We’re looking forward to seeing everyone in Calgary for the next event in 2013!
PlayWorks Ink 2011 was presented by
THEATRE ALBERTA and ALBERTA PLAYWRIGHTS′ NETWORK
Alberta’s Biennial Playwriting
and Theatre Conference
November 3 – 6, 2011
EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts
Calgary, Alberta
Canada
featuring DANIEL MacIVOR
- Message from Theatre Alberta and Alberta Playwrights’ Network
- Workshops and Events
- Weekend Timetable [interactive]
- Meet the Instructors
- Venues and Accommodations
- Registration and Fee Information
Thanks for a great event!
- DOWNLOAD PlayWorks Ink 2011 Conference Program
- DOWNLOAD Weekend Schedule of Events
PLAYWORKS INK 2011 HIGHLIGHTS
Featured Guest
DANIEL MacIVOR
Daniel MacIvor is playwright-in-residence at Tarragon Theatre in Toronto. For 20 years, he and Sherrie Johnson ran da da kamera, an internationally respected company that toured his work to Australia, Israel, Europe, the UK, and extensively throughout Canada and the United States. With Daniel Brooks, he has created the solo shows House, Here Lies Henry, Monster, Cul-de-sac, and This Is What Happens Next.
Daniel’s play In On It garnered him an Obie Award and a GLAAD Award. Daniel is a recipient of the Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama and the Elinore and Lou Siminovitch Prize for Theatre.
www.danielmacivor.com
Featured Masterclass
CATALYST THEATRE
Under the leadership of Artistic Director Jonathan Christenson, and with the ongoing collaboration of resident designer Bretta Gerecke, Edmonton-based Catalyst Theatre has become celebrated for its highly integrated, distinctive theatrical aesthetic and recognized with more than 50 awards and nominations.
Catalyst’s works, including The House of Pootsie Plunket, The Blue Orphan, Frankenstein, and Nevermore have toured extensively across Canada and internationally. The company’s most recent production Hunchback was commissioned by the Citadel Theatre, where it premièred in March 2011.
www.catalysttheatre.ca
WORKSHOPS
Theatre is Dead: Come to the Peep Show with Kristine NuttingCANCELLED- If Words be Made of Breath… with Jane MacFarlane
- ***SOLD OUT*** Planting Your Production with Vanessa Porteous
- Take a Playwright to Work(shop) with Trevor Rueger
- ***SOLD OUT*** Uncovering the Unknown Idea with Karen Hines
- ***SOLD OUT*** Bringing It All: Catalyst’s Creative Process with Catalyst Theatre
- ***SOLD OUT*** Form and Function: Transforming Ideas into Action with Elyne Quan
- ***SOLD OUT*** Play Finding with Daniel MacIvor
- Working from Within: An Intuitive Approach to the Acting Process with Joe-Norman Shaw
- ***SOLD OUT*** Beyond the Première: Developing a Market for Your Play with Ken Cameron
- From the Ground Up with Anita Miotti
Story(telling) Meets Theatre with Tololwa MollelCANCELLED- ***SOLD OUT*** Writing Without Borders: Crossing Art Forms with Meiko Ouchi
play readings and SPECIAL EVENTS
| Thursday night |
7 PM PLAY READING | Super 8* by Mark C. Hopkins and Charles Netto |
| Friday night | 7 PM PLAY READING | The Art of Homecoming by Betty Ternier Daniels Engineered Air Theatre Courtesy of Saskatchewan Playwrights Centre 8:30 PM PANEL DISCUSSION | imPURE ALBERTAns Alberta’s theatre community is engaging in an unprecedented cross-pollination, both receiving and sending outstanding scripts and productions nationally and internationally. Are there aspects of Albertan theatre practice, productions, and artists that are distinctly Albertan? What makes us identifiably us? We pose the question to two Albertans, one Torontonian, and a roomful of you. Moderated by Ghost River Theatre Co-Artistic Director David van Belle, with distinguished panelists Blake Brooker, Daniel MacIvor and Mieko Ouchi. |
| Saturday | 8 PM KEYNOTE ADDRESS | “The Artificial Authentic” John Dutton Theatre, Calgary Public Library [Central Library branch] Featuring special guest Daniel MacIvor The heart of theatre practice is a profound paradox; we aspire to project absolute authenticity in the most artificial of environments. Daniel MacIvor talks about notions of truth-telling in the theatre. 9 PM PLAYWORKS INK FOWIM (“Find Out What I’m Missing”) FORUM John Dutton Theatre, Calgary Public Library [Central Library branch] Featuring APN’s Trevor Rueger. Wishing you could be in two workshops at once? Now you can! Dig into the workshop experiences of your fellow PlayWorks Ink participants in this Find-Out-What-I’m-Missing (FOWIM) forum for exchange. |
| Sunday | 1 PM LUNCHEON AND THEATRE ALBERTA AGM | Engineered Air Theatre Join your PlayWorks Ink colleagues and Theatre Alberta family at our catered luncheon and Annual General Meeting — get an underground look at what’s happening across the province and at Theatre Alberta! 2 PM PLAY READING | Sequence by Arun Lakra* | Engineered Air Theatre *Alberta Playwriting Competition’s 2011 Grand Prize winner |
| Special Event | The Arden Theatre in St. Albert On Stage Series presents in partnership with Theatre Alberta and Alberta Playwrights Network Daniel MacIvor: I, Animal Premiere reading and exclusive Q&A Visit ArdenTheatre.com for more details |
INSTRUCTORS
3rd Floor – Percy Page Centre
11759 Groat Road
Edmonton, Alberta T5M 3K6
Canada
Phone: 780-422-8162 (Edmonton and area)
or Toll Free: 1-888-422-8160 (in Alberta)
Fax: 780-422-2663 (Attn: Theatre Alberta)
Email: theatreab@theatrealberta.com
