Stage Door
OKTC STAGEDOOR. January 2012
Editor: art@oktc.ca
NEWS FLASH!
The following OKTC productions have just been nominated for BRICKENDEN AWARDS, FOR BEST IN LOCAL THEATRE:
Assassins (OKTC Alumni): Best Musical.
Curse of the Cobra’s Kiss, John Lennon and Me and 12 Angry Jurors: Best Youth Drama.
Les Miserables and The Drowsy Chaperone: Best Youth Musical.
Please vote for your favourites at www.brickenden.org. Click on VOTING.
ANOTHER NEWS FLASH!!
Tickets are scarce for our delightful production of CATS, running Jan. 11 to 15 at 7pm, 14 & 15 at 2pm. Get your tickets now, as many were left making desperate but futile searches for spare OLIVER! Tickets on FB & Twitter. But by then it was sold out!
PURE LOVE IN A THEATRE
Over the Holiday break, I happened on this passage in a mystery novel by Harlan Coben, and I am now happy to dedicate it to all OK parents.
“You’re sitting there and you have tears in your eyes and you think about the wonder of this moment, and then - and this is the amazing thing - you look around the theatre at the other parents and you realize everyone feels exactly the same way about their own kid. I mean, that’s so obvious and simple, and yet something about it overwhelms me. I can’t believe this tremendous feeling, this wave of love, doesn’t belong to us alone and that what we’re experiencing isn’t unique – and that just made it somehow greater. I remember watching the other parents in the audience. You see the wet eyes and the smiles. You see the wives reach for their husband’s hand, no words exchanged. And I remember being just awed. Like – I don’t know – like I couldn’t believe one room, this theatre, could be so full of pure love and not just take off from the ground.”
GOING GALA FOR OKTC!
It is a big, fun, welcoming event, and you are all invited to buy tickets, come, enjoy, and support your own theatre company in the process. Yes, it is Sounds of Love II, Feb. 11 at Sunningdale Golf and Country Club. You’ll enjoy friendly company, delicious finger foods, delightful entertainment, some professional and some our very own Original Kids, and an exciting auction and silent auction. Believe us, the auction offerings are outstanding!
Tickets ($75 with a $35 tax receipt) or 5 for $350 (with a $150 tax receipt) are NOW available at our box office or by emailing gala@oktc.ca .
UPCOMING AT OKTC
*CATS is the final OK production for which the Grand Theatre is the source of tickets. After that, we will be handling out own tickets directly, employing Original Kids in our own box office. Your 2012 Casting packages contain the details. Sales for 2012 begin at Noon on Monday, Jan. 23. Go to www.oktc.ca to see the full roster of upcoming productions!
*We’re only about 3 weeks away from registration beginning for CAMP OK 2012, and Summer Kamp Kidlets. Go to www.campok.ca on Feb. 1 to see all the information, and to enroll.
*Winter Kidlets sessions begin Mon., Jan.6, Wed., Jan. 11 and Sat. Jan. 14. Info and downloadable registration forms are available on www.oktc.ca for any spots remaining.
*The 1st Meeting of the NEW YORK MARCH BREAK TRIP is Sunday Morning, Jan. 15 from 11 to 1230, with parents there long enough to show ID and get their Statutory Declarations notarized.
OK’s IN THEIR COMMUNITY
I was pleased to be in touch this week with Veronica Bryan, a long time OK. I remember her fondly from our inaugural production in the Spriet of the musical Quilters which I directed. Nice, Veronica! Always touching to hear about Original Kid Grads carrying our torch! Here’s her interesting update:
“It now feels like ages ago, but Original Kids was my pre-teen/teen stomping grounds for embracing my creative side. I still have good friends that I keep in contact with from OK. Even after years of not seeing each other, we always have that common bond of theatre and OK that brings us even closer! Leigh Hardie (who was a member for years) and I often see each other as we now both live in Vancouver.
Since Original Kids, I have completed an Honours Theatre Degree from York, and then went back to College to further my education. I now work with individuals with special needs, mainly Autism. I am currently starting my own theatre company Ability Theatre, which will focus on teens and adults with special needs performing for their community.
Below is the link for my theatre campaign. I am very excited to share this with all of you at Original Kids, not even in hopes for donations, but rather to spread the word about my company to anyone you may know who resides out in Vancouver.
I find myself thinking with fondest memories about Original Kids! The friendships I formed, the skills I learned in rehearsals, the opportunities I had to perform in front of live audiences, our trip to Scotland, how I found my singing voice, not to mention my confidence. So many thanks and a big hello to all back home.
Take a moment to check out ABILITY THEATRE on IndieGoGo and also share it with your friends. All the tools are there. Get perks, make a contribution, or simply follow updates. If enough of us get behind it, we can make 'ABILITY THEATRE' happen.
http://www.indiegogo.com/ABILITY-THEATRE?a=332078&i=emal
Love and Many Thanks from the bottom of my heart. “
Veronica Bryan.
