Sears Ontario Drama Festival 2008: Central Peel South District

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

Tuesday Feb. 19:

HOST: The Woodlands School

3225 Erindale Station Road

Mississauga ON, L5C1Y5

Staff advisor: Deb Hindmarch dhindmarch@rogers.com

School phone: 905-279-0575 School fax: 905-279-0215

Malevolence 45 min. student written fairy tale/farce

The land of fairytales and fairy godmothers takes a turn for the worse when a certain little man wreaks

vengeance on all.

Guest schools:

Rick Hansen S.S.

Staff Advisor: Trevor Birrell, Amanda Conrad tbirrell@hotmail.com

School phone: 905-567-4260 School fax: 905-567-5017

Checked Out 50 min. student written dramedy

Lorne Park S.S.

Staff Advisor: Bruce Fox brucefox1@hotmail.com

School phone: 905-278-8771 School fax: 905 278 4011

Specific show information available only after in-school festival.

Wednesday Feb. 20:

HOST: Cawthra Park S.S.

1305 Cawthra Road

Mississauga ON, L5G4L1

Staff Advisors: Randolph Swyer, Dave Brinton davebrinton@hotmail.com

School phone: 905-274-1271 School fax: 905-274-9370

Specific show information available only after in-school festival.

Guest Schools:

T.L. Kennedy S.S.

Staff Advisor: Steve Hill Steven.Hill@peelsb.com

School phone: 905-279-6540 School fax: 905-279-6800

Social Politics 25 min. student written absurdist

A woman starts her first day of work at a new job, and discovers a bizarre cast of characters. She spends the rest of the play trying to fit in with them.

Loyola S.S.

Staff Advisor: Mike Ferro michaelferro@dpcdsb.org

School Phone: 905.820.9822 School Fax: 905.820.1753

The Comic Waiting Room 35 min. student written drama

Eddie has just died, now he awaits a choice which will be presented to him in the Cosmic Waiting Room. Will he make the
right choice? Gabe and Lucy are both their fighting for his soul. It’s a half hour of tension that takes place in one minute!

Thursday Feb. 21:

HOST: Cawthra Park S.S. – as above

Specific show information available only after in-school festival.

Guest Schools:

T.L. Kennedy S.S. – as above

I Think, Therefore I Am 25 min. student written absurdist

The story of a teenaged boy, and the thoughts that compete for control over his head, and ultimately, his actions.

Holy Name of Mary S.S.

Staff Advisor: Len Bernardo bernlen@sympatico.ca

School Phone: 905.274.2401 School Fax: 905.274.0978

Girl 45 min. student adaptation of morality play

Inspired by the medieval morality play, Everyman, Girl, the adolescent female ‘everyone’ is caught up in the emptiness of
modern life and is presented with an opportunity by God to mend her ways and redirect her priorities.

Friday Feb. 22:

HOST: The Woodlands School – as above

Guest Schools:

Rick Hansen S.S. as above

Behind the Bling 30 min. student written dramedy

The life of a teenage gangster wannabe and his journey in discovering who he is!

Lorne Park S.S. as above

Specific show information available only after in-school festival.

Tuesday Feb. 26:

HOST: Port Credit S.S.
79 Mineola Rd. East

Mississauga L5G 2E5

Staff Advisor: Joanne Postma joanne.postma@gmail.com

School phone: 905-278-3382 School fax: 905-278-8936

Emotional Baggage 40 min. published comedy/mime/movement piece

This piece, set to Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, explores the idea that we all carry some form of emotional baggage and

shows the comedic side to why people “just can’t let go”

Guest Schools:

Clarkson S.S.

Staff Advisor: Annette Kurjanczyk annette.kurjanczyk@peelsb.com

School phone: 905-822-6700 School fax: 905-822-6896

Impromptu 20 min. published comedy

Four characters cannot leave the stage until they have “acted out the play.”

Applewood Heights S.S.

Staff Advisor: Anne Wessels anne.wessels@sympatico.ca

School phone: 905-279-6090 School fax: 905-279-7084

Hospital 45 min. student/teacher collective drama

Five scenes in different wings of a busy urban hospital.

Wednesday Feb. 27:

HOST: Iona Catholic S.S.

2170 South Sheridan Way
Mississauga ON, L5J 2M4

Staff Advisor: Siobhan Duffy siobhan.duffy@dpcdsb.org

Phone: 905.823.0136 Fax: 905.823.0248

Hardly Forgotten 25 min student written serious drama

Three friends plot to change the marks of one so they can all go to university together and tragic events turn things

upside down

Guest Schools:

St. Aloysius Gonzaga S.S.

Staff Advisors: Daniella Gizzi, Matt Burnham daniella.gizzi@dpcdsb.org

Phone: 905.820.3900 Fax: 905.820.3902

AML 35 min. published drama

One woman, played by 5 women, reflects on her relationship with her boyfriend, who was diagnosed with AML.

Loyola S.S. – as above

Fly Away Sparrow 35 min. student written fantasy

Master Peachtree and his students are in the art of analyzing dreams and seeing future visions within them.
Through a process of potions and dances, dreams are experienced and explained and ultimately the_fate of the world is at stake.
Will the dreamers overcome the tormentor?

Thursday Feb. 28:

HOST: Iona Catholic S.S. – as above

At a Loss for Words 30 min. student written comedy

A writer of a series of adventure books has writer’s block. His publisher has advised him to change things up and offer new
ideas. As he writes the action comes to life around him and the characters have to deal with the changes he is trying to make
They don’t like the changes and rebel.

Holy Name of Mary S.S. – as above

Staff Advisor: Karen Conderan

Harriet Tubman Visits a Therapist 25 min. published drama

Harriet Tubman, a slave, is sent by her owner to visit a therapist, whose task is to persuade her not to run away

to freedom.

Mentor College

Staff Advisor: Jessica Derventzis jderventis@mentorcollege.edu

Phone: 905 271 3393 Fax: 905 271 8867

Fourteen’s: The Ironic Comedic Occurrences at a Grocery Store 35 min. student written farce

A group of dysfunctional people work at a grocery store where a murder that takes place and must solve the mystery.

Friday Feb. 29:

HOST: Clarkson S.S.
2524 Bramgrove Rd.
Mississauga L5J 1L8

Staff Advisor: Annette Kurjanczyk annette.kurjanczyk@peelsb.com

School phone: 905-822-6700 School fax: 905-822-6896

Controlling Interest 20 min. published comedy

A group of savvy young businessmen gather at Jack’s office for their weekly meeting.

John Fraser S.S.

Staff Advisor: Heather Bamford heather.bamford@peelsb.com

School phone: 905-858-5910 School fax: 905-858-1973

Power Play 45 min. published drama

The play explores power inequities that exist in high school and the violence that can result from them.