OCTOBER 2013
Readers Theatre staging of Waiting for the Parade by John Murrell, directed by Donna Deacon and Anne Drozd. Friday October 4th at 7pm and Saturday October 5th at 2pm and 7pm at the Rollo Centre.
NOVEMBER 2013
Short Pants and Tall Tales
The Gabriola Players signature winter production this year includes not one, but two pantomimes: The Christmas Caper by Ginny Lowes and Snow Flake and the Five Gnomes, adapted by Jean Wyenberg from Rhyming Snow White by Richard Coleman.
Friday November 22 at 7pm, Saturday November 23 at 2pm and 7pm, and Sunday November 24 at 2pm at the Community Hall.
MARCH 2014
Full-scale production of Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, directed by Miranda Holmes
Friday March 21 at 7pm, Saturday March 22 at 2pm and 7pm, and Sunday March 23 at 2pm at the Rollo Centre.
MAY 2014
One Act Play Festival
Our popular production of multiple one-act comedies will run over two weekends: Saturday, May 17 at 7pm, Friday, May 23 at 7pm, and Saturday, May 24 at 2pm and 7pm.
JULY 2014
Readers Theatre staging of On Golden Pond by Ernest Thompson, directed by Steve O’Neil on Thursday July 18 and Friday July 19 at 5:30pm and Saturday, July 20 at 2:30pm.
♦ – ♦ – ♦ – ♦ – ♦ – ♦ – ♦
NEW IN 2014 – SHAKESPEARE SUNDAYS
For Gabriola Players members only: A wonderful way to wile away winter afternoons, watching a Bard-based film at the Rollo Centre.
Richard III Sunday, January 5 at noon.
Much Ado About Nothing Sunday, February 2 at 2pm
Merchant of Venice Sunday, March 2 at 2pm
♦ – ♦ – ♦ – ♦ – ♦ – ♦ – ♦
PLAY READINGS
Second Sunday in the month at the Rollo Centre, 2pm – unless there is a play in rehearsal. An e-mail will be sent to confirm each meeeting, and to provide information about the play to be read.
2013/2014 Schedule
15 December 2013: Jenny’s House of Joy by Norm Foster
8 June 2014: Gabriola playwrights
13 July 2014: Gabriola playwrights
10 August 2014: Gabriola playwrights
NEW READERS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME.
The purpose of play readings is to identify suitable new scripts that may be selected for future productions by Gabriola Players. Although there is a constant flow of scripts being read and personally evaluated by Gabriola Players members, in order to review plays on a more comprehensive level – in a group environment rather than in isolation – regular play readings are hosted jointly and alternately by Gabriola Players Artistic Directors Jean Wyenberg and Miranda Holmes.
Titles of plays for each reading will be posted as soon as they are known. Rehearsals of our ambitious production schedule in winter/spring 2014 will cause a long gap between readings.
Reading plays in a group setting is great fun and requires no previous experience. Characters and roles are switched during the session, with everyone having the opportunity to read.
It’s also a great way to familiarize yourself with plays and playwrights, and a lively discussion usually follows each reading.
To be added to the list of invited readers, please send an email to gabriolaplayers@yahoo.ca.