Writer: Emily Dallas
Director: Valmai Goggin
Musical Director: Joe Slabe
Designers: Kathryn Smith (Scenic and Lighting) Rebecca Toon (Costumes);
Actor Pictured: Tara Jackson
Photo: Benjamin Laird
Writer: Emily Dallas
Director: Valmai Goggin
Musical Director: Joe Slabe
Designers: Kathryn Smith (Scenic and Lighting) Rebecca Toon (Costumes);
Actor Pictured: Tara Jackson
Photo: Benjamin Laird
Theatre Alberta is excited to announce that the RBC Foundation has provided a generous donation in support of our plans to provide interim programs and services for emerging theatre artists while the 2020 editions of Artstrek and Emerge have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 public health pandemic. “We’re
Catalyst Theatre is pleased to launch Confluence – a $20,000 creative fellowship for IBPOC artists.
Theatre Alberta is thrilled to announce a series of webinars online via Zoom related to the reopening of theatres. We are very excited to have a number of special guests joining us to facilitate learning opportunities and pivotal discussions as we move forward in the creation and development of art.
Calling all past and future Artstrek participants! Though we cannot gather together in person this summer for Artstrek 2020, we are still planning to mark the 60th anniversary of the program with an online celebration. We’d love to have you join us on Zoom on Friday, July 24 at
The Theatre Alberta Library will resume circulation – via Canada Post only – to all Theatre Alberta members on June 29, 2020. Our free mailing service will be available to all members, including those living in Edmonton and surrounding areas. Edmonton members who currently have Library books they’d
Congratulations to all of the 2019-2020 Critter Award Winners!! Best Touring Show — Let’s Run Away an HPR/reWorks Productions co-production Best Direction — Anita Rochon for Strangers on a Train, Vertigo Theatre Best Supporting Performance — Tyrell Crews for Noises Off at Theatre Calgary Best Leading
Since about March 10 or so, the pressure to move and create and respond at the speed and precision of white supremacy culture has been more prevalent than ever before. I have sometimes been able to fight it, even actively name it, but I have more often than not
The Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Awards Foundation announced awards totaling $100,000 to the 10 recipients of its 2020 Emerging Artist Award on June 4, 2020. “We are pleased to be able to invest in advancing the careers of these outstanding artists at the early stages of their professional development”
Congratulations to all the 2019-2020 Sterling Award nominees! The 33rd Annual Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Awards will take place Monday June 29th beginning at 7:00 pm on Youtube. The ceremony will live online in perpetuity so if you miss the live stream you can always catch it at your leisure. Visit
YOU’RE INVITED TO JOIN A PHONE CONSULTATION WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF ALBERTA ON THE REOPENING OF THE THEATRES The Government of Alberta is hosting a telephone townhall with Dr. Hinshaw to consult with theatres on stage 2 of relaunch. Through these calls they will be gaining feedback for
The Fruit Loop Society of Alberta is proud to announce its 2020 Pride event Fruit Loop Pride at Home, June 13, 2020 About Fruit Loop As Pride events adapt to the COVID-19 paradigm, we have moved programming online to accommodate our new normal. The Fruit Loop Society of Alberta is
The 2019-2020 theatre season may have ended far too early, but there is still so much excellent theatre to celebrate. Here are the nominations for this year’s Calgary Theatre Critics Awards, known affectionately as The Critters. Congratulations to all the nominees! BEST TOURING SHOW Let’s Run Away – HPR/reWorks Productions
This year’s EAC AGM is going virtual! The EAC invites you to join us July 6, 2020 at 7:00 pm MST for the 2020 AGM where members will vote to appoint directors to the Board. The AGM will be an online meeting to comply with current public health
In the past two months, we’ve seen the incredible resilience and flexibility of artists as our community comes together to respond to current closures. The Citadel Theatre Stuck-in-the-House Series has seen over 150,000 views, we shared a public reading from The Garneau Block with hundreds of viewers coast-to-coast, and
At Theatre Alberta we believe that when we’re connected – all of us, no matter where or how we work – we’re stronger, more creative, more inspired, and inspiring. When we are faced with adversity those connections become even more critical. We support each other to survive. We support each
Calgary Arts Development joins the Rozsa Foundation and Calgary Foundation in a key partnership to help the arts to find new ways to connect with audiences, while also providing Calgarians with the sense of belonging and togetherness they often seek through the arts. These additional funds bring the total
As we approach William Shakespeare’s 456th birthday, Freewill Shakespeare Festival is excited, and delighted, to announce its new Artistic Director, David Horak. For 25 years David has worked throughout Canada and the United States as a director, actor, and educator. He is the founding Artistic Director of the
From Act II Scene IX of Shakespeare in Love, adapted by Lee Hall from Tom Stoppard’s and Marc Norman’s screenplay of the same name: Marlowe: But how will it end? Will: Happily. Marlowe: But how? Will: I don’t know. It’s a mystery. Theatre Alberta has made the decision
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