tale as old as time”! All the great characters, comedy, melody & drama of this Hollywood and Broadway classic!
SPRING TRIPLE BILL Mar. 30 – April 5
See 2 of these short shows at each performance.
STONE SOUP: The Play
Director: Travis Baile
You’ll feast on knightly fun at this banquet of drama and hilarity! Adventure, dragons, cross-dressing and culinary trickery abound at Stone Soup!
AND…
THOMAS & THE PRINCESS: The Musical
Director: Martha Zimmerman
This Brickenden Award-winning musical is back! A clever princess, her rigid father, a wacky witch –and only Thomas the hick lad to save the day!
AND…
GODSPELL: The Musical
Director: Ruth Yateman
The New Testament springs to vivid, playful, and suspenseful life in this groundbreaking musical filled with memorable songs like “Day by Day”!
RUNNING ORDER:
Mar. 30, 7pm : Thomas / Godspell Mar. 31, 7pm : Godspell / Soup
Apr. 1, 7pm : Soup / Thomas
Apr. 2, 7pm : Thomas / Godspell
Apr. 3, 7pm : Godspell / Soup
Apr. 4, 2pm : Soup / Thomas
Apr. 4, 7pm : Thomas / Godspell
Apr. 5, 2pm : Godspell / Soup
Apr. 5, 7pm : Soup / Thomas
DOUBLE BILL April 16 - 19
See both of these short shows at each performance.
YEARBOOK: The Drama
Director: Georgina Smith
Flip through a school’s year of memories, filled with caring, determination, and humour, and see how the positive actions of others enrich our lives.
AND…
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 Jr. On Stage Director: George Jolink
It is summer and all your favourite Wildcats are working at the Country Club and trying to cut through jealousy and confusion to put on a show!
Apr. 16, 7pm : Yearbook /HSM 2 Apr. 17, 7pm : HSM2 / Yearbook
Apr. 18, 2pm : Yearbook / HSM 2
Apr. 18, 7pm : HSM 2 / Yearbook
Apr. 19, 2pm : Yearbook / HSM 2
Apr. 19, 7pm : HSM 2 / Yearbook
OKTC SENIOR PLAYBILL 2009
The OKTC Senior Company features our most experienced and dedicated teen-age actors. These productions provide not only exciting, provocative theatre for our audiences, but also strong artistic challenges to train and stretch our finest performers.
A COMEDY OF ERRORS, EVITA and FAME FOREVER play in our Spriet Family Theatre, Covent Garden Mezzanine.
Tickets $8 & $12
RENT plays in the Wolf Performance Hall, London Public Library, 351 Dundas St .
Tickets $10 & $15
ALICE IN WONDERLAND Jr. plays outdoors in the Library’s lush Rotary Reading Garden .
A Pay-What-You-Can event.
A COMEDY OF ERRORS
By William Shakespeare
Director: Jason Rip
Apr. 23-26 @ 7pm , Apr. 25 & 26 @ 2pm
Confusion, farce and rapid-fire action are the order of the day in this comic and calamitous Shakespearean universe!
EVITA: The Musical Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyrics: Tim Rice
Director: Dale Hirlehey
May 4 – 10 @ 7pm , May 9 & 10 @ 2pm
The true story of a woman and a nation in a thrilling epic musical as theatrical and complex as Eva Peron herself! (AA)
FAME FOREVER – REUNION & REBIRTH: The Musical By David De Silva & Ben H. winters
Music: Steve Margoshes
Director: Sam Shoebottom
May 20 – 24 @ 7pm. May 23 & 24 @ 2pm
In this sequel to the legendary FAME, talent is reborn in the new generation of theatre students who carry their parents’ torches of inspiration. (AA)
RENT: The High School Edition Musical At the Wolf Performance Hall, LPL
By Jonathan Larson
Director: Michael Paylor
May 26 – 31 @ 7pm , May 30 & 31 @ 2pm
No musical in decades has so captured the passion of youth as this brilliant modernization of La Boheme, set in NY’s bohemian East Village . (14+)
DISNEY’S ALICE IN WONDERLAND JR.: The Musical Outdoors in the Rotary Reading Garden , London Public Library
PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN
July 31 & Aug. 3, 4, 6, 7 @ 7pm. Aug. 1, 2, 8, 9 @ 530pm
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Da!! The breeze through the verdant Garden trees will not only echo the delicious Alice songs, but also your laughter and applause! (Family)
This is without doubt one of our strongest seasons ever. Get on board!
UPCOMING AT OKTC 1. Plans are almost complete for the New York Trip from March 12 – 19. It would be possible to fit in one more senior boy and 4 more senior girls. Currently 46 are registered.
2. The August 21-29 trip to Scotland is all organized and great apartment accommodations procured in Edinburgh ’s Old Town . There might still be a small group of openings. For inquiries about either trip, email art@oktc.ca.
3. Winter Original Kidlets begins soon! There are spaces left in the Wednesday and Saturday Sessions for 7/8-year-olds. Signups for March Break Kamp Kidlets for ages 5 – 8 are well underway. Go to www.oktc.ca and click on KIDLETS for full information and to download registration forms.
4. Plans for CAMP OK 2009 are well underway in the capable hands of Camp Director Justin Quesnelle. The target date for online registrations to begin on www.oktc.ca is Mon., February 23.
5. OK GRADS 2009 and everyone graduating from Grade 8 and into our Senior Company, set aside Mon., June 1 from 630 to 8pm for the annual OKTC graduation Gala in your honour at the Wolf Performance Hall.
A FOND LOOK BACK The Christmas Junior Triple Bill (JOY!, Rock and Roll Santa and Yes, Virginia ) fought dire snowstorms, the flu and colds, technical glitches and accidents to bring the spirit of the season alive on the Spriet stage. We had the excitement of witnessing actors taking over roles at the last minute to fill in for ailing, stranded or injured company members; we were thrilled to fight the storm and be part of sell-out houses when much of the city had closed down. We’re proud to say that the stage lights stayed ON at OKTC!
It was my pleasure and duty to assist all Junior shows this season. As well, I was challenged to take over direction of one of them, JOY!, at the mid point of rehearsals. I got to know so many fine young company members who give their all to their work at OK and their company. They are the future of OK, and a hopeful future they definitely are!
I also got to work closely with many of our vital volunteers, and I can say without exaggeration, that you are all treasures beyond value! I also got to be a part of the fun and camaraderie that you create as you form our support teams. We all had a lot of fun and fulfillment.
I spent one performance of Yes, Virginia just sitting quietly backstage to observe the working of the show. I watched the young actors go through the intricate steps of their backstage ballet, picking up and returning props, making their many rapid and demanding costume changes, and keeping tuned into the progress and the emotion of the play out on the stage. I also watched the actions and faces of the adult backstage costumes and props team, as they smiled with pride at the professional behaviour of the 23 young actors, doing their work so maturely. When our young actors are operating at their highest level of trust, co-operation and commitment, the JOY of working with them is self-evident.
And so, my wishes for the new season are:
~That every cast and crew work together with the respect and teamwork that I observed on that one night at Yes, Virginia ,
~And that all of our staff feels the thrill that I felt as my cast of JOY! grabbed hold of the show and made it totally their own!
