Cawthra Theatre Festival is back and OMG it’s in-person! The festival will showcase four student written,
50-minute plays.
The festival is fully student run, with over 125 students who are the student producers, writers, directors,
playwrights, cast and crew and includes the business side of theatre with accountant, box office, front of
house, public relations and publicity crews. The festival runs from April 21th to April 22nd the
performances will take place at Cawthra Park Secondary School Auditorium, 1305 Cawthra Rd, Mississauga,
ON L5g 4L1.
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The festival is set up like a professional theatre production house, with pre-festival planning starting as early
as September with the producers. Early in October, scripts are screened by a committee and four plays are
chosen on various merits. Directors and stage managers are interviewed and chosen to lead each ensemble.
About Cawthra Park Secondary School: Opened in 1972 Cawthra Park Secondary School is a southern
Mississauga highschool with a designated Regional Arts Program. The school is under the principalship of
Mr. Tyler McLeod along with Vice Principals Barbara Gordon and Nancy Gilliard. Cawthra has a long
standing history of participating in the Provincial Theatre Competition, formally known as the Sears Festival,
later the Ontario Drama Festival and now the National Theatre Festival. Although we are not competing
outside of the school this year, we continue to run it as an in-house competition. The Regional Arts Program,
under the Artistic Direction of Stacey Tiller, provides a comprehensive arts education to students who
audition to attend in one of four arts areas; Dance, Drama, Music (instrumental/vocal), and Visual Arts.
Cawthra Park also offers certification through our Arts & Culture Specialist High Skills major program. This
school is well-known for creating a strong student community, maintaining outstanding academic standards
and fostering artistic growth among our Regional Arts students. Cawthra Park celebrates its diverse
community and strives to provide meaningful opportunities for all students to develop their full potential.
“Learning the art of Living… Living the art of Learning” is something we encourage and strive to do well at
Cawthra.
Festival Pass (4 plays) price: $15 Contact:rod.parcher@peelsb.com or andreabara10@gmail.com
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