SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 2012 - 5:30pm - 1:00am
> Doors Open: 5:00pm
> Cocktails: 5:30pm
> Dinner: 6:00pm (click here for menu)
> Awards: 8:00pm
> Dancing: apres Awards 'til 1:00am

Yes, it’s that time again; time to order your Group’s tickets for the ACT-CO Gala 2012. Please note that we have a new venue this year: The Borgata Wedding and Event Venue, 8400 Jane Street, Vaughan. Check out their website to find out all about this great venue.

Good News!: there will no change in ticket price to our members. Also, it’s in the same area as The Paradise. I ask that you inform your group of the date, new location and time, then order your tickets in bulk i.e. by group. The seating is in lots of 10. This will help to avoid confusion and will also help to seat your group together.

Click here for all the Gala news and information you need:
> The Gala Announcement
> Gala Information
> Sponsor a THEA
> Ticket Order Form. Includes:
1.Cover page
2.Ticket Order Form (of course)
3.Silent Auction Donation Form

Please distribute this information within your group. Remember to order your tickets early. The seating plan at The Borgata is now available. Click here to find out which tables are still available and to specify your preferred table when you order your tickets.

Looking forward to seeing you all at the Gala.

All productions listed have been selected by their groups as representative of the high quality and dedicated theatre produced within Central Ontario. Each of these productions will be visited by a professional adjudicator who will watch the show and analyze the production's challenges. Their conclusions and recommendations are then shared with the cast and crew following that night's performance.

In addition to the private group adjudication, some groups will also offer a 15 to 30 minute public adjudication immediately following the performance. The audience that evening is invited, and encouraged, to stay and listen to and hopefully learn many previously unknown insights into the play itself and theatre in general. The schedule lists the shows entered in the festival and the nights they are scheduled to be adjudicated. If the night listed is not convenient, please check our Show Calendar page for a complete listing of all performances for the show in question as well as all our other member's show listing's for the season. If you are looking for entertaining, quality theatre in Southern Ontario, you need go no further than this calendar.

The annual ACT-CO Festival is an exciting opportunity for community theatres across the ACT-CO region to participate in a celebration of community theatre, to have their work adjudicated by an experienced theatre professional, and to have outstanding achievements recognized with awards at our ACT-CO Gala.

This year’s Festival will run from Tuesday, October 11, 2011 to Saturday, April 7, 2012. The ACT-CO Gala will be held on Saturday, April 14, 2012. Theatre Ontario Festival 2012 will be in Sault Ste. Marie from May 16 to May 20, 2012.

The Festival entry deadline was Sunday, September 18, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. Entries received after the deadline is subject to the conditions of our late entry policy, which includes a surcharge.

Send your Festival entry to:

Anne Currie-O’Brien
37 Rutledge Avenue
Newmarket, ON L3Y 5T5
905-895-1764

If you have any questions or concerns about the Festival, please contact Anne:
actcoeducation@actco.ca or 905-895-1764

This year the Festival was co-hosted by The Curtain Club, ACT–CO and Theatre Ontario. Kudos to the organizing committee, with a special mention to the Festival Chairs [i]Sharon Dykstra and Wayne Milliner[i], and the members of the Curtain Club, who went above and beyond to ensure the events ran smoothly.

Click here for the final results of Theatre Ontario Festival 2011 as chosen by Adjudicator Jane Carnwath. Please feel free to forward this document to your members, many of whom may be interested in learning the results. A big thank you to Whitby Courthouse Theatre for representing ACT-CO, and congratulations to them on the well deserved nominations and awards!