West End Studio Theatre presents Love Letters this weekend West End Studio Theatre is presenting its third show in the Oakville Drama Series -- Love Letters. It opened yesterday (Jan. 6), continues through Sunday (Jan. 10) at the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts, 130 Navy St. Love Letters, by A.R. Gurney, follows the story of "two people whose tether to one another endures time and distance," stated a media release. "Despite lives that take different paths after a childhood spent together, Melissa and Andy's emotional bond shows in a series of letters which they exchange over a period of several decades." West End Studio Theatre director Yo Mustafa said he was eager to bring the show to the Oakville stage because "it is raw theatre. Through these letters we get to see the honest love these two have for each other." Mustafa has chosen to present this play as it was intended by the Gurney, with limited rePerformances are scheduled at 8 p.m. from 905-815-2021. For information on upcoming hearsal and simple staging. Jan. 7-9, and at 2 p.m. on Jan. 10. To purchase Oakville Drama Series productions, visit www. The two actors will read the tickets, visit www.oakvillecentre.ca or call the-west.ca. letters, which have not been memorized beforehand. 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All youths interested in auditioning for the show, put on by Innovate Musical Theatre, are asked to pre-register online at www.InnovativeMT.com. The auditions are taking place Sunday (Jan. 10) at 1 p.m. at Innovative Arts Studios, 1428 Speers Rd., Unit 6. Last year, the local theatre company's youth production of Footloose the Musical, featured 24 shows to more than 400 audience members. "Producing two shows a year, Shrek is Innovative Musical Theatre's sixth production so far and reinvents how to train large quantities of youth to sing, dance and act," stated a media release. The driving force behind the production will be Nathan McLeod (actor in YTV series Life with Boys and Oliver in Stratford) and Joanne Chow (a Juilliard School of Dance graduate with a New York City Masters in Modern Dance). For more information, visit www.innovativearts.ca. 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