Sears Ontario Drama Festival 2008: Central Peel North District

Host Schools in RED: order plays are shown in is NOT necessarily performance order!

Thursday Feb. 21

HOST: Meadowvale SS

6700 Edenwood Drive

Mississauga ON, L5N 3B2

Staff advisor: Wendie Gibbons wendie.gibbons@peelsb.com

School phone: 905-824-1790 School fax: 905-824-9990

Lemon Cheese Pie 25 min. drama written by former student

A typical suburban family is turned upside down when their seemingy perfect daughter reveals a secret and leaves home.

Now, one year later, they reunite. Is her family willing to accept her or will she be rejected for good?

Guest school:

St. Francis Xavier

Staff Advisors: Cheryl Perrotta Pooler, Laura Parker cheryl.perrotta@dbcdsb.org

School Phone: 905.507.6666 School Fax: 905.568.1026

But the Flesh is Weak 45 min. student written crime drama

When a man arrives in purgatory he attempts to understand the details of his death.

Friday Feb. 22

HOST: Meadowvale SS – as above

Of Bunnies and Rabbits 45 min.student written drama

A magician comes to the realization that his love was exactly like his career: nothing but a bunch of fancy tricks and illusions.

Guest schools:

St. Francis Xavier – as above

The Price of Power 50 min. drama written by student collective

The play looks into the emotional, physical and verbal abuse students must face in their everyday lives, and the effects it has on
them and their attitudes.

Stephen Lewis SS

Staff advisor: Nicola Allison nicola.allison@peelsb.com

School phone: 905-363-0289 School fax: 905-363-0293

Le Fou de la Nuit 50 min. student written drama/suspense

A psychotic clown terrorizes the members of a French circus.

Monday Feb. 25

HOST: St. Edmund Campion CSS

275 Brisdale Dr.

Brampton ON L7A 3C7

Staff Advisors: Maria Pallotta, Bernadette Shanahan, John Thomas john.thomas@dpcdsb.org

School Phone: 905 846 7124 School Fax: 905 846 1527

Masked Persona 40 min.student written drama

The trials and tribulations of students within the high school setting.

Guest School:

Robert F. Hall CSS

Staff Advisors: Rob Ciccotelli, Debbie Machado debbie.machado@dpcdsb.org

School Phone: 905 584 1670 School fax: 905 584 1488

Greek 45 min. adaptation, written by professional playwright

A punk-rock adaptation of Oedipus Rex.

Tuesday Feb. 26

HOST: Mayfield SS

5000 Mayfield Rd.

Caledon ON L7C 0Z5

Staff Advisor: Joanne Bethune, Jane Kelk joannebethune@peelsb.com

School Phone: 905 846 6060 School fax: 905 843 9543

Specific show information not available until after in-school festival.

Guest Schools:

Ste. Marguerite d’Youville

Staff Advisor: Andy Carreiro andrew.carreiro@dpcdsb.org

School Phone: 905 789 5560 School fax: 905 789 1143

Flowers for Algernon 30 min. tragedy, written by professional playwright

Charlie Gordon, a mentally challenged man, is transformed into a genius at the hands of two doctors. However, just as he
finds love, Charlie begins to deteriorate and reverts back to his former self.

St. Thomas Aquinas

Staff Advisor: Caroline Larmon caroline.larmon@dpcdsb.org

School Phone: 905 791 1195 School fax: 905 783 4665

One Hundred Lies 40 min.dark comedy, written by professional playwright

Teenager Liz Nostrand, in a 1960’s psychiatric hospital, presents her life as a competition, complete with scoreboard and
timer: the goal is to dramatize 100 significant lies told by and to Liz in her lifetime.

Wednesday Feb. 27

HOST Mayfield SS : as above Specific show information not available until after in-school festival.

Guest Schools:

Robert F. Hall CSS – as above

Left Behind 30 min. student written socio-political drama

A young man tries to cope with the loss of his older brother who dies fighting in Afghanistan.

Bramalea SS

Staff Advisor: Daniel Benakoun daniel.benakoun@peelsb.com

School Phone: 905 793 2400 School fax: 905 793 3683

The Promised Land 45 min. drama written by professional playwright

A young girl and her boyfriend try to make a life for themselves when they discover she is pregnant, but her mother

has other plans.

Thursday Feb. 28

HOST St. Edmund Campion CSS: as above : (this school hosting only this night)

Guest Schools:

Chingacousy SS

Staff Advisor: Tracey Freitas tracey.pacheco@peelsb.com

School Phone: 905 791 2400 School Fax: 905 721 1290

Let Go 30 min. student written comedy

A grade 9 student goes to school for the first time. His mom has home schooled him his entire life and she has a hard time
letting go. In the end everyone realizes that you must value what you have.

Fletcher’s Meadows SS

Staff Advisor: Charlene Cook charlene.cook@peelsb.com

School Phone: 905 495 2675 School Fax: 905 495 6170

Flaky Lips 40 min. contemporary drama by professional playwright

Two young women live in separated societies; they have never seen what the other looks like until circumstances throw

them together.

Blyth Academy Thornhill

Staff Advisor: Diana Letra dianaletra@yahoo.ca

School Phone: 905 889 8081 School Fax: 905 889 4797

Misha 45 min. drama written by professional playwright

Max’s best friend Misha dies, and he believes it to be his fault: in his head the memories of their friendship and of

the fatal night replay themselves.

Friday Feb. 29

HOST: St. Joseph S.S. (two shows by this school on this night)

5555 Creditview Road
Mississauga ON, L5V 2B9

Staff Advisor: Seamus Kelleher seamus.kelleher@dpcdsb.org
School Phone: 905.812.137 School Fax: 905.812.0812

Rafie 40 min. student written dramedy

Six strangers are trapped on a subway and realize they are all mysteriously connected.

On Hold 30 min. student written drama

Two women realize they have a lot in common as they wait in a therapist’s office.

Guest School:

St. Marcellinus S.S.

Staff Advisors: Jeff Graham, Mary Helen Teskey mhteskey@yahoo.com

School Phone: 905.564.6614 School Fax: 905.564.3202

Mr. Nice Guy 35 min. student written drama

A generally passive gentleman visits a Starbucks in his usual routine and finds himself learning his inner feelings

via a visit from the devil or his so-called representative.