During March Break, Guelph Little Theatre (GLT) will be hosting the annual Western Ontario Drama League (WODL) Theatre Festival.
Because 2017 is Canada’s sesquicentennial year, all plays entered in the festival this year are written by Canadian playwrights.
On Feb. 19, Lindsay Price the preliminary adjudicator for this year announced her choice for the five plays to be presented at Guelph Little Theatre from March 13 to 17 at 8pm. Price is also a Canadian playwright.
The winner of this festival will represent Western Ontario at the annual Theatre Ontario Festival to be held in Ottawa during the Victoria Day weekend.
The five plays to be presented at the Guelph Little Theatre include:
– Ten Times Two by David Belke on March 13 at 8pm, presented by Theatre Tillsonburg. Belke is an Edmonton playwright.
– Albertine in Five Times by Michel Tremblay on March 14 at 8pm, presented by Cambridge Community Players.
This is Canadian classic written by one of French Canada’s leading playwrights.
– Willow Quartet by Joan Burrows March 15 at 8pm presented by Theatre Sarnia.
Burrows is a Richmond Hill playwright.
– Better Living by George F. Walker on March 16 at 8pm presented by Ghost Light Players (Windsor).
– Outlaw by Norm Foster on March 17 at 8pm presented by Elmira Theatre Company.
Foster is Canada’s most produced playwright and a favourite of summer and community theatres.
Outlaw is a comedy about a Canadian accused of murder in the American Wild West in 1871 even though he refuses to carry a gun.
Also on March 17, Foster will speak at a play reading at the Holiday Inn, Guelph at 1:30pm.
This event is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the Canada Council and Playwrights Guild of Canada. Playwrights Canada Press will stage a book display and sale at the same time and same place.
Tickets for the plays may be purchased at the River Run Centre Box Office in person, by calling 519-763-3000 or visiting www.guelphlittletheatre.com. Single tickets are $24 each. A five-play package costs $110 and tickets to the awards gala banquet on March 18 can be purchased for $55.
