2008 O-Zone Drama Festival Production

"Sisters" by Wendy Lill

"Just as revelations of massive abuse at residential schools began to become public in the late 1980s, two major plays appeared on Canadian stages chronicling the damages done to First Nations by the Catholic Church. Tomson Highway's Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing and Wendy Lill's Sisters were the first plays to address the residential school legacy. Dry Lips dramatizes the impact of missionary Catholicism on one reserve but makes no overt reference to the residential school experience. Sisters looks at a Catholic residential school but focusses on the white nuns rather than the Native children. In the context of residential school histories and literature, this essay examines the plays' theatrical forms and silences with specific reference to trauma theory and a series of debates in 1988-1989 around the issues of Native peoples going public about their experiences of the schools and non-Native writers appropriating Native stories."
- Jerry Wasserman

Aileen Brand as Sister Agnes	Laurisa DeFehr as Sister Gabriel	Sean Bibby as Louis	Bree Ann Trumbley as Young Mary	Kaila Sinclair as Sister Mary	Cory MacIntosh as Joel Stein	Lois Archer-Duell - Director
All photos credited: Ed Cummings

v     Winter production - Rumplestiltskin auditions and information

v     I.P.E. Parade

v     Annual General Meeting - September 11

Our winter production was a pantomime: - ‘ Rumplestiltskin ’,
directed by Wayne Ashton.

Rob Fraser as Prince Desmond Kacie LeBarron as Elanor	Kacie LeBarron as Elanor Tyler Anderson as The Dwarf King Rumpelstiltskin	and a Cast of hundreds	Rob Fraser and Otto Wicklstrom doing make-up	Susan Gagnon, Laurissa DeFehr, Nadine Wallesch waiting	Otto Wickstrom as Widow Hankie GeorgeYoung as King Borassic
All photos credited: Ed Cummings

A reading was held on Sept.6, at 7 pm (open to everyone, no obligation to audition), followed by auditions on Sept.9, 1 pm.  Both took place at Centennial Theatre.

The following parts were cast:

The Widow Hankie (male)

Eleanor Hankie (daughter)

King Borassic

Prince Desmond (King’s son)

The Dowager Princess Neuralgia (sister to the King)

Sir Horace Fop (courtier )

 Sir Maurice Slop (courtier)

The Dwarf King

I.P.E. Parade

We are entering a float again this year (remember we WON last year!)  We are in the process of building a Trojan horse, to be mounted on Alf Bennett’s trailer and towed by Alf’s truck (as opposed to Greek slaves).  Members are encouraged to dress as Trojan/Greek commoners and warriors, gods and goddesses, and join us for the parade.  The more the merrier!  We will also be handing out small flyers to parade-watchers, advertising our upcoming season.  Many hands make light work!

The Annual General Meeting will be held Sept.11, 7pm, in the upstairs lounge at the Armstrong Hotel (main door, turn left).

On the agenda will be:         

·        Reports from Committees

·        Plans for renovations/addition to the theatre – we hope to have a conceptual drawing ready at this time.

·        Elections:  President, Secretary, Treasurer, 3 Directors.

If you wish to run for any of these positions, please call Dai at 546-2421.

There will also be an opportunity for nominations from the floor. 

Following the meeting will be munchies and a no-host bar.

Please come early to renew your memberships prior to the meeting