List of Shows
Below is a list of Dentantics’ directors from 1921 to present. The term “Director” or “Co-Director" is used for the person in charge of organizing the show. However, the director or co-director's actual tasks varied throughout the years. Sometimes, they were responsible for writing, editing and putting the show together, while other times, these tasks were shared or delegated to the “Producer”. Other years, it seems that there were people in charge of writing different skits and the show was put together by the producer. Whatever the case may be, these shows were completed as a team effort, with each student involved spending many hours writing, performing and editing, and this list does not do justice to all the individuals involved in putting the show together. The information was gathered from the Dentantics programs available at the library (though unfortunately, we do not have a full set), the dentistry yearbooks, and the histories described above. There are some years that are missing either due to the information being lost or the fact that the show did not run that year.
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Year |
Director Name |
Co-Director Name |
Place Performed |
Notes |
Theme |
Date |
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1921 |
Gordon Agnew |
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Convocation Hall |
1st |
N/A |
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1922 |
Bernard E. Sleeth |
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Convocation Hall |
2nd |
N/A |
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1923 |
E.M. Honey |
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Convocation Hall |
3rd Nurses Representative: Miss M.A. Halliday
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N/A |
February 21, 1923
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1924 |
H.D. Duncan |
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Hart House Theatre |
4th |
N/A |
February 8-9, 1924
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1925 |
F.F. Hughes |
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UTS Auditorium |
5th Dental Nurses Rep: Miss K.B. West |
N/A
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March 12, 1925
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1926 |
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N/A
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1927 |
Shea |
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N/A
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1928 |
E.E. Maynard |
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UTS Auditorium |
Dental Nurses Rep: Miss A.E. Luxton
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N/A |
March 9, 1928 |
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1929 |
C.M. Finlay |
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Hart House Theatre |
Dental Nurses Rep: Miss G. Jones |
N/A
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March 7,1929 |
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1930 |
F.E. Harris |
|
Hart House Theatre |
Dental Nurses Rep: Miss J. Williams |
N/A
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March 21, 1930 |
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1931 |
D. Tanner |
|
Hart House Theatre |
Dental Nurses Rep: Misses M. Reid, E. Jones, G. Kyle |
N/A
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March 5-6, 1931 |
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1932 |
B. Milne |
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Hart House Theatre |
Dental Nurses Rep: Miss D. Elliott |
N/A
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March 3 and 4, 1932 |
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1933 |
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1934 |
G.K. Clarke |
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Hart House Theatre |
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N/A
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1935 |
J.E. Hackett |
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Hart House Theatre |
Dental Nurses Rep: Miss H.A. Nunn |
N/A
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1936 |
B.P. Kearney |
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Hart House Theatre |
Dental Nurses Rep: Miss MR Boughton |
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1937 |
F.T. Pearson |
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Hart House Theatre |
Dental Nurses Rep: Miss L.L. McIntosh |
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1938 |
J.D. McAskile |
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Hart House Theatre |
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1939 |
E.D. Fyffe |
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Hart House Theatre |
Dental Nurses Rep: Miss. E. Winkler |
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February 14, 1939 |
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1940 |
A.E. Fyffe |
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Hart House Theatre |
Dental Nurses Rep: Miss MH Kennedy |
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March 8, 1940 |
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1941 |
J.B. MacDonald |
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Hart House Theatre |
Dental Nurses Rep: Gertrude Bryson The Chair of the Committee of Dentantics disappears, instead the dominant name becomes “Director” |
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February 26, 1941 |
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1942 |
H.D. Banfield |
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Hart House Theatre |
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1943 |
M.J. Butler |
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Hart House Theatre |
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1944 |
Ross Richardson |
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Hart House Theatre |
25th |
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December 15, 1944 |
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1945 |
Wesley Dunn |
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Hart House Theatre |
Dental Nurses Rep: Kay Wilson |
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November 23, 1945 |
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1946 |
Grove Lightford |
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Hart House Theatre |
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1947 |
Myron R. Millar |
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Hart House Theatre |
28th Dental Nurses Rep: Jean Widdicombe |
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November 21, 1947 |
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1948 |
A.W. Chapple |
|
Hart House Theatre |
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1949 |
Gid Rowntree |
|
Hart House Theatre |
30th edition The programme is shaped like a tooth Dental Nurses Rep: |
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December 9, 10, 1949 |
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1950 |
Elio Politi |
|
Hart House Theatre |
31st Dental Nurses Rep: M. Ewart |
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December 8 and 9, 1950 |
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1951 |
Malcolm Yasny |
|
Hart House Theatre |
32nd
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November 23 and 24, 1951 |
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1952 |
Howard Hasenpflug |
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Hart House Theatre |
33rd |
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November 14 and 15, 1952 |
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1953 |
Ray Mulrooney |
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Hart House Theatre |
34th |
Fantasy |
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1954 |
John Alexander |
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Hart House Theatre |
35th |
Toronto the Good |
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1955 |
Emmanuel J. Rajczak |
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Hart House Theatre |
36th |
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November 4 and 5, 1955 |
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1956 |
Robert Yasny |
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Hart House Theatre |
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The Roaring Twenties in Chicago
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1957 |
S.W. (Mickey) Grossman |
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Hart House Theatre |
All printed in Green to keep with the Irish theme |
The Vale of Tralee |
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1958 |
M. Legault |
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Hart House Theatre |
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1959 |
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Cancelled |
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1960 |
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Cancelled |
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1961 |
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Cancelled |
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1962 |
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Cancelled |
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1963 |
Henry (Hank) Levant |
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1964 |
Ron Paluch |
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Paluch acknowledges that the Dentantics was missing for a few years, but does not say how long the hiatus was for or why |
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1965 |
Farel Anderson |
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1966 |
Marlene Bloom |
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May be first woman to Direct the Dentantics |
Passport |
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1967 |
Brian Kotzer |
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“So you want to be a dentist OR What’s in a dream” |
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1968 |
Mark Panzer |
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1969 |
Rick Gresik |
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1970 |
Gerald A. (Jerry) Boyko |
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Hart House Theatre |
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1971 |
Dave Randell |
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1972 |
Morley Rubinoff |
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1973 |
Donna Brode |
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Hart House Theatre |
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December 6, 7, 8, 1973 |
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1974 |
Chris Ferrier |
Al Bobkin |
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Open Wider Please: A Play by??? |
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1975 |
Calvin Torneck |
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Hart House Theatre |
Centennial of the school celebrated - 100 years of organized dentistry |
Dentantics-100 Years |
December 4, 5, 6, 1975 |
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1976 |
Mike Guay |
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Auditorium |
53rd |
Across Canada |
November 18, 19, 20, 1976 |
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1977 |
Helen Pervitin |
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1978 |
Gary Taylor |
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55th |
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1979 |
Greg Slater |
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1980 |
Mummery Janice |
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57th |
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1981 |
Jacqueline Lindo |
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58th |
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1982 |
Bob Hart |
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Auditorium? |
59th |
A real feast |
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1983 |
Chris Karolidis |
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60th |
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1984 |
Joel May |
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61st |
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1985/1986 |
Jamie Gallant |
|
Hart House Theatre |
62nd |
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December 5,6,7 1985 |
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1987 |
Joan Ditta |
|
Hart House Theatre |
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March 12, 13, 14, 1987 |
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1988 |
Bert Steinmanis |
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Hart House Theatre |
63rd |
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March 10, 11, 12, 1988 |
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1989 |
Janice Tapson |
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Hart House Theatre |
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March 16, 17, 18, 1989 |
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1990 |
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1991 |
Stephen Dyment |
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1992 |
Robin Kutner |
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Dental Television (DTV) |
February 27, 28, 29, 1992 |
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1993 |
Jeff Yasny |
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1994 |
Husain Fawzia |
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Hart House Theatre |
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February 24, 25, 26, 1994 |
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1995 |
Natalie Wong |
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1996 |
Brian Rittenberg |
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License to Drill |
February 29, March 1, 2, 1996 |
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1997 |
Shaul Dwosh |
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Pulp Fiction |
February 27, 28, March 1, 1997 |
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1998 |
Shawn Brunt |
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Hart House Theatre |
Men in Plaque |
February 26, 27, 28, 1998 |
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1999 |
Michelle Tang |
Catherine Ng |
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2000 |
Isabel Teijeiro |
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Hart House Theatre |
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Flosstin Powers: International Man of Dentistry |
March 9, 10, 11, 2000 |
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2001 |
Son Pil |
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Hart House Theatre |
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DentalTelevision |
March 1, 2, 3, 2001 |
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2002 |
Yair Lenga |
|
Hart House Theatre |
81st |
The Golden Awards |
March 7,8,9, 2002 |
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2003 |
Carilynne Yarascavitch |
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Hart House Theatre |
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The Wizard of Flozz |
March 6,7,8, 2003 |
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2004 |
Lesley-Anne Morris |
Leeanne Hurwitz |
Isabel Bader Theatre |
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Late Night with Dean Mock “Mock Talk” |
March 11, 12, 13, 2004 |
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2005 |
Jennifer Hittner |
Rachale Cohen |
Hart House Theatre |
85th |
The Secret Lives of (Almost) Dentists |
March 10, 11, 12, 2005 |
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2006 |
Natoosha Azizi |
Jammie Tosevski |
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DTV – Dental Television |
March 9, 10, 11, 2006 |
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2007 |
Dovrat Sandel |
Alexis Markham |
Deisel Playhouse |
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The Demo Wears Prada |
March 15, 16, 2007 |
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2008 |
Rebecca Cohen |
Jaclyn Chin |
Toronto Convention Centre’s John W.H. Basset Theatre |
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Drilling in the Streets |
March 8, 2008 |
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2009 |
Cara Lindsay |
Lani Kraus |
Isabel Bader Theatre |
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DentalMania |
March 5, March 6, 2009 |
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2010 |
Elena Gershenzon |
Shayna Levitan |
Hart House Theatre |
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Driller |
March 11, 12, 2010 |
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2011 |
Alison Clark |
Dan Vockeroth |
Isabel Bader Theatre |
90th |
DenTVision |
March 17, 18, 2011 |
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2012 |
James Liang |
Kincaid Chan |
Isabel Bader Theatre |
91st In loving memory of Regna Bersanas, Lisa Montenera and Luch Valenzano (Director of Clinics passed away suddenly in summer 2012) |
Dentantics Night Live |
March 15, 16, 2012 |
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2013 |
Carly Gordon |
Tim Shigapov |
Isabel Bader Theatre |
In loving memory of Edward (Ted) Moore and Lisa Montanera (these two students had recently passed away tragically) |
Dentists Got Talent |
March 16, 17, 2013 |
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2014 |
Cleo Sanmartin |
Jen Minseon Kim |
Isabel Bader Theatre |
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Inception Control |
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2015 |
Catherine Nguyen |
Leah Bottner |
Isabel Bader Theatre |
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The Denties |
March 12, 13, 2015 |
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2016 |
Nash Cassim |
Kevin Nguyen |
Isabel Bader Theatre |
95th |
Plaque to the Future |
March 17, 18, 2016 |
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2017 |
Irina Baranova |
Wes Graham |
Isabel Bader Theatre |
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DentanFlix |
March 16, 17, 2017 |
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2018 |
Ryan Noh |
Melody Yao |
Isabel Bader Theatre |
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Definately Not Dentantics |
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2019 |
Kulsum Saeed |
Muhammad Ali |
Isabel Bader Theatre |
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Dentantics Night Live |
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2020 |
Evan Benak |
Brooke-Lynn Pettigrew |
Isabel Bader Theatre |
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The Walking Dead-tantics |
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2021 |
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Cancelled due to COVID |
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2022 |
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Cancelled due to COVID |
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2023 |
Nicholas Principe |
Amanda Tittel |
Isabel Bader Theatre |
Celebrated as 100th edition |
The Reboot |
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2024 |
Annabelle Ng |
Rebecca Kassaw |
Isabel Bader Theatre |
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DIFF |
March 1, 2024 |
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2025 |
Natalie Modreanu |
Shanze Khan |
Isabel Bader Theatre |
Celebrated 150 years of the school |
Watching TV after clinics |
February 28 and March 1, 2025 |