1993

"Opening Night" by Norm Foster,
directed by Cindy N. Solda
April/May, 1993

In 1993, Portal Players Dramatic Society hosted the North Island Zone Drama Festival at The Capitol Theatre. Festival dates were April 25 to May 1, 1993. Our entry was "Opening Night" by Norm Foster, which appropriately enough opened the festival on Sunday, April 25. A total of TEN productions took to the Capitol stage during this festival, which coincided with the 60th Anniversary of Zone Festivals & Mainstage as Theatre BC events. This Festival returns to The Capitol Theatre in May, 2006.

PPDS Member Annie Humphries-Loutit won a "Best Supporting Actor in a Female Role" for her performance in Opening Night, at this Festival.

"I Ought To Be In Pictures" by Neil Simon,
directed by Cindy N. Solda
October/November, 1993

1994

"Sing A Song Of Sixpence" by Norman Robbins,
directed by Pam Aspinall
January, 1994

"Captain Stamp Visits The Rain Forest" by Portal Players Dramatic Society,
Selected readings from Bill Richardson's "Bachelor Brothers Bed & Breakfast", by Sandy McRuer,
"How You Play The Game", Original play by PPDS Member Robert Gunn.
This event was presented as a wrap-up to Heritage Week.
February, 1994

"Mark of Cain" by Jesse Beers Jr.,
directed by Cindy N. Solda
April/May, 1994
This show was our entry in the 1994 North Island Zone Drama Festival, performed May 27, 1994 at the Village Theatre in Qualicum, hosted by E.C.H.O. Players. Three awards were brought back from this festival: Best Supporting Actor, Jamie Bracht; Best Technical Production; and Best Graphic Design for Program Layout and T-Shirts, graphic designer, Kim Schroeder.

"Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs" by Maurice Berger,
directed by Cindy N. Solda
August, 1994

1995

"Beauty & The Beast" by Jesse Beers Jr.,
directed by Cindy N. Solda
February, 1995

"The Wild Guys" by Andrew Wreggitt & Rebecca Shaw,
directed by Erica Watson
March/April, 1995
This show was our entry in the 1995 North Island Zone Drama Festival, performed May 21, 1995 at the Bailey Studio Theatre, hosted by the Nanaimo Theatre Group.

"I Take This Man" by Jack Sharkey,
directed by Diena Geertsema
November, 1995

"Frosty The Snowman" by William Francis,
directed by Misty Knight
December, 1995

1996

"Hickory Dickory Dock" by Norman Robbins,
directed by Pam Aspinall
January/February, 1996

"On Tidy Endings" by Harvey Feirstein,
directed by Cindy N. Solda
April/May, 1996