Sears Ontario Drama Festival 2008: Toronto South District

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

Tuesday Feb. 19:

HOST: ESA: Etobicoke School of the Arts

675 Royal York Road

Toronto ON M8Y 2T1

Staff advisor: Frank Trotz gabytrotz@sympatico.ca

School phone: 416 394 6910 School fax: 416 394 8849

In Harm’s Way 45 min. student written drama

One man’s descent into Hell; we watch the disintegration of the marriage of Clark and Harmony, the destruction of Clark’s
friendship, ending in ?

Guest school:

Rosedale Heights School for the Arts

Staff Advisor: Nancy Clark nancy.clark@tel.tdsb.on.ca

School phone: 416 393 1590 School fax: 416 393 1586

Le Carnaval Obscur 45 min. student written drama

A sideshow full of freaks, geeks, and human obscurities…forgotten by all.

Wednesday Feb. 20:

HOST: Lakeshore CI

350 Kipling Ave.

Toronto M8V 3L1

Staff Advisor: Greg Danakas gregdanakas@hotmail.com

School phone: 416 394 7650 School fax: 416 394 3847

no information provided

Guest School:

Father John Richmond

Staff Advisor: Gregory McGrade Gregory.mcgrade@tcdsb.org

School phone: 416 393 5540 School fax: 416 393 5761

In My Head 40 min. student written drama

Roger appears to be like any other senior student, however, he is engaged in a desperate struggle to deal with his mother’s
death and his own deteriorating mental health. Different aspects of Roger’s personality come to life and attempt to dominate
this young man’s mind.

Thursday Feb. 21:

HOST: Silverthorn CI
291 Mills Road
Toronto M9C 1Y5

Staff Advisor: Sarah Atwell spattwell@hotmail.com
School Phone: 416 394 7010 School Fax: 416 394 7924

Butterflies 40 min.student written dramatic comedy

This play examines the choices that we make and the outcome of our actions. It follows four characters, flying to the “Concert
in Hell.” However, as their circumstances change, so do their choices, their relationships, and their “final destination.”

Guest Schools:

UTS: University of Toronto Schools

Staff Advisor: Julie Stoyka jstoyka@utschools.ca

School Phone: 416 946 5766 School Fax: 416 978 6775

Liminality 45 min. student written drama

Annie, in the process of running away, meets Tyler on an empty stretch of highway. Can one conversation change both of

their lives?

Lakeshore CI – see above
no information provided

Friday Feb. 22:

HOST: West Hill CI

350 Morningside Ave.

Toronto MIE 3G3

Staff Advisor: John Lalor john.lalor@tel.tdsb.on.ca

School Phone: 416 396 8250 School Fax: 416 396 8300

So Nice Not to See You 45 min. published comedy

An author and her secretary are trying to get some work finished in their Bahamas’retreat when two “friends of friends”

descend on them. They put on an act that sends the visitors off to the nearest hotel.

Guest Schools:

West Toronto CI

Staff Advisor: Nicole Pepper mulberry@rogers.com

School Phone: 416 393 1510 School Fax: 416 393 8172

Watermelon Boats 15 min. student written drama

The action takes place on the shore of a lake at three different moments over a ten year span in the special friendship between
two girls.

Rosedale Heights - as above

Block 40 min. student written drama

George is a writer who finds himself in creative chaos after the traumatic breakup with his girlfriend Isabelle. His desire to
craft his own tragic legacy is offset by the tenacious Muse. Will he find refuge in her musing or self destruct?

Monday Feb. 25:

HOST: Ursula Franklin Academy

146 Glendonwynne Rd

Toronto M6P 3E3

Staff Advisor: Glenda Romano glenda.romano@ufa.tdsb.on.ca

School phone: 416 393 0430 School fax: 416 393 0970

Radio No One 40 min. student-teacher collective

Scenes and monologues exploring the question “If everyone is trying to tune out, who is left to listen?”

Guest School:

St, Joseph’s College

Staff Advisor: Jeff Stevenson jeff.stevenson@tcdsb.org

School phone: 416 393 5514 School fax: 416 975 4371

Dear Diary… 45 min. student written serio-comedic

Two feuding stepsisters take on the challenge of dealing with high school, family life and the everyday struggles of being a
teenager, only to realize just how similar they seem to be, through the eyes of each other’s diaries.

Wednesday Feb. 27:

HOST: Jarvis CI

495 Jarvis St.

Toronto M4Y 26B

Staff Advisor: Jennifer Burak jenniferburak@hotmail.com

Phone: 416 393 0140 Fax: 416 393 0184

Waiting 30 min teacher-student collective

We spend our lives waiting: for love, fame, wealth, world peace, the laundry to dry, and for a taxi.

Guest Schools:

Monarch Park CI.

Staff Advisors: Michael Limerick mlimerick@sympatico.ca

Phone: 416 393 0190 Fax: 416 393 o834

You Can’t Take it With You ??

Sam, a mid-fifties widower, packs his apartment to start a new chapter in his life, while his closest friends try to convince him
to stay and a young couple hopes to rent the space he is vacating.

Contact Alternative School
Staff Advisor: Andy Wang by518@hotmail.com

School Phone: 416 393 1455 School Fax: 416 393 1454

Lost in a Dream 20 min. student written drama

April, Ronnie and Mick meet in order to confront Tamara’s grief over the loss of their friend Zack.

Thursday Feb. 28:

HOST: Parkdale CI
209 Jameson Ave.
Toronto M6K 2Y3

Staff Advisor: Tina Cerven-Shaw chlobunny@hotmail.com

School Phone: 416 393 9000 School Fax: 416 393 8160

The Day Billy Died 40 min. published drama

16 year old Billy takes pain-killers to end his life and ends up in a surreal place between life and death. A dramatic and
sometimes humourous exploration of the choice and consequences of suicide from a teen’s perspective

Central Tech:

Staff Advisor: Geoff Kavanagh gtkavanagh@sympatico.ca

School Phone: 416 393 0060 School Fax; 416 393 0067

Mall Story 45 min. teacher written drama

An “Albee-esque” drama about two teenaged girls meeting after work at the mall one night.

Loretto College:

Staff Advisor: John Lynch lynchj@tcdsb.org

School Phone: 416 393 5511 School Fax: 416 393 5878

isearch 40 min. student written drama

The modern media techno consumer searches for meaning in a web world of too many choices.