2008 Okanagan Zone

Drama Festival

Performance Schedule


May 11
Asparagus Community Theatre
"Sisters"

May 12
Sicamous Amateur Drama Club
"The Park Bench"

May 13
Powerhouse Theatrical Society
"Wit"

May 14
Shuswap Theatre Society
"Dancock's Dance"

May 15
Theatre Kelowna Society
"Opening Night"

May 16
Summerland Singers & Players
"Love Letters"

Awards

Best Production - WIT - Powerhouse Theatrical Society, Vernon Best Director - Adele Kuyek - Powerhouse Theatrical Society, Vernon - WIT (Awarded the Bill Allum Cup and represents Ozone at Mainstage 2008 in Nanaimo July 4 - 12.) Best Actor - Bob Sterling - Theatre Kelowna Society, Kelowna OPENING NIGHT Best Actress - Terri Flanagan - Powerhouse Theatrical Society, Vernon WIT Best Supporting Actor - Peter Buxton-Carr - Shuswap Theatre Society - DANOCK'S DANCE , Salmon Arm Best Supporting Actress - Aileen Brand - Asparagus Community Theatre - SISTERS , Armstrong Best Set Design - R. Morden & A. Powell for OPENING NIGHT - Theatre Kelowna Society, Kelowna Best Costumes - Ellen Gonella - for DANOCK'S DANCE - Shuswap Theatre Society, Salmon Arm Best Sound - Kim Sinclair - for SISTERS - Asparagus Community Theatre ,Armstrong Best Lighting - George Young - for SISTERS - Asparagus Community Theatre, Armstrong Best Props - SISTERS, Asparagus Community Theatre, Armstrong Best Ensemble - OPENING NIGHT, Theatre Kelowna Society, Kelowna Best Newcomer - Deb Nicholson - OPENING NIGHT - Theatre Kelowna Society, Kelowna (The Wilson-Riley Memorial Award donated by Kitty Wilson) Best Backstage Co-Operation to OPENING NIGHT , Theatre Kelowna Society, Kelowna Presented by the Festival Stage Manager Ozzie Award - Jake Jacobson of Shuswap Theatre Society, Salmon Arm Presented by the Okanagan Zone Stephen Heal Memorial Scholarship - Scott Livingstone of Theatre Kelowna Society, Kelowna Adjudicator's Merit Awards Best Runner Up - Sisters - Asparagus Community Theatre, Armstrong Special Mention - Love Letters - Summerland Singers & Players - Summerland New Zone Player - The Park Bench - Sicamous Amateur Drama Club - Sicamous Special Mention - Marcus Smith, "The Soldier" - Shuswap Theatre Society, Salmon Arm Best Sustained Monologue - Stephen Hiscock - Danock's Dance, Shuswap Theatre Society, Salmon Arm Best Morning Workshop - Danock's Dance - Shuswap Theatre Society, Salmon Arm Stage Manager's Special award - "COOLEST" Back Stage Group - Sicamous Amateur Drama Club, Sicamous Presented by the Festival Stage Manager.

"Ars Longa, Vita Brevis"

"The craft is difficult and Life is short,"

NEXT MEETING:
















hosted by

Asparagus Community Theatre Company,
Pleasant Valley Road, Armstrong, B.C.,
Canada, V0E 1B0
250-546-2421
e-mail:Dai Scott - nightfire @ telus.net

Festival Dates: May 11 - 17th, 2008

Okanagan Zone Festival Registration Form.

NB.Queries regarding registration to: nightfire @ telus.net and/or 546-2421.

Three workshops will be held in conjunction with the Festival: Intro to Sound FX - Monty Hughes; Timelines for New Directors - Monty Hughes; Stage Managing - Erin Pritchard. Definite dates and prices following the Festival meeting Monday night, and the registration info sometime in the first half of the week.

Please Note: Club Festival registration packages were mailed Tuesday Feb. 5th. Contact Penny Bayne or Dai at 546-2421, if you still need one sent to you.



Sponsors List


Armstrong Pharmacy
Armstrong Co-op - Shuswap Performance sponsor
Armstrong Pellet - Kelowna Performance sponsor
Armstrong Inn - Vernon Performance sponsor
Barton Insurance - Performance sponsor
Valley 1st Credit Union
Lockwood Concrete - Program Sponsor
Dentique Paintless Dent Repair -Program Sponsor
Curves - Program Sponsor
Norval Rentals - Program Sponsor
Gilbert's Depot
Movie Express
Dr. Macauley - Shuswap Program sponsor
Rick Nickell Trucking - Performance sponsor
Armstrong Flower Shop - Program Sponsor
Armstrong Veterinary- Program Sponsor
Anchor Inn - Performance sponsor
Royal LePage - Program Sponsor
CIBC - Program Sponsor
Just Rocks- Program Sponsor
Armstrong Computer Services
Armstrong Inn
Maax
Colonial Farms
Rotary Club
Century 21
Country West Supply
Valley 1st Credit Union -Program Sponsor
Roger's Flour Mill
Hunting Hawk Winery



GeorgeYoung as King Borassic, Otto Wickstrom as Widow Hankie
from Asparagus Theatre's "Rumplestiltskin" 2007
Photo: Ed Cummings

Our Adjudicator: Barbara Wheeldon

Barbara is a successful film, television and theatre actor as well as an experienced director and playwright. She has appeared in everything from Anne of Green Gables as Marilla and Oklahoma as Aunt Eller onstage to roles on Queer as Folk and Street Legal. Barbara has directed many of her own plays, including "Santas's Ho Ho Ho" and "Is It Lunch Yet?", both of which were performed and aired on television in Delta. She also has a long list of other directing credits, highlights include: "Guys and Dolls"; "An Evening of Cabaret"; "The Play 1949"; and "Amazing Gracie". She worked for many years with the Huron Country Playhouse and St. Mary's Community Players in Ontario as a director, writer and actor. She is also the author of a popular how-to book called The Camera and You!!

Kiss FM
- Media Sponsor

Sun Country Cable
- Festival Sponsor

Askew Foods
- Festival Sponsor

Telus
- Festival Sponsor

Shepherd's Hardware
- Festival Sponsor


O-Zone Member Clubs


Asparagus Community Theatre Paul Kirkwood-Hackett Spence59@telus.net
Kamloops Players Society Louise Millar Kamloops louise.m@shaw.ca
Penticton Chamber Theatre Alanna Matthew Penticton amatthew@uniserve.com
Powerhouse Theatrical Society Sarah McLean Vernon sarah-mclean@hotmail.com
Shuswap Theatre Society Tracy Stacer Salmon Arm tracy@shuswaptheatre.com
Sicamous Amateur Drama Club Carla Krens carlak@cablelan.net
Summerland Singers & Players Fran Depper Summerland sumsingplay@theatrebc.org
South Okanagan Amateur Players Penelope Johnson Oliver SOAP@telus.net
Theatre Kelowna Society Don Rampone Kelowna rampone@silk.net
Thompson Valley Players Anna Schlingermann Barriere thompsonvalleyplayers@gmail.com
Creekside Players Attn: Shauna Murdain Winfield

Other O-Zone Region Clubs: as yet unregistered



Princeton Performing Arts Soc. (Princeton), Club Rep: Paul Huycke
Progress Theatre Co.(Penticton), Club Rep: Pam Campion
Phame Productions (Penticton), Club Rep: Heather Ayris



Rob Fraser as Prince Desmond Kacie LeBarron as Elanor
from Asparagus Theatre's "Rumplestiltskin" 2007
Photo: Ed Cummings


 

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Committee Stuff

MEETING TIME


The next meeting of the Okanagan Zone Festival Committee will be :

TBA, 2008 at TBA, Armstrong
If any individual members cannot attend, Please e-mail Dai Scott: nightfire@telus.net
Secretary: Monty Hughes: - montyghughes at shaw.ca

NB: Download Ozzie Nominating Form here. Bring to the meeting!

2008 Ozone Newsletters

Theatre BC Zone Festival / Main Stage Manual for clubs, organizers









2007 OZONE Best Production: Kelowna's "Memory of Water"