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2012 Awards

“The Mouse House” Sweeps EODL Awards

Sun 15 April, 2012

The Peterborough Theatre Guild swept the awards handed out today (Sunday) at the Eastern Ontario Drama League's full length play festival held in Ottawa.

The premiere production of "The Mouse House", written by Peterborough's Robert Ainsworth, captured 10 of 16 awards, including Best Production, Best Director (Ainsworth), Best Actor (Shared by Jack Roe and Matthew Finlan), Acting Excellence (Terry Novak), and Best Cameo (Cheryl Lyon).

The festival, which ran from Tuesday to Saturday last week, featured plays from five communities in Eastern Ontario. The other entries were:

• Self-Help - Ottawa Little Theatre
• A Streetcar Named Desire - Domino Theatre, Kingston
• Educating Rita - Prince Edward Community Theatre, Picton
• Pathways - The Bay of Quinte Community Players

"The Mouse House" will represent the Eastern Ontario Drama League in the Theatre Ontario Festival next month (May 16-20) in Sault Ste. Marie, competing against three other productions from across the province.

PTG Awards

• Best Production -- The Mouse House
• Best Director -- Robert Ainsworth
• Best Production of a Canadian play -- The Mouse House
• Best Actor -- Jack Roe & Matthew Finlan (shared)
• Acting Excellence -- Terry Novak
• Best Cameo -- Cheryl Lyon
• Outstanding Student Contribution -- Matthew Finlan
• Best Set Design -- Peterborough Theatre Guild
• Best Use of Speech -- Cast, Mouse House
• Best Visual Presentation -- Mouse House

"The Mouse House" Wins 7 Theatre Ontario Awards

Theatre Ontario Festival Awards are presented to Ontario's best community theatre productions. At the Theatre Ontario Festival 2012 held in Sault Ste. Marie from May 16 to 20, 2012, the PTG production of the "The Mouse House" won 7 awards including The Elsie For Outstanding Festival Production.

The PTG awards were:
• Adjudicator's Award for Set Dressing and Props - CAROLYN BOYER, JUDY HOARD, CHARLOTTE SZAJKOWSKI
• Adjudicator's Award for Sound Design - ANDY DUNCAN
• Outstanding Performance by a Male - MATTHEW FINLAN
• Outstanding Visual Presentation - MOUSE HOUSE
• Outstanding Set Design - CAROLYN BOYER
• Outstanding Director - ROBERT AINSWORTH
• Outstanding Festival Production - MOUSE HOUSE

The PTG production also received 3 nominations.
• Terry Novak - nominated for outstanding performance by a male in a supporting role.
• Jack Roe - nominated for outstanding performance by a male.
• Mouse House - nominated for outstanding technical acheivement.

See the complete Theatre Ontario Festival 2012 results.

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2011 Awards

"House" Wins Two Awards at the 2011 EODL One Act Play Festival

Peterborough Theatre Guild’s production of the one-act play, “House” written by Daniel MacIvor and directed by Bea Quarrie, won 2 Awards at the Eastern Ontario Drama League (EODL) One Act Play Festival. The PTG awards were:

• Belleville Theatre Guild Award – for Acting - Christopher Spears - for his one man show in “House”
• Ottawa Little Theatre Award - for Best Production - awarded to the cast and crew of “House”

Director, Bea Quarrie was nominated for the Academy of Theatre Foundation Award for Best Director.

The annual EODL One Act Play Festival was held this past weekend, November 11-13, 2011 in Perth, Ontario. Nine (9) One-Act Plays were presented by Community Theatre groups from across Eastern Ontario. Groups came from Ottawa, Almonte, Perth, Kemptville, Merrickville, Haliburton and Peterborough. Through this Festival, participating theatres have an opportunity to meet other people who are passionate about theatre and to share ideas and learn new skills.

The cast and crew presented “House” at the Peterborough Theatre Guild earlier in November and then packed up props, set, costumes, cast and crew to travel to Perth on Saturday.

Each group puts their set on stage and rehearses for one hour in the afternoon. When it is their turn to perform, they have 10 minutes to put their set on the stage and 5 minutes to tear it down after their performance. All nine (9) plays did an amazing job.

The Adjudicator this year was Chris Worsnop who has directed plays, written scripts, worked as a play polisher, presented workshops and organized and hosted festivals. As an adjudicator he has worked at various levels in the Sears Festival, the Meadowvale Music Theatre Festival, a previous One-act Eastern Ontario Festival in 2008 and Theatre Ontario Festival in 2009.

ART Wins 3 Awards at the 2011 EODL Spring Play Festival

On Sunday April 3, 2011 the Peterborough Theatre Guild hosted the Awards brunch at Baker’s Hill Banquet Hall. At the brunch the PTG production of ART garnered three awards

The three PTG awards were:
• City of Pembroke Trophy (Adjudicator’s Award) Peterborough Theatre Guild – “Art” – sophisticated overall look
• Peterborough Theatre Guild Award (Set Design) Peterborough Theatre Guild – “Art” – Ian Burns and Wyatt Lamoureux
• Peterborough Theatre Guild Award ( Best use of Speech) Peterborough Theatre Guild – “Art” – Randy Lawrence

Complete Story and more photos

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2010 Awards

2010 - EODL One Act Play Festival

This past weekend (November 12^th to 14^th) , in Ottawa Ontario, 9 One Act Plays were presented by Community Theatre groups from across Eastern Ontario. Groups came from Ottawa, Almonte, Perth, Kemptville, Cornwall, Trenton and Peterborough. This was the annual Eastern Ontario Drama League One Act Play Festival. Through this Festival, the participating groups have an opportunity to meet other people who are passionate about theatre and to share ideas and learn new skills. The Peterborough Theatre Guild was well represented by “This Is A Play”. This play was written by Daniel MacIvor and was directed by Amy Cummings. The cast and crew presented the play at the Peterborough Theatre Guild the last week of October and then packed up props, set, costumes and cast and crew to head to Ottawa on Saturday. The groups put their set on stage and rehearse for one hour in the afternoon. When it is their turn to perform, they have 10 minutes to put their set on the stage and 5 minutes to tear it down after their performance. All 9 plays should be congratulated on a job well done.

On Sunday there is an Awards Brunch. The Adjudicator this year was Laurel Smith who is a producer, director, playwright, adjudicator, teacher and performer with a BA (Music), an MBA (Arts and Media Administration), an MA (Theatre) as well as theatre training at the Banff School of Fine Arts and the Drama Studio in London, England. She had a tough job at this festival.

This is a Play won 2 Awards at the EODL One Act Play Festival. The PTG awards were:

• Colin Mawson Award – Outstanding Contribution by a Student
  Avery Bowser - “This Is A Play” by Daniel MacIvor presented by Peterborough Theatre Guild


• Penny Avril Award - Adjudicator’s Award (Best Technical Aspect)
  Rowan Lamoureux - “This Is A Play” by Daniel MacIvor presented by Peterborough Theatre Guild

The Peterborough Theatre Guild is very proud of its two winners. They are both young people who show great promise in the Theatre arts. Avery is a grade 7 student at Kenner Intermediate school who shows a flare for props, set crew and lighting. Rowan demonstrated a technical talent with his design of a digital projection on stage of his father as composer. Amy Cummings creative vision as a new director skillfully pulled everything together gaining her a nomination for the Helen R. McGregor award for Most Promising New Director. Pat Maitland, now a veteran at the PTG also received a nomination for the Mae Carmichael Award for Acting. The Peterborough Theatre Guild thanks the entire cast and crew for representing the Guild so well.

2010 - EODL Full Length Festival

The PTG production of Marion Bridge received 3 awards and 2 nominations at the 2010 EODL Full Length Festival which took place at the Peterbourgh Theatre Guild, March 24-28, 2010.

PTG Awards

Arnold Connerty Award:  Adjudicator Award for the memorable moment of the gin game
Kingston Trophy:  Best Production of a Canadian Play
Peterborough Theatre Guild Award:  Set Design - Al Tye

PTG Nominations

Deep River Players Award: Best Visual Presentation - Nominated: Peterborough Theatre Guild - Marion Bridge
Margaret White Award: For Acting Excellence - Nominated: Shannon Junkin as Louise, Peterborough Theatre Guild - Marion Bridge

John and Nora Martyn accept the Kingston Trophy for the Best Production of a Canadian Play

Complete awards list

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2009 Awards

2009 - EODL One-Act Festival Results

PTG’s Josh Lueck won the Colin Mawson Award for Outstanding Contribution by a Student

During the weekend of November 13th to 15th in Perth Ontario, nine One-Act Plays were presented by Community Theatre groups from across Eastern Ontario. Groups came from Perth, Ottawa, Manotick, Kemptville, Cornwall and Peterborough. This was the annual Eastern Ontario Drama League One-Act Play Festival. Through this Festival, the participating groups have an opportunity to meet other people who are passionate about theatre and to share ideas and learn new skills. The Peterborough Theatre Guild was well represented by “Mrs. C. You’ve Got A Lovely Scar”. This play was written and directed by area resident and PTG member, Keith Smith. The cast and crew presented the play at the Peterborough Theatre Guild the last week of October and then packed up props, set, costumes and cast and crew to head to Perth on Saturday. The groups put their set on stage and rehearse for one hour in the afternoon. When it is their turn to perform, they have 10 minutes to put their set on the stage and 5 minutes to tear it down after their performance. All nine plays should be congratulated on a job well done.

On Sunday there is an Awards Brunch. The adjudicator this year was John Lazarus who is a playwright, screenwriter and a teacher at Queen’s University. He had a tough job at this festival. He congratulated the groups for the fact that six of the nine plays were Canadian and three of the six were written by members of the presenting Company.

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Twelfth Night Wins 7 Ontario Theatre Awards

The PTG production of Twelfth Night won 7 of the 15 awards presented at Theatre Ontario Festival 2009 which took place in Kanata from May 13th to May 17th, 2009.

PTG awards:

• Adjudicator Award, the gift of EODL: awarded for Scene Changing, to the Peterborough Theatre Guild for Twelfth Night
• Adjudicator Award, the gift of The Curtain Club: awarded to a juvenile, Megn Walker, for the role of Viola in Twelfth Night.
• Adjudicator Award, the gift of QUONTA: awarded for Costumes to the Peterborough Theatre Guild for Twelfth Night
• Outstanding Performance by a male, the gift of Kanata Theatre: Brian McDonald in the role of Feste in Twelfth Night
• Outstanding Visual Presentation, the gift of Espanola Little Theatre: Peterborough Theatre Guild for Twelfth Night
• Outstanding Coordinated Production as chosen by the Festival Stage Manager. the gift of the Jourard family: Peterborough Theatre Guild for the transfer of Twelfth Night from Peterborough to Kanata
• Perry Short Award for best set design, the gift of Janet Short: Eric Jackson for Twelfth Night

Other PTG nominations:
• Outstanding Performance by a male in a Supporting Role: Sebastian--Justin Boyd
• Outstanding Technical Achievement—Voice: Chris Jackson

See the full results

See coverage in:

The Peterborough Examiner
Peterborough This Week

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Twelfth Night Awarded Best Production in Eastern Ontario Community Theatre

The Peterborough Theatre Guild Production of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” has collected five awards at the Eastern Ontario Drama League (EODL) Festival in Kemptville on March 29, 2009. Twelfth Night was nominated for 12 of the 15 awards available at the Festival.

The EODL Festival brings together the best of community theatre in Eastern Ontario. The festival is designed to allow community theatre volunteers to learn and improve their skills through professional adjudications. This year the festival, which was held in Kemptville, drew from five community theatres in Ottawa, Kingston and Peterborough. The festival featured a touring adjudicator, who reviewed each play at the home theatre of each company during the play’s normal run.

As winner of the “best production”, “Twelfth Night” will be the EODL entry in to the Theatre Ontario Festival next month in Kanata. The Theatre Ontario festival will feature the best plays from four regional drama groups representing Eastern, Western, Central and Northern Ontario.

The award has received coverage in the Peterborough Examiner

Congratulations to the entire production team and cast of the show.

EODL Awards for Twelfth Night:

Nominations:

The adjudicator’s comments can be found here

Full Awards Details (PDF file opens in a new window)