Victoria College Drama Society

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Hair

The American Tribal Love Rock Musical

music by Galt Macdermot

book & lyrics by James Rado & Jerome Ragni

Thursday March 11th - 8pm

Friday March 12th - 8pm

Saturday March 13th - 2pm and 8pm

THURSDAY-SATURDAY 8pm

SATURDAY 2pm MATINEE

Tickets

$12 adults

$8 students & seniors

general admission

**Not recommended for younger children.

Swearing, mature subject matter, some violence, & nudity.

VCDS is proud to close its 2009-2010 season with “Hair: the American Tribal Love Rock Musical”, directed by Jackie McClelland, with musical direction by Tara Litvack, and choreography by Mariana Gurgis.

Hair tells the story of a tribe of young adults caught in the countercultural zeitgeist of 1968, as they muse about love, politics, drugs, sex, and the Vietnam war. Claude, their leader, toes the line between friendship and romance with his roommates, Berger and Sheila, while coming to terms with his draft notice. He struggles with the desire to join his friends in the anti-war rebellion, ultimately plagued by indecision. Set against the colourful backdrop of New York in the 1960s, Hair explores contemporary issues with humour and irony through the powerful medium of rock, pop, and soul.

 50% of proceeds from this event will be donated to Youth Without Shelter, a Toronto-based emergency residence and referral service serving youth aged 16-24 (http://www.yws.on.ca/).

Call for Submissions: A Playwriting Competition for Post-Secondary Students, Playwrights Guild of Canada

February 1, 2010 — TAPA

GUIDELINES

Eligibility Playwright must be a Canadian citizen or have permanent resident status.

Playwright must be a full-time students registered in post-secondary studies at a Canadian institution at the time submission.

The play must primarily be in English between 70 to 120 minutes in length.

The play must be an original work or adaptation, but not a translation.

The play’s structure must follow the template provided on page three.

Submission Guidelines

Complete the submission form, include one hard copy of your play unbound.

Omit your name from the play.

Include a synopsis of your play (one paragraph maximum)

Include a letter from the department chair or head verifying your status as a student

Include a $10 submission fee

Prize
First prize winner will win $1000.

Plus a free one year PGC associate membership

Second prize winner will win $750

Deadline

Deadline is April 30th 2010 at 5pm

Winners will be notified in September 2010

Submit entries to

Playwrights Guild of Canada

215 Spadina Ave, Suite 210

Toronto ON M5T 2C7

*To be eligible, adaptations must involve substantial changes in form and/or expression.

If the adapted work is not in public domain, you must include written permission from the original creator.

To see details on how to enter the competition go to www.playwrightsguild.ca/pgc/news_docs/Comp2010.pdf

Sincerely,

VCDS

Every year the Hart House Theatre hosts a series of festivals, including the annual U of T Drama Festival.

Over 70 years since its inception the UofT Drama Festival, now in its18th year since its revival, continues to provide a showcase for up and coming theatrical talent. This year also marks the 9th Festival of only accepting original student written plays; serving as a much needed outlet for UofT playwrights. The Festival also serves as an accessible avenue for UofT students to perform and direct on the Hart HouseTheatre stage.

This year, Victoria College Drama Society selected "Dead End", written by Jonathan Sun, to be our entry for the festival. It will be the first play of the festival, so please come out and support Vic!

2010 Schedule of Events

Thursday, February 25th:

Dead-End - Victoria College Dramatic Society

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Electric Chair - St. Michael's College

Friday, February 26th:

Forgive Us Our Trespasses - UofT Mississauga Campus

Civilization and its Dissed Contents  - St. Michael's College

Faith - UofT Mississauga Campus

Saturday, February 27th:

Life Boat - New College Dramatic Society

Tangent on a Tangent - Trinity College Dramatic Society

Based on the true story of University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard, The Laramie Project is VCDS' second show of 2010. Please come out on one of the three show nights with Pay-what-you-can, all proceeds goes to Lesbian Gay Bi Trans Queer Youth Line.

It's the start of a new decade!

And VCDS has quite a couple of amazing shows coming up in the second half of our 09-10 season!

Starting with an evening of three hilarious comedies directed by Anaia Shaw! Please come out on any of the three show dates (January 14th - 16th @ 8pm) to enjoy "Tonight's Special!"

Tickets can be bought via UofT Tix website or box office, as well as the door! We hope to see you there!

Check below for the Tonight's Special Promo video and get a glimpse of our ultra-"interesting" characters!

Yours Truly,

VCDS

Do you want to be a part of the Victoria College Drama Society?

We are currently looking for an Educational Director, an Educational Assistant, as well as an Assistant Executive Producer.

Come on out on Wednesday September 16th at 9:00pm to the Cat's Eye for our general meeting! In addition to the vacant executive positions, we are also looking for people interested in being a part of our tech and stage crew.

If you're interested in theater in any way, come to our general meeting and get to know what we will be doing for Vic this year

Regards,

VCDS

How excited are you for this new exciting year? We here at the Victoria College Drama Society are super excited for our 09-10 season, featuring Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as our Fall Show, The Philadelphia, Check Please, and Picasso at the Lapin Agile as our Winter Show, Hair the Musical as our Spring Show, and as always, we're waiting for your own original play script submissions to be a part of this year's U of T Drama Festival.

Browse around on our website to check out this year's executive team and plays. Take a look at our callboard and calendar for upcoming events.

If you didn't get a chance to drop by the Clubs Brunch on September 7th, go to Contact Us and send us an email, we'll add you to our ListServe to keep you informed of our activities!

Sincerely,

VCDS