YOUTH INFRINGEMENT
STUDENT THEATRE FESTIVAL READY FOR SECOND SMASH YEAR

ttawa's only completely independent student run theatre festival is poised for its second great year.

Youth Infringement, created last year by two Ottawa area high school students, Kinnon Elliott and Emily Pearlman, is a large scale theatrical festival consisting of nine original plays written and produced entirely by young people.

A generous grant from the Community Foundation of Ottawa-Carleton has made it possible for producers Pearlman (18) and Anna Seifreid (17) to realize their vision where students age 12-22 have a forum to explore the limits of their creativity in all aspects of dramatic arts.

The grant has also enabled the 70+ students involved to attend workshops with area professionals and each play has been linked with a professional director in the community who will act as mentors to each cast and crew in hopes of forming links between the amateur and experienced arts community.

Old Ottawa South is very well represented by students including The Dodo Syndrome writer/director Alex Contreras, Unanimously Anonymous writer/director Arianne Matte and Bug actors Katie Black and Gab Gosseline.

All the students involved draw from a variety of different high schools and public schools from as close as Glebe and Lisgar to as far as Bell and Colonel By.

This year's festival will be held from May 11-13 at the Bronson Centre, 211 Bronson. The first shows start at 7pm. A $6 advance, one night pass enables you to see up to three shows in one evening and a $15 festival pass allows you to see all nine splendid productions over the course of the three evenings.

Advance tickets are available at the Bronson Centre or can be ordered from our web site www.youthinfringement.ca. Tickets can also be purchased at the door for $8 per evening. For more information call 728-7698 or email us at youthinfringement@hotmail.com.