2013 - 2014 Season
A Note from Vanessa
Some days, doesn’t it feel like you’re hurtling along at the speed of light - barely skimming the surface? No time to feel the earth under your feet. No time to look up and see the sky.
Well, I prescribe a night at the theatre. Here at Alberta Theatre Projects we aim to ‘stretch as deep as life, as wide as the world.’ Our specialty is contemporary work – plays both recent and new that speak passionately, humourously, eloquently and inventively about the joys and contradictions of being alive right now. In my opinion, nothing is more invigorating for an audience to experience, nor more exciting for a theatre company to do, than that.
In this season’s line-up you’ll see just how wide, just how deep we’re stretching. Timely, lyrical, fantastical, original: it’s a season of contrasts and unexpected journeys. I hope you’ll find that it reflects the vast canvas of modern life, and celebrates the incredible variety of contemporary theatrical expression.
Vanessa Porteous
Artistic Director
Starts Oct 15, 2013
The Motherf**ker with the Hat
By Stephen Adly Guirgis
October 15 – November 2, 2013
Around the World in 80 Days
An adaptation by Toby Hulse of the novel by Jules Verne
November 21 – December 29, 2013
Do You Want What I Have Got? A Craigslist Cantata
By Veda Hille, Bill Richardson & Amiel Gladstone
January 22 – February 1, 2014
You Will Remember Me
By François Archambault, translated by Bobby Theodore
March 5 – April 6, 2014
Legend Has It
Created by Rebecca Northan with Renee Amber, Bruce Horak, Mark Meer, and Jamie Northan
March 6 – April 5, 2014
The Red Priest
(Eight Ways to Say Goodbye)
By Mieko Ouchi
April 29 – May 17, 2014