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Library: Introducing the World Theatre Collection and How To Make Your Own List

We’re thrilled to announce the creation of the World Theatre Collection in the Theatre Alberta Library.

Wed, Nov 17, 2021

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Need plays for Young Adults? The Theatre Alberta Library can help!

If you’re looking for plays for young adults be sure to check out the Theatre Alberta Library!

Fri, Oct 15, 2021

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Children’s Literature on Stage

Adaptations of: Stuart Little; Wind in the Willows; Getting Near to Baby; Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry; Charlotte’s Web; Hanna’s Suitcase; Treasure Island; The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe; The Neverending Story; The Velveteen Rabbit; The Bridge to Terabithia; Little Women; Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing; The Cay; and the Adventures of Robin Hood are all available at the Theatre Alberta Library.

Wed, Aug 18, 2021

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Event (Online): Playwrights Canada Press Fall Book Launch

Celebrating the publication of Sound of the Beast, Bears, Acha Bacha, Brontë: The World Without, and Amaryllis & Little Witch Join Playwrights Canada Press in celebrating the launch of five new plays with a virtual group reading from the authors and special guests!! IN ORDER TO ATTEND, YOU

Thu, Sep 17, 2020

Announcements

Announcement (International): Remote Performance Rights Now Available for Select Titles – Music Theatre International

Because of the ongoing nature of the pandemic, many customers have realized that gathering on stage for a live production may not be possible. If getting together in-person is not an option, consider licensing the rights to perform an MTI musical remotely. For select titles, MTI is now offering

Fri, Sep 11, 2020

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What’s Online (International): The Kilroys Book Drop Party

Spread the word far and wide– it’s time to party!! The Kilroys List Book Vol. Two is here, with scenes and monologues from 67 women and nonbinary playwrights and a foreword by Lynn Nottage. We’ll be celebrating with TCG on Zoom this Tuesday, May 19, hosting a party you

Thu, May 14, 2020

Theatre Alberta Library: 24 Days of Plays

We would like to have a little fun this holiday season so we created: It’s our gift to you for being solid supporters of Theatre Alberta! Each day in December – until the 24th – a title of a play will appear on our Facebook posts, Twitter feed and our

Thu, Nov 29, 2018

Theatre Alberta Library: The 2018 Gift-A-Play donation campaign is underway!

Please help to support Canada’s largest fully circulating, independent theatre library by adding new titles to our collection. This year’s Wish Lists contain selections of titles that we would like to add to the library collection, but could not purchase on this year’s budget. Our first wish list is from

Mon, Nov 19, 2018

Library: It’s acquisitions time!?!?! – Theatre Alberta

Nothing overwhelms me like acquiring scripts for the library. It hits me like a tidal wave. I mean, it’s like being the proverbial kid in a candy store! Everywhere I look, I find lots of titles that would be good for our collection. In doing research for the annual acquisitions

Thu, Oct 11, 2018

Library: Books, books, so many books….. – Theatre Alberta

What do you do with all those books you don’t want anymore? There are many ways to recycle your volumes: Share with friends, neighbors or colleagues. Set up a mini share station at your workplace, church or other local gathering place (with permission of course) where you can leave a

Fri, Aug 24, 2018

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Library: Looking for English Accent and Dialect Resources? – Theatre Alberta

If you’re getting ready for your next show and are looking to get the English accent or dialect of your character just right, check out these two great online resources: International Dialects of English Archive (IDEA) specializes in English-language accents and dialects heard around the world. Access to the archive is

Wed, May 30, 2018

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Library: Copyright and Securing Rights to Produce a Play! – Theatre Alberta

Obtaining rights to produce a play can seem daunting for new producers; however, it is not as complex as it might sound. In most cases, rights are only a phone call or a simple online application form away. The first step is to find out who holds the production

Tue, Apr 24, 2018

Go Read A Play

Library: Celebrating World Theatre Day and Diversity! – Theatre Alberta

Today is the day we celebrate theatre – it’s World Theatre Day. UNESCO’s International Theatre Institute (ITI) initiated this special day 57 years ago and theatre communities around the globe have been celebrating ever since – we promote, create awareness, enjoy and share theatre, and we share the annual message

Tue, Mar 27, 2018

Go Read A Play

Library: We Read Banned Books! – Theatre Alberta

Books are challenged and banned from libraries every day. Only 30% of challenged books make it back onto the library shelves. On February 25th to March 3rd, we celebrate Freedom to Read Week by reading some of the many challenged and banned books available at our library: The Curious

Thu, Feb 22, 2018

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Library: Thank You Gift-A-Play Donors – Theatre Alberta

$400 worth of books donated! Thank you so much to all of you who so generously supported our Gift-a-Play donation campaign. Theatre Alberta received 21 books worth $400. All the books have arrived and we’re cataloguing as fast as we can. Most of the books are already available for borrowing –

Sat, Jan 13, 2018

Go Read A Play

Library: Are You Ready for Some Holiday Cheer? – Theatre Alberta

We had too much wrapping paper and wanted to give you a little holiday surprise so we created Under Wraps! We’ve wrapped 60 titles that are all recent additions to our library, just for the fun of it! Pick a number from 1-60 (or 2 or 3 numbers). We’ll lend you

Fri, Dec 1, 2017

Library: 2017 Gift-A-Play Donation Campaign

Theatre Alberta Library’s 2017 Gift-A-Play donation campaign has arrived! Please help to support Canada’s largest fully circulating, independent theatre library by adding new titles to our collection.This year we’ve created two Wish Lists with selections of titles that the we would like to add to the library collection, but could

Wed, Nov 22, 2017

Go Read A Play

Library: 2017 GG’s Literary Award Winners!

The 2017 Winners of the Governor General’s Literary Awards have been Announced! The Canada Council for the Arts announced the winners of this year’s GG Literary Awards on Tuesday. The Awards annually celebrates the best Canadian books – this year’s English-language Drama Award Winner is Hiro Kanagawa‘s Indian Arm. There

Thu, Nov 2, 2017

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