2015/16 Season – GABRIOLA PLAYERS

OCTOBER 2015

An Almost Perfect Thing

Greg is a journalist searching for a high-profile story to help revive his career. Chloe is the missing girl he wrote about years earlier who returned home to a world she no longer recognized. Instead of leading police to her captor, Chloe turns to Greg to share her story. Unfortunately for him, Chloe won’t provide names or locations, and instead dictates exactly how the story should be told. But Chloe has become an international celebrity and the public all want to know, who is her kidnapper? Why is she protecting him? When Greg begins to question whether truth and fiction have collided, he takes matters into his own hands, in spite of the drastic consequences.

Staged reading directed by Jean Wyenberg

October 2-4 at the Rollo Centre

Mature themes

NOVEMBER 2015

The playwright and director who brought you Will Shakespeare The Panto invite you on a swashbuckling adventure in Sherwood Forest. Cheer on Robin Hood and His Merry Men! Boo the evil Sheriff of Nottingham! And don’t forget to wear your green tights!

Directed by Miranda Holmes

November 27-29 at the Community Hall

The fabulous cast of Robin Hood and His Merry Men. Back row, l-r: Herb Metcalf, Jenn Feenan, Nadine Mourao, Roger Carter, Doris McLaughlin, Cec Ashley, Joe DiCara, Nick Squire, Jean Wyenberg, Paul O’Sullivan, Aleksandra Brzozowski, Alex Dewar. Front row: Sam Hooton, B J Godson, Steve Elder, Lesley Hazeldine, Adela Torchia, Esther Moncrieff , Klaus Horky, Madeleine Ani, Ginny Lowes. — *The fabulous cast of* Robin Hood and His Merry Men. Back row, l-r: Herb Metcalf, Jenn Feenan, Nadine Mourao, Roger Carter, Doris McLaughlin, Cec Ashley, Joe DiCara, Nick Squire, Jean Wyenberg, Paul O’Sullivan, Aleksandra Brzozowski, Alex Dewar. Front row: Sam Hooton, B J Godson, Steve Elder, Lesley Hazeldine, Adela Torchia, Esther Moncrieff , Klaus Horky, Madeleine Ani, Ginny Lowes.

MARCH 2016

To mark the centenary of women first getting the vote in Canada, we are presenting Diane Grant’s fast-paced play, What Glorious Times They Had. The play is a loving and lively tribute to Nelly McClung and the determined members of the Political Equality League.

Directed by Miranda Holmes

Performances: March 11-13

The cast of What Glorious Times They Had. Back row, left to right: Peter Dzierzawa, Garry Davey, Joe DiCara, Cec Ashley, Alex Dewar and Peter Jones. Front row, left to right: Lesley Hazeldine, Jenn Feenan, Jean Wyenberg, Margaret Litt, Donna Deacon, Joyce Ashley and Nancy Jenner. — *The cast of* What Glorious Times They Had. Back row, left to right: Peter Dzierzawa, Garry Davey, Joe DiCara, Cec Ashley, Alex Dewar and Peter Jones. Front row, left to right: Lesley Hazeldine, Jenn Feenan, Jean Wyenberg, Margaret Litt, Donna Deacon, Joyce Ashley and Nancy Jenner.

MAY 2016

There was something for everyone in our always-popular weekend of one-act plays, which included a new play authored by a Gabriolan writer – Legends of the Ferry by Janet Vickers.

Performances: May 27-29 at the Rollo Centre

Cast members of the 2016 Festival of One-Act Plays. Back row, left to right: Dean Clark, Doris McLaughlin, Nick Squire, David Cosbey, Steve O’Neill, Peter Dzierzawa, Charlie Cheffins, Miranda Holmes. Front row, left to right: Christine McKim, Catherine Andersen, Jenn Feenan, Susan Yates, Michelle Young, Lesley Hazeldine.

JULY 2016 – BARD ON THE BAY

In the aftermath of a shipwreck, Viola, believing she is now alone in the world, disguises herself as a young man named Cesario. As such, she enters the service of Duke Orsino. The Duke, frustrated in his wooing of Olivia, despatches ‘Cesario’ as an intermediary. Olivia promptly falls in love with ‘Cesario’ (who has, in the meantime, fallen in love with the Duke).

Take it away, Shakespeare.

July 8-10