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August 2020
“The Quarantine Chronicles”, PlayME Podcast by Expect Theatre
Expect Theatre and CBC Podcasts present "The Quarantine Chronicles", a new summer podcast series created and co-hosted by Laura Mullin and PGC member Chris Tolley, featuring seven newly commissioned short plays (20 - 40 minutes) transformed into audio fiction. Recorded…
Find out more »September 2020
“(exp)lore Podcast” co-directed by Reneltta Arluk, Jupiter Theatre
(exp)lore is a fiction anthology podcast to be enjoyed in the community while social distancing. These site-specific stories take an imaginative dive into the past and future of Calgary’s inner city. Each episode immerses the audience in a rich audio…
Find out more »“Asphalt Jungle Shorts XVII” featuring “Romantics Anon” by Christine Foster, Flush Ink Productions
Join us for short, site-specific plays performed in downtown Kitchener with social distancing in place. ASPHALT JUNGLE SHORTS XVII THE COVID EXPERIMENT LIVE ACTION THEATRE in 3D! September 10 - 12 & 17 - 19 Short, site-specific plays performed at…
Find out more »“FemFest” featuring Chantal Bilodeau, Yolanda Bonnell, Alexandria Habier, Cairn Moore, Ellen Peterson, Meredith Taylor-Parry, Sarah Waisvisz, Vicki Zhang, Sarasvàti Productions
September 14th - 27th, 2020 FemFest has been up and kicking since 2003. What started as a small, grassroots festival to showcase women playwrights quickly grew into a 10-day festival featuring female theatre artists from Winnipeg, Canada and the world.…
Find out more »“Like Tom Cruise Loves Running” co-created by Mike Czuba, Dancing Monkey Laboratories, unit2 studios and Tim Nguyen Co.
== Event in Mountain Time but streaming everywhere == "Like Tom Cruise Loves Running" is an experimental collaboration between Dancing Monkey Laboratories, unit2 studios and Tim Nguyen Co. This project is designed to investigate how a theatrical play, and the…
Find out more »“Prismatic 2020” featuring Shauntay Grant, The Prismatic Arts Festival
The Prismatic Arts Festival is a national, professional arts festival that showcases innovative work by Indigenous Artists and Artists of Colour from across Canada. Based in K’jipuktuk (Halifax, Nova Scotia), Prismatic has been bringing audiences vibrant, boundary-pushing new works in…
Find out more »“Where You Are” by Kristen Da Silva, Globus Theatre
Dinner & Play Reading: $55 Join us for an informal evening of good food and laid-back laughs as our company of actors read four of Canada's newest comedies. All tickets subject to HST and a $2 ticket fee Box Office:…
Find out more »“Words In Progress” presented by Louise Casemore
Presented by playwright and PGC Member Louise Casemore, Words In Progress is an online event series featuring Calgary area playwrights reading and discussing new plays in development. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 5:00pm-7:00pm MST Featured playwrights on September 22: Rebecca Comer James…
Find out more »“SensoryBox” co-created by Christopher Duthie
When was the last time you felt the first gentle brush of a butterfly kiss? Or the sticky sweet taste of maple syrup licked off your fingers after a pancake breakfast? Or how about the soft, warm hug of a…
Find out more »“Studio 180 Highly Recommended” with Amanda Lin 林美珠, Rachel Mutombo, Ali Joy Richardson
September 23rd at 4pm ET An RGTC Writer's Panel with PGC Members Amanda Lin 林美珠, Rachel Mutombo, Ali Joy Richardson with Lauren Brotman and Sarena Parmar. About this Event Movers and shakers, risk-takers, mold-breakers. This past year, Studio 180 was able…
Find out more »“Emma Donoghue: Pull of the Stars”, Toronto Public Library
September 23rd at 7pm ET The Pull of the Stars is Emma Donoghue’s thirteenth novel (and seventeenth book of fiction). In the darkness and intensity of a tiny Dublin maternity ward, over three days during the Great Flu pandemic of…
Find out more »“All The Binds Us” co-created by Reneltta Arluk and Makram Ayache
September 25th - October 3rd - 7:30pm MDT Setsun, Kamar, Shams, Mands, and Maria look like the quintessential faces of a diversity and inclusion poster. It's Canada Day and they're going to the club. But things aren't exactly as they…
Find out more »“Carried Away on the Crest of a Wave” by David Yee, Tarragon Acoustic
Tarragon Acoustic will present fully realized audio dramas of the 18 plays from our past to our future, produced with the expertise of PGC Member Chris Tolley and Laura Mullin of CBC’s PlayME Podcast. Tarragon Acoustic performances will be made…
Find out more »“Family Drag Brunch” with Dave Deveau
Family Drag Brunch, Storytime & Dress Up Sept 27, 2020 | 11am PDT Online performance Tickets: $10 (Solo Party) | $20 (Family Pass) Get the family and brunch supplies ready for an online family drag brunch like no other! Gather…
Find out more »“Playwrights Canada Press Fall Launch” featuring Alexis Diamond, Jordi Mand, Matthew MacKenzie and Donna-Michelle St. Bernard
September 29th at 8pm EDT, 6pm MDT Join Playwrights Canada Press in celebrating the launch of five new plays with a virtual group reading from the authors and special guests! Featuring: "Amaryllis & Little Witch" by Pascal Brullemans, translated by…
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