10 Minute play- Selected for Calgary Fringe!

IT’s BACK!!! And my play, “A DIRE WARNING FROM THE FUTURE THAT MUST NOT BE IGNORED!” was selected as one of five plays to be read as part of Alberta Playwright’s Network at the Calgary Fringe. The reading happened on Monday Aug 5th at 1pm. Below is more information on the event:

Come check out this year’s offering from Alberta Playwrights’ Network. You’ll get FIVE plays (10 minutes each) for the price of ONE! This is a staged reading of 10 minute plays from some of Calgary’s best playwrights! It’s a flight of 5 micro plays…it’s an appetizer platter for your brain…it’s a soupçon of short scenes!! Come indulge your theatrical palate and feed your soul! You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, it’ll become a part of you!

Little Women the Musical, in Rosebud

I am someone who loves my summer theatre. When I was in Ontario I was amazed by how many summer theatres were running, not just at the big festivals like Stratford and Shaw, but also all of the “Ports and ‘Burgs” some of which I performed at (Port Dover) and some where I had works of mine performed (like the Port Stanley Festival Theatre, which premiered Bingo Ladies under Artistic Director Simon Joynes). I then spent 10 years performing with Rising Tide Theatre in Trinity Newfoundland, discovering my great great great great grandparents in the graveyard there and experiencing those beautiful summer months by the ocean.

Last summer was one of my first summers in awhile without a summer gig, which is why I’m so happy to be working at Rosebud Theatre this summer, and getting to experience a prairie summer in the province I grew up in. If you’re in Alberta and looking for some great theatre in a beautiful prairie oasis, come for a visit! Tickets are available at:
https://www.rosebudtheatre.com Hope to see you there!

Staged Reading: The Book of Joan

As the culmination of my Master’s Degree in Playwrighting, I had the opportunity to write a new musical, THE BOOK OF JOAN. In this musical within a play (though as I wrote it, it became more a play and a musical running together) a Christian University’s drama department hires a group of local theatre professionals to work with their students in creating a musical adaptation of The Book of Job. And of course, as the show progresses it seems the theatre professionals might have their own agenda with the production…

On March 21st and 22nd we had the chance to share the piece through a staged reading at the U of C’s University Theatre. It was a fantastic team, with Vanessa Porteous as director, Joe Slabe as musical director, along with a mix of music and drama students, professionals, and my supervisor in the cast! We had a great reception for the piece, though I’m still a little shocked at having written it while doing my grad degree (though thankfully, the last term was less busy and allowed me the time to compose and write lyrics for the songs).

After a bit of time off (as I write my Artist’s Statement, which will accompany the script of my musical as my thesis) I’ll look forward to getting back to writing this piece, and see where these characters might go!