A Message from the Artistic Director

Welcome to actOUT!

Our time in the theatre is becoming a little more normal these days.

It’s a testament to the positive and generous spirit of our volunteers, supporters, board members, faculty, staff, artists, performers and most importantly – our audiences – that actOUT! has grown and thrived for over a quarter century.

It is a deeper statement that we, as a company, were able to pivot our work to online dramatics and filmmaking.

As covid affected us all and actOUT! had to shift our performances online we held hopes of returning to the rehearsal hall.

To recap our last few public performances: In summer 2019 we were honoured to be re-invited to supervise the official children's musical theatre camp at the Elora Festival producing a staging of Seussical KIDS at the Elora Centre for the Arts. We staged Frozen Jr. at the Registry Theatre in Kitchener and our Advanced Actors  She Kills Monsters: Young Adventurers Edition at the Kitchener Waterloo Little Theatre in February. 

When covid forced us to shut down in-person work, actOUT!: went on to produce Sherlock Holmes, and Box: The Empathy Project amongst other titles such as A Virtual Christmas Carol and The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life On Earth, Doctor Zoomlittle, Dr. Frankenstein Ph.D., and The Show Must Go Online.

We took our first steps to in person theatre last spring with performances at Waterloo Park.

This season brings Elf JR, The Play That Goes Wrong, Willy Wonka KIDS and Newsies JR

I am humbled to continue my Artistic Director duties for actOUT! through these challenging times, and am honoured to see the support from our community and audiences.

Thanks for all your efforts and support over the coming season. I can’t thank you enough for all you do to aid us, the family of actOUT!, and the work that we do.

Respectfully,

Todd Vercoe, B.A., M.A.
Artistic Director
ActOUT! The Kitchener-Waterloo Children’s Drama Workshop