During 2007-2008 , Westdale ran a pilot program of a Theatre Production course , in which students learn the on - and back-stage jobs that go into producing and performing a musical production . The production , '' Guys And Dolls '' , was performed in January 2008 . Theatre Westdale 's 2008-2009 production , '' Cabaret '' , was performed in December 2008 and was directed by Erin Newton . In 2009 , Westdale performed a Sears Drama Festival entry named '' Enter Alice '' which was written and directed by Aaron Jan . The play received three awards in the District Festival ( Awards of Excellence for Costumes , Performance , and Original Script ) and three awards at the Regional Showcase ( Costumes , Performance and Original Script ) . On December 9/10 Theatre Westdale performed the musical '' Annie '' which sold out for all matinee performances . In 2010 for the Ontario Sears Drama Festival the cast did a student written play by Aaron Jan . The play is called '' Rain '' which deals with the issues of homophobia in a high school setting . Rain won 4 awards including 1 for performance , lighting and direction and an outstanding performance award . The play went on to win 4 more awards for performance , dancing , stage management and the adjudicator 's award for script . In 2010/11 Theatre Westdale put on the musical '' Footloose '' . In 2011 for the Ontario Sears Drama Festival Westdale performed a production of Elephant 's Graveyard . In 2012 a collective of students wrote the Historical piece Triangle , the collective focuses on the '' Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire '' and the problems of working without a union . The collective was performed at the District , Regional and Provincial levels of the Sears Ontario Drama Festival winning awards in Stage Management , Music , Acting , Technical Theatre and Direction . In 2012 , Theatre Westdale presented a representation of Little Shop of Horrors , by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman , however the production was cut short because of the labor dispute between the Ontario Government and the Teacher 's Unions . Following the labor dispute , Westdale put on two productions in the spring of 2013 for the Sears Drama Festival , Drafts and Asylum , directed by students Greg Waters and Russel Niessen , respectively
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
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