2012-2013 Season

Call For Directors

Director Presentations will be held on Saturday, March 24, 2012, at the home of our Treasurer, Shirley Alcamo, in Toronto.

Note: Deadline for requesting a proposal timeslot is Saturday, March 17, 2012. If you are interested in putting forth a proposal to our Executive Committee to direct one of the above plays, please forward an email to Administrative Officer, Kelly Morrison at secretary@eastsideplayers.ca, or call her at 905-887-9760. Please specify which play you are interested in directing. Digital copies of all the plays are available from Kelly if required. You will then be notified of Shirley's address, and your specified timeslot on that day.

Note to Prospective Directors

We request that you make yourself familiar, at some point prior to the presentations, with the Papermill Theatre at Todmorden Mills. Our upcoming show, Rapture by Joanna Murray-Smith, will run February 23 - March 10, allowing directors unfamiliar with our space the opportunity to see and evaluate it.

Also, we advise and recommend to all interested directors that a successful presentation will include as much visual support as possible. My Boy Jack and Communicating Doors in particular present some exciting technical challenges and opportunities, and we are looking very much forward to seeing as well as hearing about your overall vision for the show.

Please feel free to forward this announcement to friends, family, theatre colleagues and member-groups within our Community Theatre Family-at-Large.

If anyone has any questions, regarding either the season or the Director Presentations, please do not hesitate to contact the Administrative Officer, Kelly Morrison.

My Boy Jack

By David Haig
October 25 - November 10, 2012

It is England, 1914, and the First World War looms.  Rudyard Kipling, revered author and the British Empire's greatest supporter, is at the peak of his literary fame. Kipling's under-age son, Jack, is determined to play his part in the imminent war with Germany, but finds himself rejected due to his extremely poor eyesight.  When Kipling uses his influence to land Jack a commission in the Irish Guards, Kipling's wife Carrie is bitterly upset, failing to see the glory in losing her only son to the war.  Jack leaves for France and is reported missing, profoundly and irrevocably changing the Kipling family, as they live for years in vain hope for their son's fate. This play is the powerful and moving true-life account of a well-known figure who loses his balance when his great devotion to both family and country clash.

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Communicating Doors

by Alan Ayckbourn
February 21 - March 9, 2013

A London sex specialist from the future stumbles into a murder plot that sends her, compliments of a unique set of hotel doors, travelling back in time.  She and two other women who were murdered in 1998 and 1978 race back and forth in time trying to rewrite history and prevent their own violent ends.  This smart and intricate time-travelling comic thriller by the British master of farcical comedy has delighted London and New York audiences.

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Over the River and Through the Woods

by Joe DiPietro
May 23 - June 8, 2013

Nick is a single, Italian-American guy from New Jersey who sees both sets of his grandparents every Sunday for dinner. This is his routine, until the time comes when he tells them that he's been offered his dream job in Seattle, and must leave them. Frank, Aida, Nunzio and Emma set in motion a series of schemes, doing their level best to keep Nick from leaving - which includes bringing to dinner the lovely and single Caitlin O'Hare as bait. This is a touching and hilariously funny play which examines the nature of love, relationship, and the importance of family.

Season is subject to change without notice