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17 | Friday July 14, 2 0 1 7 | OAKVILLE BEAVER |www.insidehalton.com Marta Marychuk Reporter mmarychuk@oakvillebeaver.com A rts c e n e for its production of Brantw ood: 1920-2020, another musical incubated through the CMTP. "W e're enormously grateful to the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts and to the legions of fans who were clearly as moved as we were by C om e From A way and whose votes helped the production earn the title as audience favourite," added Preece. Sheridan's connection to C om e F rom Away is long and deep. The idea to musicalize the story originated with Michael Rubinoff, as sociate dean, visual and performing arts at Sheridan and founder of the CMTP incuba tor. Rubinoff approached Irene Sankoff and David Hein about writing the musical and committed that it would be among the first to be developed through the CMTP Students in the Music Theatre Performance program brought the script to life in 2012. C om e From A way appeared at Theatre Sheridan in 2 0 1 3 as a fully-realized, two-act production. One Sheridan alumna, Susan Dustan, is a standby in the current company of C om e From Away. Its producers include Sheridan College and Rubinoff, who is also a "C o n n e c t e d t o y o u r C o m m u n i t y " S tro ng show ing fo r S heridan a t th e Dora M avor M o o re A w ards C om e From A w ay , the hit, new musical that began its life and development at Sheridan' s Canadian Music Theatre Project (CM TP), had a strong showing at the 38th annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards, presented at the Elgin Theatre in Toronto June 26. The production was honoured with four awards, including: · Outstanding Production, Musical The atre Division · Outstanding New Musical/Opera: Book, Music & Lyrics by David Hein · Irene Sankoff, Musical Theatre/Opera Division · Outstanding Performance Female: Jenn Colella, Musical Theatre Division · Jon Kaplan Audience Choice Award. "These awards provide tangible evidence of Sheridan' s reputation for excellence in musical theatre incubation, production and education," Dr. Mary Preece, president and vice chancellor of Sheridan, said in a media release. This year' s Jon Kaplan Audience Choice Award marks the second time that Sheridan has been associated with this outstanding honour, having received the award in 2 0 1 5 development of new musical works. It con nects writers, lyricists and composers with students who perform their material and bring the characters to life over a five-week period. The process gives creative teams a chance to test, hear and refine their mate rial over a longer period of time, away from critics, so that meaningful development can happen. It can help accelerate the time re quired to create a new musical. Since 2 0 1 1 , 15 musicals have been incu bated through CMTP, involving 180 stu dents in the process. "The CMTP also ensures that some of Canada' s m ost prolific stories are captured and told," added Rubinoff. The musicals include Prom Queen -- the story of Toronto teen Marc Hall who fought for and won the right to bring his boyfriend to his Catholic high school prom -- and M arathon of H ope -- chronicling the story of famed Canadian Terry Fox. Both musicals have since enjoyed their professional pre miers. This October, CMTP will present readings of four new musicals that benefited from its incubation process. Sheridan Music Theatre Performance students perform in the 2013 production of Come From Away at Sheridan College. |John Jones photo creative consultant on the show. "It's truly incredible that our students played a significant role in launching C om e F rom A w ay -- a musical that has been nomi nated for best musical in every major awards competition of the season and that has won many of the industry' s top honours," said Rubinoff. "The fact that our incubator has launched not one, but two musicals that have been recognized as fan favourites suggests that our work is resonating with audiences in a significant way " The CMTP is Canada's first incubator and permanent headquarters dedicated to the A u th e n tic M o n te sso ri a t its B e s t - F o r A ges 1 8 m o .-1 2 y rs . >A n e m p o w e r i n g c u r r i c u l u m t h a t e n g a g e s c h ild re n >I n d i v i d u a l f o c u s t o d e f i n e y o u r c h i l d 's le a rn in g >C o m m u n i t y a t m o s p h e r e t h a t m a k e s s tu d e n ts fe e l in c lu d e d a n d v a lu e d »C r e a t i v e e x p r e s s i o n a l l o w s y o u r c h i l d t o e x p lo re th e ir o w n in te r e s ts a n d ta le n ts REGISTER TODAY! Space is lim ited for September! FAIRVIEW GLEN MONTESSORI SCHOOL 905.634.0781 · f a ir v i e w g l e n . c o m