EMERGE 2008
Fostering relationships between Alberta’s emerging and professional artists
- Monday, April 14 in Edmonton (at The Citadel Theatre's Maclab Theatre)
- Monday, April 21 in Calgary (at the Engineered Air Theatre in the EPCOR Centre for the Performing Arts)
Participation in Emerge is by invitation only. Theatre Alberta contacts post-secondary institutions and professional companies/individuals with invitations to participate throughout the year.
Looking to audition at Emerge?
Only post-secondary students graduating in spring 2008 from an Alberta post-secondary professional acting program are allowed to audition at Emerge. Participants are "sponsored" by the faculty at their school. Programs previously involved in Emerge are:
- University of Alberta BFA Acting
- University of Calgary BFA Drama
- University of Lethbridge BFA Dramatic Arts
- Grant MacEwan College Theatre Arts
- Mount Royal College Theatre Performance
- Keyano College Performing Arts – Drama
- Red Deer College Theatre Studies
- Rosebud School of the Arts Mentorship Programme (Acting and Dramatic Arts)
- Rocky Mountain College Theatre Arts (now Playhouse North School of Theatre)
- Company of Rogues Actors' Studio
Looking to attend auditions at Emerge?
Only professional and semi-professional artists (directors, casting directors, talent agents, etc.) and managers who are able to hire talent in upcoming seasons are allowed to attend Emerge.