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Cappies: The Bard gets a double bill at Gloucester High
The Dark Lady of the Sonnets/Cue for Treason Where: Gloucester High School Director: Colleen Pierce-Price Soren Wainio-Theberge Soren Wainio-Theberge Lead Critic, Bell High School There is only one...
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Live: Cappies nominations
The Citizen will be live blogging nominations for this year’s Cappies Awards starting at approximately 5 p.m. The winners will be announced on June 7 during the annual awards gala. Cappies reviews have...
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Cappies: St Patrick's High School presents Noises Off
Noises Off Where: St. Patrick’s High School Director: Maureen Johnson and Fadi El-Saikaly Christine Li Christine Li Critic, Earl of March Secondary School Anyone who has been part of a production knows...
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Cappies: Glebe's Laughing Stock a masterful mess
Laughing Stock Where: Glebe Collegiate Institute Director: Brent Rouleau Julia Paris Julia Paris Critic, Nepean High School During Glebe Collegiate Institute’s production of Laughing Stock, the lights...
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Cappies: St. Francis Xavier presents The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Show #31: The Hunchback of Notre Dame Where: St. Francis Xavier High School Director: Tamara Capyk and Eizabeth Cloutier Victoria Gay, Critic, Sacred Heart Catholic High School. Victoria Gay Critic,...
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Cappies: Almonte and District High School presents Confusions
Show #35: Confusions Where: Almonte and District High School Director: Jenny Sheffield Ella Sabourin, Critic, Ottawa Jewish Community School Ella Sabourin Critic, Ottawa Jewish Community School What do...
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Cappies: St. Joseph High School presents The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Show #32: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Where: St. Joseph High School Director: Sarah Jennings Thomas Power Thomas Power Critic, Bell High School A game of hide-and-seek can sometimes lead to...
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Cappies: Merivale High School presents Moo
Show #29: Moo Where: Merivale High School Director: student Safeera Gillani Anna McAllister, Critic, A.Y Jackson Secondary School. Anna McAllister Critic A. Y. Jackson Secondary School Moo, the...
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Cappies: John McCrae Secondary School presents Hair
Show #34: Hair Where: John McCrae Secondary School Director: Tracy Noon Sarah Priscus, Critic, Mother Teresa Catholic High School. Sarah Priscus Critic, Mother Teresa High School When an eclectic,...
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Rowan Stringer inquest jury calls on province to lead way on concussion policy
Rowan Stringer’s inquest jury tabled 49 recommendations Wednesday, placing much of the responsibility and leadership for future coherent and effective concussion policies at the door of the Ontario...
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Cappies by the Numbers
The Cappies program is 16 years old and is in 14 regions across North America. There are three in Canada: Ottawa, Edmonton and Niagara. Cappies’ flagship program, in Washington D.C., has 54...
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Canada's Capital Cappies celebrates 10 years in Ottawa
As the director of the production, A Murder Most Fouled Up, Julianna Weldon is still celebrating her school’s Cappies nominations. “I am so proud of all of the people who put all of their time and...
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Cappies marks 10 years of talent
Caroline O'Neill and Peter Robb Canada’s Capital Cappies celebrated its 10th anniversary in a typically rousing Gala at the NAC Sunday night. The show honoured performers, critics and those behind the...
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Canada’s Capital Cappies kicks off its 11th season
Teamwork and togetherness might not be the first things that come to mind when you think of writing or acting, but they are very much in the spotlight as Canada’s Capital Cappies kicks off its 11th...
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Cappies: All Saints delights with this Quarantine
Today the Cappies return to the pages of the Citizen for the 11th season. As in past years, local high school theatrical productions will be reviewed by student reviewers and hosted on the Citizen...
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Cappies: Mother Teresa’s performance of Peter Pan was comedic, exciting and...
Show #02: Peter Pan Where: Mother Teresa High School Directors: Meg Rose and Lindsay Laviolette Claudia O’Brien Critic, All Saints High School A piercing bell echoed off the pitch-black cafetorium...
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Cappies: Merivale's Spamalot a captivating and hilarious production
Show #03: Spamalot Where: Merivale High School Director: Cynthia Wood Jasmine Coleman Critic, Almonte and District High School Picture a stereotypical medieval knight; he would not be complete without...
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Cappies: Lisgar's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern quick-fire, comedic and...
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Where: Lisgar Collegiate Institute Director: Tobi Hunt-McCoy Fumi Shibutani, Critic, Elmwood School. Fumi Shibutani Critic, Elmwood School Heads or Tails? The...
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Cappies: Holy Trinity mixes humour with a pinch of poison in Arsenic and Old...
Arsenic and Old Lace Where: Holy Trinity Catholic High School Director: Stavros Sakiadis Olivia Coffin Critic, Merivale High School Some families have Taco Tuesday or Thursday Game Night, but in Holy...
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Cappies: St. Paul High School captures the chalk circle
The Caucasian Chalk Circle Where: St. Paul High School Director: Student Liam Lahey Sophia Swettenham, Lead Critic, Elmwood School “Terrible is the temptation to do good.” In a world where good and...
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