Congratulations to all of the nominees and winners from the 2023 One Act Festival in Kemptville! Thank you to North Grenville Community Theatre.

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Thank you to Geoffrey Coulter

Kemptville, November 3 - 5, 2023!

Geoff has been active in theatre for 35 years as an accomplished actor, director and workshop leader. A graduate of Ryerson University, he has earned two awards from ACT-CO: Best Supporting Actor in The Secret Garden (2014) and Best Director for A Man For All Seasons (2017). He ‘s been nominated by ACT-CO and Theatre Ontario for his direction of A Few Good Men (2013) and The Odd Couple (2015). Geoff provides voice coaching and performance workshops for actors and directors. As an educator, he has taught arts-infused learning at the elementary, secondary and post secondary levels. He’s passionate about nurturing the talents of young performers and has led two youth theatre programs. He enjoys developing dialogue with practitioners in his adjudications and exploring the triumphs and challenges of community and student productions. Notable acting roles include Merelli in Lend Me a Tenor, Stanley in Run for your Wife, The Creature in Frankenstein, Jack in Storm Warning and Manningham in Gaslight. Other directing credits include Ten Little Indians, Jake’s Women, Murder at the Vicarage, Oliver (youth theatre) Guys and Dolls (youth theatre) and Barefoot in the Park. Geoff has been seen in TV series, movies and commercials. When he’s not in a theatre, Geoff is directing informational videos, providing corporate media training and teaching on-camera performances to college students.

Welcome back: John P. Kelly

hosted by Studio Theatre Perth from November 1 - 3, 2024

This year marks John P’s twentieth in Canada. He will never forget his first ever One Act Festival; it was for EODL - in Peterborough. So much time has passed so quickly. But why has it taken so long to be invited back? “Where did I go wrong?” we hear him cry! Relax, John is of course joking as those who know him well will say is his wont. In between, he twice adjudicated EODL’s travelling Full Length Festival, not to mention officiating at Theatre Ontario Finals when hosted by Domino Theatre in Kingston - one of the three times John adjudicated the All Ontario festival.

Occasionally John is invited to his native Ireland for festival and direction work. Before arriving to his new Canadian home, he directed professionally all over his native Ireland and trained with the famous Abbey Theatre in Dublin.

John resides in Ottawa where he continues to direct with his professional theatre company. God knows how long that will last (he groans) as he is feeling age creeping up fast …but his hair is still as dark as ever. Is it 55 years since he directed his first play? Gulp - it is. It’s only 40 since he adjudicated his first festival.

As you can tell from this, John is not a very ‘formal’ guy. He answers to Seàn, John and JP and he is addicted to emails.

We will welcome Annette Procunier!

back to Eastern Ontario for the Fall of 2025!

Since 1984 Annette has adjudicated more than 175 festivals in the United States, Canada, Europe, Ireland, and Japan   She has adjudicated the national festival for the American Association of Community Theatre 4 times and Theatre Ontario twice and has adjudicated for EODL on several occasions. She continues to be sought out to adjudicate and teach in Canada, and the United States.

Annette's work as an adjudicator earned her the distinction of Fellow of the American Association of Community Theatre in 2009 for “single handedly raising the level of community theatre in America.” She is the author of a book on adjudication “Do You See What I See?”

Besides her work as an adjudicator Annette is an award winning director having worked for 17 different theatre companies across Canada and in the United States. She provides workshops in directing, acting, and stage management as well as adjudication.

Annette helped to found two professional theatres in Canada and has served on the boards of theatre and opera companies as well as Theatre Canada and NARA. She has represented Canada at the IATA congress in Monaco.   

In the last 10 years Annette has worked extensively with new playwrights on script development and has been a judge in several new play competitions.

After 50 years working in community, educational and professional theatre it still remains her passion.