2009

EODL One-Act Festival Results

During the weekend of November 13th to 15th in Perth Ontario, nine One-Act Plays were presented by Community Theatre groups from across Eastern Ontario. Groups came from Perth, Ottawa, Manotick, Kemptville, Cornwall and Peterborough. This was the annual Eastern Ontario Drama League One-Act Play Festival. Through this Festival, the participating groups have an opportunity to meet other people who are passionate about theatre and to share ideas and learn new skills. The Peterborough Theatre Guild was well represented by “Mrs. C. You’ve Got A Lovely Scar”. This play was written and directed by area resident and PTG member, Keith Smith. The cast and crew presented the play at the Peterborough Theatre Guild the last week of October and then packed up props, set, costumes and cast and crew to head to Perth on Saturday. The groups put their set on stage and rehearse for one hour in the afternoon. When it is their turn to perform, they have 10 minutes to put their set on the stage and 5 minutes to tear it down after their performance. All nine plays should be congratulated on a job well done.

On Sunday there is an Awards Brunch. The adjudicator this year was John Lazarus who is a playwright, screenwriter and a teacher at Queen’s University. He had a tough job at this festival. He congratulated the groups for the fact that six of the nine plays were Canadian and three of the six were written by members of the presenting Company.

Peterborough Theatre Guild’s Josh Lueck won the Colin Mawson Award for Outstanding Contribution by a Student.

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Twelfth Night Wins 7 Ontario Theatre Awards

The PTG production of Twelfth Night won 7 of the 15 awards presented at Theatre Ontario Festival 2009 which took place in Kanata from May 13th to May 17th, 2009.

PTG awards:

• Adjudicator Award, the gift of EODL: awarded for Scene Changing, to the Peterborough Theatre Guild for Twelfth Night
• Adjudicator Award, the gift of The Curtain Club: awarded to a juvenile, Megn Walker, for the role of Viola in Twelfth Night.
• Adjudicator Award, the gift of QUONTA: awarded for Costumes to the Peterborough Theatre Guild for Twelfth Night
• Outstanding Performance by a male, the gift of Kanata Theatre: Brian McDonald in the role of Feste in Twelfth Night
• Outstanding Visual Presentation, the gift of Espanola Little Theatre: Peterborough Theatre Guild for Twelfth Night
• Outstanding Coordinated Production as chosen by the Festival Stage Manager. the gift of the Jourard family: Peterborough Theatre Guild for the transfer of Twelfth Night from Peterborough to Kanata
• Perry Short Award for best set design, the gift of Janet Short: Eric Jackson for Twelfth Night

Other PTG nominations:
• Outstanding Performance by a male in a Supporting Role: Sebastian--Justin Boyd
• Outstanding Technical Achievement—Voice: Chris Jackson

See the full results

See coverage in:

The Peterborough Examiner
Peterborough This Week

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Twelfth Night Awarded Best Production in Eastern Ontario Community Theatre

The Peterborough Theatre Guild Production of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” has collected five awards at the Eastern Ontario Drama League (EODL) Festival in Kemptville on March 29, 2009. Twelfth Night was nominated for 12 of the 15 awards available at the Festival.

The EODL Festival brings together the best of community theatre in Eastern Ontario. The festival is designed to allow community theatre volunteers to learn and improve their skills through professional adjudications. This year the festival, which was held in Kemptville, drew from five community theatres in Ottawa, Kingston and Peterborough. The festival featured a touring adjudicator, who reviewed each play at the home theatre of each company during the play’s normal run.

As winner of the “best production”, “Twelfth Night” will be the EODL entry in to the Theatre Ontario Festival next month in Kanata. The Theatre Ontario festival will feature the best plays from four regional drama groups representing Eastern, Western, Central and Northern Ontario.

The award has received coverage in the Peterborough Examiner

Congratulations to the entire production team and cast of the show.

EODL Awards for Twelfth Night:

Nominations:

The adjudicator’s comments can be found here

Full Awards Details (PDF file opens in a new window)