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North Island Zone Festival 2003

SATURDAY, MAY 17th to SATURDAY, MAY 24th
PLACE: Bailey Studio Theatre
2373 Rosstown Road,
Nanaimo, B.C.
HOSTED BY: Nanaimo Theatre Group

line-up of plays // results

Each evening’s performance included a brief public adjudication.
Adjudicator for the week was Fran Gebhard

Saturday, May 17th

The Affections of May by Norm Foster

presented by Nanaimo Theatre Group

Two Act Comedy - 1 hr., 30 min.   There will be one intermission.

Grogan’s Cove somewhere in Canada , 1990 – A Bed and Breakfast. "A Delightful Romantic Comedy". From a confused and deserted wife, May becomes a happy and confident woman – due in no small measure to the men she encounters on the way.

Sunday, May 18th

Black Comedy by Peter Schaffer

presented by Yellow Point Drama Group, Nanaimo

Comedy - 1 hr.,30 min         There will be one intermission

Victoria, B.C. 1966  A farce wherein during a blackout the actors respond to light as dark and visa versa.

Monday, May 19th

My Beau by Edmond Alcid

presented by E.C.H.O.Players, Qualicum Beach

Two Act Drama - 1 hr.,30 min.   There will be one intermission.

Present day. Two sisters in a seniors residence re-live their youthful competition for their ‘Beau’ Edmond. The spirit of the departed Edmond returns to provide the audience with HIS viewpoint!

Tuesday, May 20th

Shirley Valentine  by Willy Russell

 presented by Cortes Theatre, Cortes Island

Two Act Comedy/Drama - 2 hrs.    There will be one intermission.

Act 1 England – the kitchen of a semi-detached house.
Act 2 A Greek Island
Her hope and self – confidence badly shattered by school, marriage and life, the former Shirley Valentine is reduced to talking to the kitchen wall while preparing her husbands evening meal. As she sips a glass of wine she dreams of drinking wine in a country where the grape is grown. When her feminist friend offers her a holiday in Greece, she seizes the opportunity and encounters a totally different life style.
Some coarse language

Wednesday, May 21st

The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman & members of Tectonic Theatre Project

presented by Courtenay Little Theatre

Docudrama - 3 hrs.     There will be two intermissions.

Laramie, Wyoming .  Brutal killing of Matthew Shepard. (Hate Crime) Effects of the court case on the town.
Coarse language and use of flash cameras on stage.

Thursday, May 22nd

The Pinchpenny Phantom of the Opera by Dave Resiser & Jack Sharkey

presented by Dori McGarrigle's Musical Theatre, Parksville

Musical Comedy - 2 hrs.      There will be one intermission.

The late 1800’s.  The dressing room, office and stage of an opera house. Gaston, the proprietor of a run down opera house that still bears signs of faded elegance, struggles to keep the operas going with a chorus of two and only one guest soprano per opera.

It Runs in the Family by Ray Cooney

presented by Rivercity Players, Campbell River

British Farce - 2 hrs.   There will be one intermission

St. Andrews Hospital, London, England – present day. In this rollicking British farce, Dr. David Mortimore’s past catches up to him on the brink of a career – making lecture. Can he keep them all apart: the wife, the former fling, the director of the hospital, the police?

Saturday, May 24th

The Smell of the Kill by Michele Lowe

presented by Theatre Now!, Powell River

Black Comedy  - 1 hr., 20 min.    No intermission

Present day, somewhere in the USA.Nicky, Debra and Molly have tolerated each other during once a month dinners for years. For the first time they admit their marriages are on the brink of disaster. The men mistakenly lock themselves in the meat locker. Should they leave them in?
Coarse language, gunshot

RESULTS

Best Overall Production (and Zone Festival Winner):
    The Laramie Project , Courtenay Little Theatre

Outstanding Achievement by a Director:
    Lori Mazey, The Laramie Project   Courtenay Little Theatre

    Honourable Mentions:
    Sheila Coultish, The Affections Of May Nanaimo Theatre Group
   Robert Boyd, The Pinchpenny Opera Dori McGarrigle's Musical Theatre, Parksville
    Lesley McVey, My Beau, E.C.H.O. Players, Qualicum Beach

Outstanding Achievement by a Male Actor in a Lead Role:
    Dave Kilbank, The Affections of May Nanaimo Theatre Group

   Honourable Mentions:
    Denis Collins, It Runs In The Family Rivercity Players, Campbell River

Outstanding Achievement by a Female Actor in a Lead Role:
    Anicca de Trey, Shirley Valentine Cortes Theatre, Cortes Island

   Honourable Mentions:
    Lorna McNeil, The Affections of  May Nanaimo Theatre Group

Outstanding Achievement by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role:
    Joseph Dunn, The Laramie Project

    Honourable Mentions:
    Steve Gordon, The Laramie Project
    Dan Marshall, It Runs In The Family
    Sean Burkholder, The Laramie Project

Outstanding Achievement by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role:
    Kymme Patrick, The Laramie Project

    Honourable Mentions:
    Eleanor Phillips, The Laramie Project
    Jeannie Brown, The Smell of The Kill

Outstanding Achievement in Set Design:
    Fred Gilpin, The Affections of May

     Honourable Mentions:
    Jay Crowder, The Laramie Project
    Mic Banks, My Beau

Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design:
    Jean Kirby & Margo Thorp, The Affections of May

     Honourable Mentions:
    Donna Lavender, My Beau
    Christine Boyd & Ruth Statham, The Pinchpenny Phantom of the Opera

Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Design:
    Randy Champagne, The Affections of May

     Honourable Mentions:
    Stephanie Pletscher, It Runs In The Family
     Robinson Wilson, The Laramie Project

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design:
    Sharon Pridham, The Laramie Project

    Honourable Mentions:
    David Attley, My Beau
    Peggy Harris, The Affections of May

Outstanding Achievement in Set Dressing:
    Joanne Husband, The Affections of May

     Honourable Mentions:
    Maureen Anderson, My Beau

Outstanding Achievement in Scenic Painting:
     Bryan Ostrom, The Pinchpenny Phantom of the Opera

     Honourable Mentions:
     Lee Robinsong, Elena Fraser & David Rousseau, Shirley Valentine
    Jeannie Brown, The Smell of the Kill

Outstanding Achievement in Ensemble Acting:
     The Laramie Project
     The Smell of the Kill

Outstanding Achievement by a Senior Actor
     Dori McGarrigle, My Beau

Outstanding Achievement by a Novice Actor
     Jenny Harrison, Black Comedy

     Honourable Mentions:
     Jason Gaignard, The Laramie Project
     Andrew Arnold, The Laramie Project 
     Andrew DeVilliers, The Laramie Project
     Valerie Wood, It Runs In The Family

  Kotter Award  "Welcome Back (To The Stage)"
     Dean Ryane, The Laramie Project 

Backstage Award - presented by Richard Morrison & Dwayne McLean:
    The Laramie Project, Courtenay Little Theatre

  Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design
     poster design - The Laramie Project, Courtenay Little Theatre

    Honourable Mention:
     poster design - My Beau, E.C.H.O. Players

  The NIZ Donna Lamb Award for outstanding contributions to community theatre :
     Robbie McAfee, Nanaimo Theatre Group

Zone Festivals are held in each of Theatre BC’s Zones throughout the spring, leading to the annual provincial MAINSTAGE theatre festival. Productions from each Zone Festival will participate as a "Best Production", "Workshop Play" or "Scene Development" at Theatre BC's Mainstage 2003 in Penticton/Summerland, B.C., July 4-12th/03.

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