Dear Educators,
Heritage Pavilion Stage is expanding to five productions this coming season!
We are preparing to launch an ambitious seventh season of innovative and curriculum-linked historical and current events plays. Some will be toured, as is our tradition, but we also are venturing into new production formats and venues.
October 9-11 and October 16-18, 2007
The World Premiere of Figure of Peace, a play written by Heritage
Pavilion Stage founder and award-winning playwright Ed Schroeter,
and directed by Heritage Pavilion Stage's Artistic Director Phil Oakley,
will be produced in collaboration with the Art Gallery of
Peterborough. The open-air dramatic presentation in front of the
War Memorial at Confederation Park will be followed by a choice of
40-minute workshops: directing & producing (Phil Oakley & HPS
producers); visual arts Art Gallery staff); acting (cast). The play and
workshops are appropriate or students in grades 4 to 10.
October-December 2007
Heritage Pavilion Stage will sponsor an eight-week training
workshop for students ages 9-14 in October through December 2007.The workshop will result in the production and performance of a student-developed stage version of Dylan Thomas’ famous poem – “A Child’s Christmas in Wales”. Phil Oakley, well-known local actor, director, and Artistic Director of Heritage Pavilion Stage, will head the program.
The training will provide students with opportunities to see how a play is adapted from other material, produced and performed. Students will take part in the writing, technical production, acting and directing.
February 1-8, 2008
And Freedom for All
..a story of the Underground Railroad
Directed by Phil Oakley
And Freedom for All is based on the true story of the abolitionist William King who
arrives in 1834 to take up his teaching position on a Louisiana plantation, and who quickly becomes involved in the fight against slavery..and his campaign to found a haven in the Ontario community of South Buxton for escaped slaves.
We have been invited by St Andrews Church (the church built by
King) in South Buxton to perform the play to celebrate their 150th
anniversary. This tour will include four
performances in the church as well one week of school productions
in the Lambton Kent & St Clair Catholic district school boards, to
celebrate Black History Month.
An exciting opportunity to bring history to life!
February 11-15, 2008
And Freedom for All
We will tour And Freedom for All in the
Peterborough-Kawartha Lakes-Durham-York Region schools
for one week after our return from the Buxton production.
February 18-22, 25-29, 2008
Once A Flame
Beau Dixon’s 2006 play is about Marie-Joseph Angelique, the
black slave woman accused of arson and her trial in 1734. The
play had a successful tour of 24 schools plus two sold-out public
performances in Peterborough in the spring of 2007. it will be
toured from Toronto, to schools in the greater Toronto area,
ncluding York Region, Halton, and Peel school boards.
The production will be directed by acclaimed director Kim
Blackwell of CanStage, 4th Line Theatre and other professional groups, to celebrate
Black History Month, February 2008.
GENERAL INFORMATION
- Figure of Peace and the Christmas show will be staged in Peterborough local venues rather than being toured to the schools
- Performances usually include a Question and Answer session with the cast
- A study guide containing cross-curricular, reproducible activities and background information for students and teachers is included with the plays that are toured
- See our Ticket Information page for rates for school tours. These rates apply only to school tours; prices for other events are determined on an individual basis.
To pre-book a performance or for more information about the company, or about any one of our productions, contact:
Greg Conchelos or Mary Conchelos, Co-Producers
Tel 705-876-9065
We hope you’ll join us!
Yours sincerely,
Greg and Mary Conchelos
Co-Producers.
