What's New at Alberta Playwrights' Network

Long-time collaborators Bob Martin and Lisa Lambert created The Drowsy Chaperone with writer Don McKellar and composer Greg Morrison. The play opened on Broadway in 2006 and went on to receive multiple Tony and Drama Desk awards, including awards for both book and score.

This program is geared towards experienced playwrights and theatre creators with an interest in musical theatre creation. Individual artists, as well as those already working as part of writing teams, are encouraged to apply. Participants are encouraged to bring work-in-progress material to explore and receive feedback from the instructors. Songwriting experience is an asset but not a requirement. Please note that this class will not cover traditional musical composition (ie. writing sheet music).

Tuition: $375
Accommodation: private rooms $65/night or shared rooms $35/night
Meals: $41/person/day
Total: Ranges from $575 to $800 depending on arrival and departure dates and choice of private or shared accommodations.
Prices are approximate, inclusive of GST, and subject to change.
An additional fee of $100 will be charged to participants residing outside of Alberta.

Alberta Playwrights’ Network’s YOUth Riot – now in its fifth year – is a FREE opportunity for Calgary’s Queer youth to raise their voice and share their stories!

Over the course of 10 weeks, Alberta Playwrights’ Network and guest artists will facilitate a creative writing program for Queer youth, helping them learn skills, meet other queer youth, create, imagine, inspire. This is YOUth Riot.

YOUth Riot finishes with a public festival of short pieces created by the participants by and staged by professional actors and directors from the theatre community.

14 - 21 year olds across Calgary are encouraged to apply for this free 10-week program where you will learn tools and skills from professionals in the Calgary arts community to help develop your own story and voice.

For more information and to apply, visit the link.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 25, 2019

SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN TO THE ALBERTA QUEER CALENDAR PROJECT

In 2020, Cardiac Theatre in partnership with What It Is Productions, will present The Alberta Queer Calendar Project: a full-year, January to December endeavour that will see the commission of 12 new plays by queer Albertan writers – one for each month of the year.

Successful applicants will receive a writing workshop in 2019, a recorded and engineered podcast of a reading of their work, and an honorarium of $300. Every month, a team of artists will assemble to workshop, rehearse, and record each new work in the form of a radio-play, so it may be accessed from anywhere. Our mission is to cultivate work from a cross-section of diverse, queer, Albertan talent and broadcast it to the world.

Submissions are open to Queer-identifying writers, in any stage of your life/career, a current resident of Alberta, or former resident with heartstrings here. For more information, visit queercalendar.ca
APPLICATION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 28, 2019

WORDSHED YEG
JANUARY 26 & 27, 2019 in EDMONTON

WORDSHED is a workshop program open to all members in good standing. Members are asked to submit their completed plays to be read by an APN dramaturg, who then meets with you to discuss and strategize how best to use the 3 hour session with up to 4 actors. The strategy is based upon the playwright's needs. Is there a character journey that you want to focus on? Do you want to examine plot? Theme? Structure? Do you just want to hear the play out loud? It's up to you.

The cost of a WORDSHED workshop is $175, and covers fees for the actors and dramaturg, administration, workshop space rental, and printing.

Interested playwrights should contact Artistic Associate Bevin Dooley before January 15. If we are not familiar with you work, it is highly recommended that your play go through the ACT ONE process before submitting your piece to Wordshed.

MEMBER PLAYS IN PRODUCTION

KALDRSAGA: A QUEER TAVERN DRAMA FOR A MIDWINTER'S NIGHT
Written and directed by Harley Morison

"The best stories are the ones that come at a cost to the teller."

Once a year, in the dead of winter, storytellers Kaldr & Saga reunite in their favourite pub to conjure up tales of gods & giants, blessings & curses, camping & camp. Inspired by Norse tales of gods and heroes, KALDRSAGA spins queer origin stories out of medieval myths. Featuring Nasra Adem and Jake Tkaczyk.

KALDRSAGA runs January 11 to 26, 2019 at The Almanac on Whyte Avenue.
For more about the creative team, showtimes, and to purchase tickets, go to
http://cardiactheatre.ca/kaldrsaga/

JANUARY SCRIPT SALON
KIT AND JOE by Jessy Ardern

Kit and Joe played together as children. Kit and Joe grew up in a dark house, near some dark woods, and developed a dark secret. Now they’ve come home to untangle the truth of who’s to blame.

Performed by Bobbi Goddard and Jacob Holloway, directed by Alexander Donovan.

Jessy Ardern is a playwright, actor, and

artistic co-producer with local indie theatre

company Impossible Mongoose. She graduated from the University of Alberta's BFA acting program in 2016. Recent writing credits include Harold and Vivian Entertain Guests, Prophecy, and The Fall of the House of Atreus: A Cowboy Love Song (Sterling Award for Outstanding Fringe New Work 2016). Her writing has been seen onstage in Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, and Toronto. Jessy is currently working on a new horror musical about a haunting on the Isle of Man.

Script Salon takes place Sunday, January 13 in the Upper Arts Space at Holy Trinity Anglican Church (10037 84 Avenue). Doors open at 7 pm, reading begins at 7:30 pm. There will be a talkback with the playwright after the show.

Admission is free, but donations are accepted at the door. Refreshments available. Free parking.

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