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Theatre Alberta is a Provincial Arts Service Organization (PASO) committed to encouraging the growth of theatre in Alberta.

Call for Submissions (Calgary): 2017: Canada Plays – Theatre Calgary

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theatrecalgary_logo2017: CANADA PLAYS

In anticipation of Canada’s 150th anniversary in 2017, Theatre Calgary is seeking bold, new plays about national ideas and what it means to be Canadian. Several projects will be selected for workshop development and exploration within FUSE: The Enbridge Play Development Program, with the goal of discovering a play to premiere as the centerpiece of our celebratory season in 2017.

We invite professional playwrights from coast to coast to submit their big ideas! Both completed scripts and exciting project proposals welcome! What are the surprising national stories that need to be told on stage? What does it mean to be “Canadian?” Where have we been; where are we now; where are we going? We are seeking large-scale, ambitious projects with a maximum of originality and imagination—like our beautiful country.

For more information and submission guidelines, click here -
http://theatrecalgary.com/media/documents/2017_CANADA_PLAYS_-_Submission_Guidelines.pdf

Event (Edmonton): Vitalize Conference 2013 – What’s In It for Arts Organizations?

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Vitalize2013This year’s Vitalize Conference offers numerous sessions of particular interest to Alberta’s nonprofit arts organizations. Check out just a few of the workshops you won’t want to miss!
 
·         Marty Chan’s “The Importance of Arts in Alberta”
·         Brent Barootes’s “Building Sponsorship Proposals that Sell”
·         Stuart Ellis Myers’ “Using YouTube to Double Your Volunteer Resources and Anchor New Volunteers”
·         Jennifer Buchanan’s “Use Music Intentionally to Curb Stress and Restore Health”
·         Gair Maxwell’s “The Branding Highway – Getting More Mileage for your Dollar”

There’s also the Artisan Market on Thursday evening and a performance by Firefly Theatre and Le Fuzz at the Friday evening gala!
 
For more information and to register, visit www.vitalizeconference.ca.  Advance registration ends June 5.
 
Celebrate 25 years of excellence at Vitalize 2013 from Thursday, June 13 to Saturday, June 15 at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton, Alberta.
 
Join the conversation on Twitter – #Vitalize2013.
 

What’s On (Calgary): girls! girls! girls! – The Major Matt Mason Theatre Collective

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The Major Matt Mason Theatre Collective Presents
girls! girls! girls!

girls! girls! girls! was written in response to the events surrounding the brutal death of Reena Virk in Victoria, BC, and the Columbine massacre in Colorado, USA. Candy-coated, vicious, playful, and raw, the play is a dissection of brutal violence, the desensitization to experience, and the crude denouncement of reckless emotion in the lives of the unrewarded. This animated, “hip-hop nursery-rhyme” explores what really goes through the minds of teenage tyrants growing up in a world of social regulation, expectation, and silence.

Warning: This show contains extreme violence, language, and nudity

Regular $15/Students $10

June 13th -15th & 18th -22nd at 8:00pm
With a special midnight performance on the 21st

Pay-What-You-Can Preview on June 12th at 8:00

FEATURING:
Alexis Lerigny
Cassidy Waring
Charlie Gould
Erica Anderson
Evan Medd

DIRECTED BY:
Geoffrey Brown
Joseph Perry
Mathieu Bourassa

STAGE MANAGEMENT:
Kelsey Ledbury
Brooklyne Alexander

SET, COSTUME, and LIGHTING DESIGN:
Alison Yanota

SOUND DESIGN:
Tom Cainer

PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE:
Taryn Craig

Reserve tickets by emailing: MMMTheatreCollective@gmail.com

Major Matt Mason Theatre is a collection of artists dedicated to creating intimate and experimental theatre for Calgary’s younger generation. Founded in 2010 by long time collaborators Geoffrey Brown and Evan Medd, the collective is known for exploring alternative perspectives in small scale theatrical spaces. The group challenges young artists to step out of conventional roles and work as an ensemble to build provocative, contemporary, Canadian theatre.

mmmtheatrecollective.com
facebook.com/MMMCollective
@MMMCollective

What’s On (Edmonton): Freewill Shakespeare Festival – Free Will Players Guild

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25th ANNUAL FREEWILL SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL

KING LEAR & A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
JUNE 25 TO JULY 21, 2013
HERITAGE AMPHITHEATRE, HAWRELAK PARK
WWW.FREEWILLSHAKESPEARE.COM

In our 25th season the Freewill Shakespeare Festival is proud to present King Lear and A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Edmonton’s fabulous river valley.

First, let guest director Jim Guedo take you inside the mind of a monarch going mad in his interpretation of King Lear. Don’t miss this harrowing tale of an aging king, his banished daughter and her tricky sisters who are plotting to take the throne.

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Then, drift into Marianne Copithorne’s fantastical world of A Midsummer Night’s Dream where four lovers fall victim to quarreling fairies in this dreamland of mischief and misunderstandings.

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Free Will Players is a not-for-profit theatre company formed in 1989. As operators of the Freewill Shakespeare Festival, the Players endeavor to create professional, contemporary, innovative productions of the works of William Shakespeare that are accessible to all audiences, regardless of age, ability, education, or income levels, while also developing new audiences and mentoring theatre professionals of the future.

King Lear plays on even dates. A Midsummer Night’s Dream plays on odd dates and matinees. No shows on Mondays. Tickets available through Tix on the Square at 780-420-1757 or tixonthesquare.ca. Adults $25.00, Festival Pass $40.00 and Students/Seniors: $17 per show.

 

Call for Submissions (Edmonton): Participants/Performers/Creative Types for Queersummer Night’s Dream – Queer Royale

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Queer-Royal-logoCALL FOR PARTICIPANTS, PERFORMERS, ARTISTS, CREATIVE TYPES
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS JUNE 3rd, 2013

To be a part of a QUEERSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, a performance and art event on July 20th, 2013 at a wheelchair-accessible venue.
Funded by APIRG (Alberta Public Interest Research Group)

‘Theme’ = transformations, tricksters, dream-states, unexpected couplings, and more!

Queer Royale is a drag performance troupe in Edmonton and the hosts/organizers of this event. For this event, our intention is to showcase art and performance from QTPLGB (Queer, trans*, pansexual, lesbian, gay, and bisexual) communities and invite connection, collaboration and conversation among folks from all aspects of the community. Together with you we would like to create safe(r) performance spaces that are intended to be cooperative, consensual, accessible, and entertaining. We want to invite people to have some good old fashion (and more inclusive) FUN! We also invite people to consider how we experience oppression/discrimination in unique and multiple ways and what accessibility means to us.

Participants will be asked to uphold our safe(r) space guidelines to the best of their ability.

We would like to invite: creative types, movers, dancers, performance artists, spoken word, drag kings, queens, burlesque, boilesque, poets, multimedia and installation projects, collaborations, and/or something you have in mind that we haven’t thought of! We welcome women, men, transgender people & spirits, those living with a chronic medical condition, visible or invisible, your dreams and desires and passions, your emotions, people who identify as artists, and people who don’t, gay, lesbian, bisexual, heterosexual, and queer people, humans of all ages, survivors, mystics, seekers, believers of all kinds, humans of all sizes, shades, shapes and abilities.

Two-spirit, trans* folk, people of color, and people with alternate abilities will be prioritized in the selection of performers.

If you are interested in participating, please SUBMIT the following to queerroyale@gmail.com:
• Your name (chosen if you prefer)
• A description of what you’d like to do
• What you would need from us (sound, light, etc).
• Any accessibility needs, concerns
• We ask those who benefit from the privileges of whiteness, being able-bodied, cis-gendered and/or settlers self-identify when submitting.

*Artist fees, free childcare, and bus tickets are available for participants/performers.

*Queer Royale will be hosting free weekly rehearsal space for performers to build connections, collaborate, to give and receive feedback, and to help build the event into a cohesive show!!

Jobs (Calgary): Theatre Instructor – Music and Play Canada Inc.

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MP-Logo-Final-4-Colour-2-smallMusic and Play Canada Inc.
Theatre Instructor: Musical Theatre & Theatre classes

We are seeking to add an energetic and experienced theatre instructor to our team. The successful candidate will collaborate with our dance and music directors and work with students (aged 5 and up) to help us expand our theatre arts programming. At Music and Play, we focus on skill building first and performance second, although preparation for term and year-end showcases is expected. This is a part-time ‘after school’ position but may be combined with other duties if applicant qualifications allow.

Music and Play is the leading performing arts (music, theatre, dance) school and studio in Calgary. The school currently serves over 500 families from its home studios (occupying over 3,600 square feet) in the west end of Calgary,

If you are interested, please submit a current CV and biography via email to us at jobs@musicandplay.ca. The deadline for applications is June 15, 2013.

Thank you for your interest, please note that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Volunteer Opportunity (Calgary): Treasurer and Fundraising Coordinator – Scorpio Theatre

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Scorpio-Facebook-CoverTreasurer and Fundraising Coordinator Needed – Scorpio Theatre

Scorpio Theatre is an amateur theatre company operating out of Calgary. We have been around for 13 years and strive to bring new and new to Calgary shows to the stage. We are entirely volunteer-driven. As such, we find ourselves in need of a Treasurer and Fund-raising Coordinator. Ideal candidates would be able to start immediately.

Treasurer- Working closely with the Executive Producer, this position accounts for all of the money, including reconciliation of receipts, and filing of necessary paperwork (e.g., GST filing, insurance forms, etc.). Candidates should be comfortable using (or learning to use) Simply Accounting software. The position also includes attending one meeting a month, and any other meetings deemed necessary. At these meetings, the Treasurer will be expected to make a presentation to the Board regarding the Company’s finances. The position comes with automatic membership to the Scorpio Theatre Society, and complimentary tickets (2) to each of our shows, as well as other benefits.

Fundraising Coordinator- This position will research fundraising opportunities for the Company. This would include grants, and the Coordinator would be expected to find these grants and write up applications for them. Also, the Coordinator would work closely with the Events Coordinator to initiate and facilitate other fundraising opportunities. This position would be expected to attend a monthly Executive meeting, and any others deemed necessary by said Executive. The position comes with automatic membership to the Scorpio Theatre Society, and complimentary tickets (2) to each of our shows, as well as other benefits.

If you are interested in either of these positions, please contact info@scorpio.ca.

Auditions (Edmonton): Call for Actors – Documentary Film – Clearwater Documentary

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ClearwaterDoc_logo_rgbWho: Non-professional actors to participate in dramatic re-enactments of early human life
When: 22-27 September 2013
Where: Stunning and diverse natural landscapes throughout Alberta

Clearwater Documentary is producing a three-part television documentary called “Human – The Miracle of a Species”, exploring the origins of our species in Africa and our incredible journey to settle the planet’s five continents. Dramatic recreations of the first modern humans and our close relatives will bring to life the world of our ancestors, from the searing desert heat of Africa to the frigid Ice-Age Arctic. For broadcast around the world in 2015 on major public broadcasters, including the CBC, PBS and Arte.

In September 2013, we will film dramatic recreations depicting the first humans to leave Africa approximately 100,000 years ago and their meeting with Neanderthals in Europe. Clearwater Documentary is looking for non-professional actors of two types:
1. Individuals originating in East Africa (Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia), which is also the likely birthplace of modern human populations. These actors will depict the earliest migrations from Africa, and the way of life of these ancestors. We are looking for fit, slim women, men and children of any age.
2. Two males of Caucasian appearance to depict the Neanderthal inhabitants native to Europe for 400,000, and whom human Africans met after their departure from Africa. These individuals must be extremely muscular, with a compact and powerful build, and red hair/freckles are an asset.

Locations will be remote, ranging from the Alberta Badlands to the Rocky Mountains near Grande Cache, with shooting to stretch over 6 days. Actors will be asked to wear period costumes, to carry the implements of a Stone Age hunter-gather existence, and to engage in activities typical of of hunter-gatherers: gathering berries and herbs, tending fires and making camp, eating meat, and walking through a variety of landscapes. All travel, accommodation and living expenses will be paid, as well as a daily compensation on shooting days. Hours will be unpredictable and possibly long.

Deadline to apply:  May 29, 2013.

For more information on this series, see the teaser clip: https://vimeo.com/49039042
or contact:
Emma Radford
(780) 757-9777
emma@clearwatermedia.com

Auditions (Edmonton) – Marion Bridge – Horizon Players Community Theatre

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Horizon-PlayersAUDITION NOTICE: HORIZON PLAYERS COMMUNITY THEATRE
Marion Bridge By Daniel MacIvor
PERFORMANCE DATES: November 27-30, 2013
AUDITION DATES: Sunday, June 23, & Monday, June 24, 2013
Times: 7:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Location: Horizon Stage, 1001 Calahoo Road, Spruce Grove
Callbacks: Wednesday, June 26, 7:00 – 10:00 p.m. Location: Horizon Stage
DIRECTOR: ANNE MARIE SZUCS
STAGE MANAGER: ANGLIA REDDING-TURKIEWICZ
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS: IAN FITZGERALD; JEFF TURKIEWICZ
SET DESIGN: JIM HERCHAK; COSTUME DESIGN: PATTI ZEGLEN
LIGHTING DESIGN: LELAND STELCK; SOUND DESIGN: ERIN FOSTER O’RIORDAN
DIALECT COACH: MARLISS WEBER; PROPS: ELINOR TOFIN
PRODUCTION MANAGER: TBA

Three women in their thirties come “home” to Cape Breton to be with their dying mother. Each, in her own way, tries to deal with the painful loneliness of her life – each tries to reconcile what she has become with what she thought she wanted out of life and with what she thought her family wanted for her. Nothing, of course, has turned out exactly the way anyone imagined it would.

Characters:
(Please note that ages should reflect what you read as onstage – not your actual age.)
Agnes MacKeigan, eldest sister, 30s – 40s
Theresa MacKeigan, middle sister, 30s – 40s
Louise MacKeigan, youngest sister, 30s
Rehearsals will begin in mid September. Rehearsals will be scheduled around actor availability whenever possible. Rehearsal locations may be in Spruce Grove and/or Edmonton.

Audition Expectations:
You will be auditioning with a group of 4 to 5 other actors in a one-hour slot. Please prepare one of the three selected monologues (Agnes, Theresa, or Louise). You may memorize your monologue, but it is not expected. You may be asked to cold read from the play, so please familiarize yourself with it before auditioning. (Copies of the script may be available through the Theatre Alberta library.)

Please bring any conflict dates you have to the audition. Headshots and résumés are recommended but not required.

TO BOOK AN AUDITION or for further information, please email Anne Marie Szucs at amszucs@xplornet.com. Once you have booked an audition, you will receive the audition monologues by email.

Event(Edmonton): The Genius Code – Public Workshop of a Project in Development – C103

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THE GENIUS CODE – THIS WEEKEND!

Sneak peek of the new work by Catalyst’s Artist in Residence

THE GENIUS CODE
PUBLIC WORKSHOP OF A PROJECT IN DEVELOPMENT
NEW TEASER TRAILER

Gene Cody is blessed with a divine ability for music, but not for love. Inspired after bringing his best friend Sky and a dangerously beautiful artist, Gyl Bird, together, Gene creates an album who’s lyrics are entirely made up of private conversations the lovers have had. After the success of his music, Gene begins to emulate Sky, adopting his life, and his relationship, and tearing the relationship apart.

A multimedia, modern myth about ownership, love, and the divine powers of music.

GeniusCode.jpgSurreal SoReal Theatre invites anyone to join us for an experimental evening of theatre. This is a chance for audiences to check out what Surreal SoReal Theatre is like in the creation process, where anything is possible. We are aiming to create a theatre experience where each audience member hears the play from their own individual set of headphones…depending on which you choose, you may hear a different side of the story.

The Genius Code is being developed as a part of Catalyst Theatre’s resident artist program, and is slated for full production in May of 2014.

WORKSHOP PERFORMANCE DATES
Sunday, May 19, 8pm at C103
Monday, May 20, 8pm at C103

TICKET PRICE
Pay-What-You-Can (recommended $10-$15)