An update from Geoff Gruson, OLT Board President
FOLKS – so I expect that right about now the continuous diet of Netflix and Amazon streaming may be getting a little stale. You are probably longingly looking forward to “being let out.” Well, this [...]
BURN BABY, BURN!
Eros at Breakfast was written by Robertson Davies in 1947 and championed by the Ottawa Drama League (later called the Ottawa Little Theatre) on an award-winning trajectory. 70 years ago, the Ottawa Drama [...]
Hair and Makeup and More…a few minutes with designer Sondra Rogers
“You look MAHvelous!” – Billy Crystal (as Fernando Lamas) Saturday Night Live In our society, one of the key aspects to looking and feeling good is taking particular care of your hair and makeup. Theatre hair styling and makeup on the [...]
Guess Who’s Coming to Direct (Hint: It’s Brian Cano)
This week I had the pleasure of interviewing fellow OLT Board of Directors member and Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner director Brian Cano who details his experiences and advice for putting on a production from start to [...]
Quiet on the Set: An interview with Set Designer Rachel Hauraney
While watching the Ottawa Little Theatre production of Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, I was transported in time back to my childhood growing up in the sixties. This was partially due to the subject matter of [...]
A BOUILLABAISE THAT BOMBED: The Centennial Play
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner – on stage at OLT through February 29, 2020 – premiered in 1967, and it shines a bright light back to the era of civil rights. In 1967, the OLT [...]
Spotlight on Gerry Larocque
If during the intermission of Guess Whose Coming to Dinner you take the opportunity and admire the art on display, you may think to yourself that the style looks familiar, especially the abstract paintings. You [...]
Stag and Doe ~ Open Auditions, Date TBC
* OPEN CALL AUDITION NOTICE * Ottawa Little Theatre presents Stag and Doe Comedy/Farce Written by: Mark Crawford Directed by: Stavros Sakiadis Production Dates: July 8 – July 25, 2020 at 7:30 pm (Wednesday – Saturday) and [...]
Spotlight on Peter Harle
A graduate mechanical engineer, military pilot, retired air force officer, and public servant, Peter Harle has had a wide variety of prestigious careers from which he has developed many of his natural talents, broad knowledge [...]
Tales from the Cloakroom
His is one of the first faces you see when entering the OLT on show night. He is entrusted with one of your prize possessions, left with him for safekeeping. He possesses an abundance of [...]