WODL Drama Festivals 
WODL holds an annual Drama Festival in which all member groups are eligible to participate. A preliminary adjudication is provided for each entry on their own stage. From this initial process, five productions are chosen to participate in the week long Festival, which is held in a different member town each year. In 2006 WODL Festival will be hosted by Owen Sound, March 13-18.
A second adjudicator evaluates these shows and selects individuals and productions to receive awards for acting, directing and stagecraft. The 16 sponsored awards are presented at a banquet and ball on the closing Saturday evening to which all members, their friends, the public and media are invited.
Adjudicators of the highest calibre offer constructive criticism to each group generally geared to their level of experience. Awards are regularly given to recognize excellence in groups not participating in Festival.
The group, which takes “Best Production”, participates in the Theatre Ontario Festival with other companies who have been chosen to represent their regions of Ontario.
Groups can choose to enter “out of Festival” as well which means the play is adjudicated and eligible for awards, but is opting not to travel and compete in Festival. As you can imagine, transporting a set, cast and crew to another location is a huge and costly endeavour. Last year we entered our production of 1949 into the Festival in London. Theatre Woodstock’s participation and success in Festivals is well documented on our website or at the WODL site www.wodl.on.ca. We last hosted the WODL Festival here in 2004.
If We Are Women is entered this year in the out-of-festival category. It will be adjudicated on February 15. That is also the night that our “Dinner Deals” are on. You can have dinner at a local restaurant and get a seat for the play for as little as $25. Call the Box Office for details at 519-537-2582.
