SkirtsAfire is Edmonton’s theatre and multidisciplinary arts festival featuring and elevating the work of women. Along with their regular programming, this year’s festival will feature four bold world premieres by women artists: stories that chart identity, belonging, healing, and resistance. These world premieres are at the heart of this year’s theme: The Maps We Make. …
Women At Play(s) 8 is a festival of original short one-act plays written, directed, and performed by Canadian women-identifying playwrights, directors, and actors. Women at Play(s) 2026 will take you on a journey from a young woman’s life changing discovery in New York in 1901 (Daddy’s Girl by Emma Donoghue) to tough life decisions for …
Experience Pyper by Susanna Fournier, presented by Theatre at UBC! Ten cyborg-AI teens try to build a time capsule to prove they exist in case they’re “retired” before graduation. Tracing their origins back to a mysterious piper in the town of Hamelin and an old puppet maker who discovers a talking block of wood, these …
This March Break, join Carousel Players for two public performances of Like It Or Not by Katey Hoffman! March 16 @ 2:30pm March 17 @ 3:00pm This story explores themes of wellbeing, hope and inclusion as the characters discover how they can still be friends, even if they like different things. An interactive bracelet making activity will follow each show. …
Celebrating Women Playwrights: So Much Excellence, So Little Time Series Join PGC's Women Caucus for the second installment of this inspirational & informative conversation series, led by established Canadian women playwrights in celebration of International Women’s Day! It takes Catherine Banks many drafts and years to write a play even when she is adapting another author’s play, …
Possible Worlds: A Play by John Mighton Possible Worlds is about a 'risk analyst' who believes he can live in more than one place at the same time. In a series of parallel encounters, George meets his lover Joyce, who either recognizes him or doesn't. The play opens when two detectives discover his corpse, minus …
Celebrating Women Playwrights: So Much Excellence, So Little Time Series Join PGC's Women Caucus for the third installment of this inspirational & informative conversation series, led by established Canadian women playwrights in celebration of International Women’s Day! Hannah will tackle such topics as how switching between mediums teaches you about the writing process, the differences between the …
Join us for our next webinar, led by C.E. Gatchalian! Every playwright has a play that won’t let them go — a piece that lives somewhere between pride and regret, memory and possibility. This workshop invites participants to re-engage with an earlier work, not necessarily to rewrite it, but to listen to it: to see …
During the APM, the accomplishments of the past year and priorities for the future will be presented, followed by a question-and-answer period. You are encouraged to send your questions and …
Celebrate World Theatre Day with DOWN BY THE BAYS! Enjoy five ten-minute plays written by Lake of Bays resident J.S. Jacklin, presented alongside tea, tarts, and hot beverages. The plays …
Celebrating Women Playwrights: So Much Excellence, So Little Time Series Join PGC's Women Caucus for the final installment of this inspirational & informative conversation series, led by established Canadian women playwrights in celebration of International Women’s Day! During Marcia Johnson's years as Chair of the Women's Caucus, the questions she heard the most were: "How do I …
American Devotion, Written by Franca Miraglia, Produced by By the Word (BTW) Productions American Devotion takes audiences back to 1957 to the Connecticut farmhouse shared by Marilyn Monroe and her celebrated playwright husband, Arthur Miller. In this fictional version of events, Norman Mailer has successfully wangled a coveted invitation for cocktails with the reclusive couple …