Rachel Watson longs for a different life. Her only escape is the perfect couple she watches through the train window every day, happy and in love. Or so it appears. When Rachel learns that the woman she’s been secretly watching has suddenly disappeared, she finds herself as both a witness and a suspect in a thrilling mystery in which she will face bigger revelations than she could ever have anticipated.

Rachel Watson – Shirley Manh

Anna Watson – Ashley Gillard

Megan Hipwell – Elizabeth Foulds Rodgers

Tom Watson – Cameron Bishop

Scott Hipwell – Michael Clarke

D.I. Gaskill – Chisholm Pothier

Kamal  Abdic – Nandeesh Kumar

Kanata Theatre is proud to be entering The Girl on the Train as their submission to the EODL Full-Length Play Festival this year. Adjudication occurs on February 7th. Audience members are encouraged to remain after the play for the detailed adjudication.

The Eastern Ontario Drama League (EODL) fosters development and interest in the performing arts. It serves as a resource centre for theatre activities in Eastern Ontario and provides community theatre groups with a communications medium throughout the province. EODL promotes artistic and technical standards and encourages education in theatre arts. Our two annual drama festivals (EODL Full-Length Play Festival and EODL One-Act Play Festival) are the principal means by which we advance these aims. EODL is a proud advocate for theatre in Ontario.

The 2024-25 EODL Full-Length Play Festival is a travelling festival running from November 2024 through March 2025. It features 11 productions by 8 community theatre groups across Ontario. An EODL Adjudicator attends a performance of each production in its home location and will conduct a public and detailed adjudication. Following each public adjudication, the Adjudicator will share comments with the cast and crew. An Awards Ceremony and Gala takes place after all entries have been adjudicated and award recipients are announced across various categories (click here for more information).

Talk Back: Join us on February 12th’s Performance 

We are excited to have the psychologist Dr. Bob Cormier who has worked in Kingston penitentiaries in the early part of his career present a Talk Back with our audience. Upon his move to Ottawa, he has held numerous positions in the Department of Solicitor General and Public Safety, including Senior Director, Research & Community Development, and Executive Director of the National Crime Prevention Centre. He currently serves on the Ontario Review Board.