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SCREWBALL COMEDY REVIEW - The Slotkin Letter Directed by Emily Oriold In a screwball comedy the language seems archaic, women are “dames” but in control; men are masculine and think they are supreme until the ‘dame’ appears and puts him in his place; romance is bubbling; laughs...
ON A FIRST NAME BASIS REVIEW - Ontariostage.com Directed by Emily Oriold The Foster Festival is celebrating its ten year anniversary by reviving the play that opened their first season, Norm Foster’s artfully crafted and very funny two-hander On A First Name Basis. David Kilbride (Jamie Williams) is a wealthy...
CHEERS TO A DECADE FILLED WITH LAUGHTER! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - November 6, 2024, St. Catharines, Ontario… In announcing The Foster Festival's 2025 - 10th Anniversary Season, Artistic Director Emily Oriold says, "I can't believe we are already celebrating ten years of laughter at The Foster Festival! It feels like just yesterday...
2024 season announced at Headmaster’s Forum, Ridley College, where The Foster Festival makes its new home at The Mandeville Theatre Thursday, November 9, 2023 (St. Catharines, ON) - Artistic Director Emily Oriold announced the Foster Festival’s upcoming season from the Headmaster’s Forum at Ridley College, Thursday...
For the first time in 8 seasons, an all female acting company and creative team has been assembled at The Foster Festival. We sat down with Artistic Director Emily Oriold and Director Lisa Horner to talk about achieving this milestone. "Director Lisa Horner and I started talking...
The Foster Festival's NORMFLIX - ARTIST SERIES continues with a reading of a scene from Norm Foster's Come Down From Up River. Starring Kirsten Alter & Peter Krantz Shaver Bennett has lived a rather solitary life as a logger in the woods of northern New Brunswick. One day he arrives at the doorstep...
The Foster Festival's NORMFLIX - ARTIST SERIES continues with a reading of a scene from Norm Foster's Jonas and Barry in the Home.Starring Norm Foster & David Nairn (Artistic Director, Theatre Orangeville)New friends Barry Butterfield and Jonas Ainsworth are living in an assisted-living home together. Barry, a retired dentist, is...
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