Sears Ontario Drama Festival 2008: Toronto North District

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

Tuesday Feb. 19:

HOST: Brebeuf College School

211 Steeles Ave E

Toronto ON M2N 3Y4

Staff advisor: Anthony Cavaiola anthony.cavaiola@tcdsb.org

School phone: 416 393 5508 School fax: 416 397 6404

This is a Test 45 min. published absurd comedy

Have you ever been ill-prepared for an impoportant test? Well, Alan gets more than what he expected when he comes to class
and nothing seems to go his way. Is any of this real?

Guest schools:

Woburn CI

Staff Advisor: Lesley Tumber

School phone: 416 396 4575 School fax: 416 396 4569

War 40 min. published drama

Four adolescent males struggle to form identities within the socially constructed notion of masculinity. Through interaction

and self reflection, the boys try to discover what it means to “be a man.”

Crestwood Preparatory College

Staff Advisor: Leanne Young lyoung@crestwoodprepcc.com

School phone: 416 391 1441 School fax: 416 444 0949

Neopolitan 40 min. student written suspense

A young working class man makes all the wrong choices as he struggles for survival in an unfamiliar world.

Wednesday Feb. 20:

HOST: Brebeuf, as above

Murder was the Case 45 min. student written comic murder mystery

New detectives are gathered at the estate of Lord Samuel Deckledon. They are about to prove their worth as private
detectives—and they do so with a real case.

Guest School:

Woburn CI – as above

Staff Advisor: Cate Barnes cbi769@yahoo.com

Vital Signs 40 min. published monologue series

A series of monologues reflecting the varied issues in different women’s lives.

Monday Feb. 25:

HOST: Downsview SS

7 Hawksdale Rd

Toronto M3K 1W3

Staff Advisors: Bruce McCulligh, Tracey Reavell Roy bruce.mcculligh@sympatico.ca

School phone: 416 395 3200 School fax: 416 395 4455

Spiders and Other Monsters 25 min. teacher written drama

A teenage woman finds herself finally in a relationship that turns out to be abusive. Through dream sequences following a
parallel Kabuki/Noh theatre style the woman gains the strength to end the relationship.

Growing Up: 40 min. student written dramatic comedy

A coming of age story about college students discovering themselves…and each other.

Guest School:

Thistletown CI

Staff Advisor: Nicki Coleman, Jennifer Lippa n.coleman@sympatico.ca

School phone: 416 3984 7710 School fax: 416 394 7726

Sleeping Beauty: Once Upon a Nightmare 35 min. student written melodrama

A sleeping beauty for modern times.

Tuesday Feb. 26:

HOST: Northview Heights SS

550 Finch Ave. West

Toronto M2R 1N6

Staff Advisor: Felicia Brennan northviewdrama@hotmail.com

School Phone: 416 395 3290 School Fax: 416 395 3294

Electra 40 min. adaptation of Sophocles’ classic tragedy

The grown Orestes returns to reclaim his rightful place as the head of the house and to exact revenge on all those who

participated in his father’s murder. His return is a blessing to his sister Electra, who has spent the intervening years

lamenting her miserable fate but refusing to be overcome by the powerful forces against her.

Guest Schools:

L’Amoreaux CI

Staff Advisor: Joanne Coniam joanne.coniam@tel.tdsb.on.ca

School Phone: 416 396 8055 School Fax: 416 396 6753

Just Spit it Out 45 min. student written drama

Performance anxiety permeates every aspect of a young musician’s life.

Loretto Abbey

Staff Advisor: Andrew Muia andrew.muia@tcdsb.org

School Phone: 416 393 5510 School Fax: 416 395 6137

Death 50 min. Woody Allen comedy

A maniacal killer is at large and Kleinman is caught between two conflicting factions with plans for how to catch the killer.
Because Kleinman is a logical man caught in an irrational situation, he is accused of being the killer.

Wednesday Feb. 27:

HOST: Earl Haig SS

100 Princess St.

Toronto M2N 3R7

Staff Advisor: Janet Kish janetkish@sympatico.ca

School Phone: 416 395 3210 School Fax: 416 395 4203

Macbeth: A Bloody Tale Told by 24 Idiots 35 min. student collective “comictragicomedy”

A collective adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy as clown and bouffon in grunts, growns and gobbledey gook.

Guest Schools:

Cardinal Carter School for the Arts

Staff Advisor: Sheila O’Brien sheila.obrien@tcdsb.org

School Phone: 416 393 5566 School Fax: 416 397 6119

The Little Girls’ Room 17 min. dramatic comedy; non student, non published

An encounter between two very different girls in a washroom.

Victoria Park CI
Staff Advisor: Rebecca Roach Rebecca.Roach@tel.tdsb.on.ca

School Phone: 416 395 3310 School Fax: 416 395 4208

The Lottery 30 min. published drama

A town is caught in a tradition which splits the traditionalists and those who would like to see a ritual changed.

Thursday Feb. 28:

HOST: Northview Heights – as above

The Bear 40 min. published Chekhov farce

The strange beginning of love between Mrs. Popov and Smirnov reveals the fine line between anger and passion.

Guest School:

Fr. Henry Carr CSS

Staff Advisor: Anthony Reid getanthony@hotmail.com

School Phone: 416 393 5521 School Fax: 416 393 5692

Zombie: A teen age comedy with brains 40 min.teacher written comedy-horror

Zombies have taken over the school. Mr. Rivers and four students are trapped in the staff room. When Mr. Rivers is forced to
leave, and new students infiltrate the room, the students are forced to make decisions and come to terms with their own
zombie-like natures.