Once again, this year's Awards Gala will be held in the “Classic Ballroom” at the Paradise Banquet & Convention Centre. Recently renovated and expanded, its elegant marble halls and the gentle rhythms of the waterfall provide a suitable backdrop to an evening of theatrical celebration, reunions and fun.

For more information about the venue, please visit their website at
www.paradisehalls.com

To ensure a safe and enjoyable evening, ACT-CO has reserved a limited number of rooms at the Courtyard Marriott at the special rate of ($139.00 - double occupancy). The rate include complimentary continental breakfast as well as free parking. This hotel is located at Finch and Hwy 400, a ten minute ride away. Rooms must be booked by March 10th!

For reservations at the Courtyard Marriott, call 1-866-239-3202.

For the special rates, be sure to mention that you are attending the ACT-CO Gala function at the Paradise Banquet Hall.

10+ Group Ticket
Reservations

February 19, 2007
9:00am

416-304-7600


To ensure you correctly provide the complete information necessary to guarantee your tickets, please click
here for the ticket order form

For hard copies of the information contained on this page. please click the links below:

Gala General Information
Gala Information Flyer
Gala Member Show Photograph Request
Gala Thea Sponsorship Information

TICKETS FOR FULL EVENING GROUPS (10+ people) ONLY GO ON SALE February 19, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. . Please call 416-304-7600 to reserve your tickets. As in the past, we will be setting up a special reservation voice-mail box in order to allow multiple calls to be received simultaneously with the ability to track the date & time of the calls. Your message and reservation will be confirmed.

Again this year we will be pre-selling “SHOW ONLY” tickets through our ticket line. This way, you and/or your group can book tickets in advance, instead of waiting until the last minute.

~ FULL EVENING GROUP TICKETS @ $50 each will go on sale beginning at 9:00 a.m. on February 19th for tables of 10 or more only.

~ FULL EVENING INDIVIDUAL TICKETS @ $50 each will go on sale beginning at 9:00 a.m. on February 26th for individual sales or groups of less than 10.

~ SHOW ONLY TICKETS @ $25 each will go on sale beginning at 9:00 a.m. on February 26th for individuals who wish to arrive after the dinner in time for the Show portion of the evening.

Please Note: Because we sold out to capacity in advance in 2006, there will be NO "Show Only" tickets available at the door on the Gala evening. All tickets MUST be purchased IN ADVANCE.

Ticket prices are the same as last year. "Full Evening” tickets are $50.00 and “Show Only” tickets will cost $25.00.

Please Note:All ticket orders must be paid in full by 6:00pm March 15th, as we need to confirm our final numbers with the Paradise. To book your tickets, you must phone the ACT-CO Ticket Line, then mail your order payment to

Maureen Lukie
ACT-CO Gala Chairperson
151 Wolverleigh Boulevard,
Toronto, ON
M4J 1R8
Attn: Gala Tickets

Put on the 'Ritz' for a special night of celebration! We suggest that dress should be semi-formal to formal.

“Full Evening” tickets include a full multi-course meal. Any dietary restrictions must be discussed with Maureen Lukie by March 15th. Contact or 416-469-5061 for assistance.

There will be a cash bar for the pre-dinner cocktail hour as well as throughout the evening.

Smoking will be in a designated area outside.

Be Top bidder at our Silent Auction and take home your prize! Last year, lucky bidders took home these bargains, to name a few:

Theatre tickets to:

- Soulpepper
- Canstage
- Tarragon Theatre
- The Shaw Festival
- Amicus Productions
- The Curtain Club
- Georgetown Globe Productions
- East Side Players
- Scugog Choral Society

Passes to attractions:

- The ROM
- Black Creek Pioneer Village
- Ontario Place
- Ontario Science Centre

- Signed ballet slippers from Heather Ogden of the National ballet of Canada
- Venetian Masks from Hamilton Theatrics
- A year of pizza from Pizza Pizza
- $100 gift certificate from McDonald Faber Fabrics

So, tell your members to bring some 'mad' money and go crazy!!

Should your group be willing to donate a prize(s) or you know of someone within your community who would like to help, please call Maureen Lukie (416-469-5061).

We will again be running our visual presentation of all the productions entered in this year's festival to make the evening more involving and exciting. To help us make this portion of the evening even more successful than it was last year, we would love to include photographic projections of every one of this year's festival shows.

You can help: please forward (via e-mail, on disk, or in hard copy) one or two stills from any of your 2007 Festival productions with group name, production titles, dates, names and any other information you consider relevant by March 15th. We will include them as part of our ongoing collage projection celebration of the festival season prior to the awards, and winning productions during the ceremony as they are announced.

Send your material to , or to Maureen Lukie, 151 Wolverleigh Boulevard, Toronto, Ontario, M4J 1R8.

Door Prizes:
Each "full evening" or "show only" guest will be eligible for one of several prizes to be drawn at the end of the awards presentations. To be eligible for these prizes, the draw portion of your gala ticket must be turned in at the door.

"SPONSOR A THEA AWARD"

In 2006, eleven community theatre groups each donated $100.00 to sponsor an award category at the Gala. ACT-CO acknowledges Georgetown Little Theatre (Best Lighting Design), Theatre Aurora (Best Set Design), Oshawa Little Theatre (Best Costume Design), East Side Players (Best Sound Design), Georgetown Globe Productions (Best Choreographer & Best Musical Director), Scarborough Theatre Guild (Best Performance, Female, in a Supporting Role), Newmarket Stage Company (Best Performance, Male, in a Leading Role & Best Performance, Female, in a Leading Role), The Curtain Club (Best Direction of a Play), The Oakville Players (Comedy Adjudicator's Awards), Blackhorse Village Players (Drama Adjudicator's Awards) and Clarkson Music Theatre (Musical Adjudicator's Awards) for their generous support of last year's awards.

A number of these companies gave their sponsorships as a tribute to the contributions of colleagues who are no longer with us. When doing so, the group's are invited to submit information on the individual for complimentary inclusion in ACT-CO's special Final Curtain memorial section.

This year we have 42 awards in 14 categories. We invite you to consider this opportunity to sponsor your favourite Thea award. We are asking for a sponsorship per category of only $100.00. The sponsorship process will be handled on a first come, first serve basis. You may request a particular category, but unfortunately, we cannot guarantee your choice. ACT-CO will sponsor the three Best Production awards.

The categories are as follows:

- Lighting Design for Drama, Comedy and Musical (3 awards)
- Set Design for Drama, Comedy and Musical (3 awards)
- Costume Design for Drama, Comedy and Musical (3 awards)
- Sound Design for Drama, Comedy and Musical (3 awards)
- Supporting Actor for Drama, Comedy and Musical (3 awards)
- Supporting Actress for Drama, Comedy and Musical (3 awards)
- Leading Actor for Drama, Comedy and Musical (3 awards)
- Leading Actress for Drama, Comedy and Musical (3 awards)
- Musical Director and Choreographer for Musical (2 awards)
- Director for Drama, Comedy and Musical (3 awards)
- Adjudicator's Awards for Drama (4 awards)
- Adjudicator's Awards for Comedy (4 awards)
- Adjudicator's Awards for Musical (4 awards)

If you are interested in sponsoring a Thea, please complete the Thea Sponsorship Form, along with your cheque for $100.00 made payable to the Association of Community Theatres - Central Ontario and mail/ courier directly to Maureen Lukie. Payment must be received by March 15th, 2007. You can also make contributions of goods or theatre tickets to our Silent Auction.