Monday, June 10th
Speech Arts - Junior to Adult
Adjudicator: Ruth Noonan
Ruth has been teaching and directing young actors for the past 20 years. Born to an artistic family, Ruth was involved in theatre from the age of 4. In her teens, Ruth got a job working at a theatre camp where she was tasked with directing shows for young actors. It was there that she caught the "directing bug". Ruth has taught acting and directed/choreographed youth theatre productions in Newmarket, Brampton, Mississauga, and London.
Ruth holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree and a Bachelor of Education Degree. For the past 10 years Ruth has been the Program Coordinator of the London Youth Theatre Education (LYTE) Program, one of London's leading youth drama programs. Ruth has directed and choreographed over 15 productions with LYTE, including Into the Woods, Godspell, The Wolves ( 2019 Brickenden Award for Outstanding Youth Drama), Seussical (2019 Brickenden Award for Outstanding Youth Musical), Matilda, and Sweeney Todd to name a few. During the pandemic, Ruth opened her own private acting coaching business which she ran both in person and virtually. Several of Ruth's students have gone on to study performing arts at the college/university level, and work professionally. Ruth's passion is training and mentoring young actors by creating a safe, welcoming, and compassionate space where they feel supported.
Location
North Burlington Baptish Church
1377 Walkers Line
Burlington, On L7M 0Z1
Speech Arts - Senior Level - Ages 17-18
| Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time:9:30 AM | Name:Sabrina Gallant | Titles: Spring Still Sprang, Original Poem by Sabrina Gallant Ending Monologue - Lady Bird, Lady Bird - Movie by Greta Gerwig Don't Blame The Muse, Mused - Play by Gabriel Davis | Home Festival:South Simcoe |
| Time:9:45 AM | Name:Aniah Ruthven | Titles: Loyalty by Douglas M. Parker Succulent by Aniah Ruthven The Next Pythagoras by Aniah Ruthven | Home Festival:Grey County |
Speech Arts - Advanced Level - Ages 19-28
| Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time:10:00 AM | Name:Neluya Sivasubramaniam | Titles: Romeo and Juliet (Act 4 Scene 1) by William Shakespeare The Three Little Politically Correct Pigs by James Finn Garner The Walrus and The Carpenter by Lewis Carroll | Home Festival:Toronto |
Speech Arts - Adults - Ages 29 and Above
| Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time:10:25 AM | Name:Katie Tanton | Titles: They Shoot Fat Women Don't They, Designing Women by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason Beth, Good Mourning, America by Lucy Wang Katherine, The Shrew Must Go On by Lori Meyers | Home Festival:Newmarket |
| Time:10:40 AM | Name:Kristen Velanoff | Titles: The Chair, "Toes In My Nose and Other Poems" by Sheree Fitch An excerpt from the Screen Play, “The Accused” Kathryn Murphy Monologue to Jury, “The Accused” Screen Play by Tom Topor They Shut Me Up in Prose, Poem by Emily Dickinson | Home Festival:Stratford |
11:00 AM - Workshop and Announcement of Winners – MANDATORY
Workshop will be held from approximately 11:00 am to 12:30 pm
Announcement of winners will happen at the end of the workshop.
Speech Arts - Junior Level - Ages 13-14
| Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time:1:30 PM | Name:Solange Kirkwood | Titles: The Laramie Project, "One of Ours" by Moises Kaufman 30 Reasons Not To Be In A Play, Cecily's Monologue by Alan Haehnel Hamlet, Ophelia's flower monologue Act 4, Scene 5 by William Shakespeare | Home Festival:London |
| Time:1:45 PM | Name:Laura Nyburg | Titles: Toys! Fun, Exciting, and Painful by Laura Nyburg O Captain, My Captain by Walt Whitman Ghost Cat by Margaret Atwood | Home Festival:Brant |
| Time:2:00 PM | Name:Katie Gorzo | Titles: Eighteen's Monologue, Box by Lindsay Price Emily Webb's Monologue , Our Town by Thornton Wilder Un-Chatty Cathy's Monologue, Un-Chatty Cathy by Gabriel Davis | Home Festival:Norfolk |
| Time:2:15 PM | Name:Nicolae Ngnie-Teta | Titles: Monsieur Meteo, Poetry by Henriette Major Le Bon Samaritain, Biblical passage by Luc 10, 30-37 La Lune, Poetry by Théodore de Banville | Home Festival:Norfolk |
| Time:2:30 PM | Name:Sofia Szeto | Titles: Mimi, Mother Tongue by Betty Quan I am not a Morning Person, Monologue for Teens by Mike Kimmel Juliet, Drop Dead Juliet by Allison Williams | Home Festival:Toronto |
Speech Arts - Intermediate Level - Ages 15-16
| Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time:2:45 PM | Name:Una Roulston | Titles: Maranatha's monologue from, The Good Bride by Rosemary Rowe Valerie's monologue from, The Weir by Conor McPherson #25's monologue from, The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe | Home Festival:London |
| Time:3:00 PM | Name:Sophie Miller | Titles: Excerpt from Screwtape Letters by C.S Lewis Hecate’s monologue from Act 3 Scene 5 from Macbeth by William Shakespeare Cecily’s monologue from The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde | Home Festival:Toronto |
| Time:3:15 PM | Name:Tawnia Aghaei | Titles: Game Console by Epstein Unchatty Cathy by Gabriel Davis Mary Warren's Monologue, The Crucible by Arthur Miller | Home Festival:Newmarket |
| Time:3:30 PM | Name:Hannah Martin | Titles: The Merchant of Venice, Portia [as Balthazar] Act 4, Scene 1 by William Shakespeare The Three Bares by Robert William Service The Ship-Builders by John Greenleaf Whittier | Home Festival:Norfolk |
| Time:3:45 PM | Name:Maggie Norton | Titles: Rose-Marie's Monologue, If These Walls Could Talk by Robert Swift Rosie's Monologue, Most Likely To: The Senior Superlative Musical! by Michael Tester Rosalind's Monologue , As You Like It by William Shakespeare | Home Festival:Norfolk |
| Time:4:00 PM | Name:Julian (Zhuolun) Li | Titles: The Fish by Elizabeth Bishop Othello by William Shakespeare Candida by George Bernard Shaw | Home Festival:Toronto |
| Time:4:15 PM | Name:Oliver Tilson | Titles: Roland's Monologue, Stereotype High by Jeffery Haar Iggy's Monologue, Runaways by Elizabeth Swados Orlando Act 1 Sc 1, As You Like It by William Shakespeare | Home Festival:Norfolk |
4:30 PM - Workshop and Announcement of Winners – MANDATORY
Workshop will be held from approximately 4:30 pm until 6:00 pm.
Announcement of winners will happen at the end of the workshop.