Welcome to the Okanagan
Zone Theatre Festival
If you're looking for Okanagan theatre events, this
is the big one. Once a year, theatre groups from the area present
their best work to be judged. The best will go on to Theatre BC's
Mainstage
festival to compete for the coveted Thespian
awards.
PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SPOON RIVER
ANTHOLOGY WINS BEST PLAY AT THE OZONE 2009 THEATRE FESTIVAL
Spoon River
Anthology, an actor's delight, won “Best Production”
at the OZone 2009 Community Theatre Festival in Summerland May 23,
2009.
Adjudicator
Garry Davey chose the Asparagus Community Theatre (Armstrong) show
to go on to Theatre BC’s Mainstage Festival in Maple Ridge
in July. Spoon River Anthology, based on Edgar Lee Masters'
cycle of poems about Spoon River, Illinois, takes place in a graveyard.
The four actors each play many roles as they weave together their
stories of life in the small town. Two musicians on stage provided
the musical subtext to enrich the stories.
Awards:
Best Production:
Spoon River Anthology, Asparagus Community Theatre, Armstrong
Best Director:
Margaret Gobie, Good Night, Desdemona, Good Morning, Juliet,
Theatre Kelowna
Best Actress:
Many Penner, Spoon River Anthology, Asparagus Community Theatre,
Armstrong
Best Actor:
George Young, Spoon River Anthology, Asparagus Community
Theatre, Armstrong
Best Supporting
Actress: Lori Dewart, Over the River and Through the Woods,
Kamloops Players
Best Supporting
Actor: Mark Faliszewski, Over the River and Through the Woods,
Kamloops Players
Best Set Design:
Brian Haigh, Good Night, Desdemona, Good Morning, Juliet,
Theatre Kelowna
Best Costumes:
Beth Bennett and Louise Everest, Spoon River Anthology, Asparagus
Community Theatre, Armstrong
and
Louise Sjoquist, Good Night, Desdemona, Good Morning, Juliet,
Theatre Kelowna
Best Sound:
Monty Hughes, The Loves of Cass McGuire, Powerhouse Theatrical
Society, Vernon
Best Lighting:
Paul Kirkwood Hackett, Spoon River Anthology, Asparagus Community
Theatre, Armstrong
Best Props:
Helen Birdsall, Over the River and Through the Woods, Kamloops
Players
and Bill Haidei,
Good Night, Desdemona, Good Morning, Juliet, Theatre Kelowna
Best Back
Stage Coordination: The Loves of Cass McGuire, Powerhouse
Theatrical Society, Vernon
Best Ensemble:
Emily, Shuswap Theatre, Salmon Arm
Best Newcomer:
Wayne Pehowich, Over the River and Through the Woods, Kamloops
Players
Certificates
of Merit:
Excellence
in Fight Choreography: Corrine J. Marks and Jeff Samin, Good
Night, Desdemona, Good Morning, Juliet, Theatre Kelowna
Excellence
in dedication to community theatre to Summerland Singers and Players
for “This is a Festival”.
Excellence
in Visual Presentation: Kim McMillan and Risa Bessenden, Emily,
Shuswap Theatre, Salmon Arm
Theatre B.C.’s
Okanagan Zone Ozzie Award for contribution to community theatre
in the Okanagan was given to Don Rampone.
For more information contact Betty-Ann Xenis
OZone 2009
bxenis@telus.net
250-494-5295
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