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Okanagan Zone Festival 2009
May 13th- May 24th, 2009
Janet M. Ritchie Centre Stage Theatre, Summerland

Hosted by: Summerland Singers and Players
Festival Chairs
: Ross Arnot and Ed Schneider

Each evening’s performance includes a brief public adjudication.
Adjudicator for the week:
Garry Davey

 For complete festival details visit the Festival Website: http://www.theatrebc.org/ozone09/

Ticket prices
Theatre BC member - - 6 day pass ($100); 3 day pass ($52); individual tickets ($18)
Non Theatre BC member - - 6 day pass ($120); 3 day pass ($60); individual tickets ($20)
Students (with ID) - - 6 day pass ($90); 3 day pass ($45); individual tickets ($15)

All tickets and registration packages will be available by the end of the March. Look online for where to purchase your tickets (www.theatrebc.org/ozone09).

Festival Play Line-up:

• May 17 8:00PM - Act 3 of Our Town by Thornton Wilder
presented by Princess Margaret High School, Penticton

• May 17 9:30PM - This Is A Play by Daniel MacIvor
presented by Summerland Singers and Players, Summerland

• May 18 8:00PM - Good Night Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet by Ann-Marie MacDonald
presented by Theatre Kelowna, Kelowna

• May 19 8:00PM - The Loves of Cass McGuire by Brian Friel
presented by Powerhouse Theatre, Vernon

• May 20 8:00PM - Spoon River Anthology by Charles Aidman, conceived from E L Master's 'Spoon River Anthology'
presented by Asparagus Community Theatre, Armstrong

• May 21 8:00PM - Emily original script and score by Peter Blacklock
presented by Shuswap Theatre, Salmon Arm

• May 22 8:00PM - Over the River and Through the Woods by Joe DiPietro                                 presented by Kamloops Players, Kamloops


Best Production: Spoon River Anthology, Asparagus Community Theatre

Best Director: Margaret Gobie, Goodnight Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet, Theatre Kelowna Society

Best Actor: George Young, Spoon River Anthology, Asparagus Community Theatre

Best Actress: Mandy Penner, Spoon River Anthology, Asparagus Community Theatre

Best Supporting Actor: Mark Faliszewski, Over the River and Through the Woods, Kamloops Players

Best Supporting Actress: Lori Dewart, Over the River and Through the Woods, Kamloops Players

Best Set Design: Brian Haigh, Goodnight Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet, Theatre Kelowna Society

Best Costumes (shared): Beth Bennett and Louise Everest, Spoon River Anthology, Asparagus Community Theatre and Louise Sjoquist, Goodnight Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet, Theatre Kelowna Society

Best Sound: Monty Hughes, The Loves of Cass McGuire, Powerhouse Theatrical Society

Best Lighting: Paul Kirkwood-Hackett, Spoon River Anthology, Asparagus Community Theatre

Best Props (shared): Bill Haidei, Goodnight Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet, Theatre Kelowna Society and Helen Birdsall, Over the River and Through the Woods, Kamloops Players

Best Backstage: The Loves of Cass McGuire, Powerhouse Theatrical Society

Best Ensemble:  Emily, Shuswap Theatre

Wilson Riley Award (Best Newcomer): Wayne Pehowich, Over the River and Through the Woods, Kamloops Players

Special Recognition by our adjudicator:

Spirit of Community Theatre: Summerland Singers and Players (This is a Festival)

Sword Fight Coordination: Corinne Marks and Jeff Samin - Theatre Kelowna Society (Goodnight Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet)

Visual Presentation: Kim McMillan and Marcus Smith -Shuswap Theatre of Salmon Arm (Emily)

Stage Manager Special Award...

Minimilist Award: Ed Schneider - Summerland Singers and Players (This is a Play)

Zone Okanagan Awards:

Stephen Heal Memorial Scholarship: Not presented this year

Ozzie Award:  Don Rampone - Theatre Kelowna Society


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" or "Workshop Play" at Theatre BC's Mainstage 2008 in Nanaimo, B.C., July 4th - July 12th, 2008


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