LEGACY Program for Youth
Backstage Tours
Alberta Theatre Projects gives groups of students of any age an information-packed, interactive guided tour of ATP's state of the art theatre facility, including the fly gallery, the lighting grid, the under-stage, the dressing rooms and of course the unique Martha Cohen Theatre itself.
If you are interested in booking your group for a backstage tour, complete the Backstage Tour Booking Form
Job Shadowing
ATP’s Job Shadowing program is a unique and productive way for students to spend time in the life of theatre. ATP is happy to create a job shadowing program which fits your schedule, whether you are available for a day, week or month. You will be offered multiple opportunities to shadow an ATP professional offering a wide variety of experience and tools. Areas available to shadow are:
- Artistic Direction
- Play Development
- Directing
- Design
- Stage Management
- Acting
- Production Management
- Technical Direction
- Business Management/ Fundraising
Recommended for individuals in Junior or Senior High School.
For more information on Job Shadowing, please see the brochure
To apply to Job Shadow, please fill out the application form
ATP’s LEGACY program also offers Job Shadowing for Teachers.
For more information please contact the LEGACY program at legacy@ATPlive.com
Internship
The University of Calgary Drama Department offers this program in cooperation with several professional theatre companies, of which ATP is proud to be one of. Under the supervision of a faculty member, one qualified fourth-year Drama student spends a full season at ATP gaining varied practical fieldwork experience.
For more information please contact the University of Calgary Drama Department.
Junior Apprenticeship
The Junior Apprentice Program provides a 35 week long opportunity for graduating students to spend their first year out of high school learning by doing. The program combines training in the field with supplemental instruction by professionals.
- Learn everything you ever wanted to learn about theatre but were afraid to ask.
- Free hands-on training in the theatre arts!
What is an apprentice?
An apprentice is a person who is learning a trade by being employed in it for an agreed period at low wages (The Concise Oxford English Dictionary).
Positions are available for graduating Grade 12 students for a 8-9 month, full-time Junior Apprenticeship with Alberta Theatre Projects.
Concentrations are in the following areas:
- Technical/ production
- Stage Management
- Resource Development/ Fundraising
- Marketing and Communications
- Play Development
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"This program gave me an education in theatre and a set of new skills but most importantly, it gave me clarity in what I want to do with my life in the coming years. A clarity that stems from the mentorship and support of the folks at ATP. I now have the confidence to pursue what I am passionate about. It is true I have always loved theatre but it is also true that I have always loved a great deal of other things too. What the people atATP taught me is that I can spend four years at university, studying everything that interests me from sociology to linguistics, and come back to this community when I am ready because this is a community always open to nice, dedicated individuals."
- Ian Wylie, 07/08 Junior Apprentice |
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"Discovering the Junior Apprentice program at Alberta Theatre Projects was possibly the best thing that could have happened to me to help me make the choice of what kind of post secondary education to pursue. I had some interest in scenic carpentry and props building prior to starting at ATP, but the week I got to spend in the shop with the company’s Scenic Carpenter and the Head of Props really put a perspective on just how much interest and passion I have for that particular area. Without this apprenticeship I do not think I would have got the hands-on experience necessary to feed that passion"
- Ashlee Matkin, 07/08 Junior Apprentice |
For more information on the Junior Apprentice Program, see the brochure
To apply, please fill out the Junior Apprentice Application Form
The Junior Apprentice Program is made possible through the generous support of the following corporations and
foundations:
Student Writers' Group
From October through March, the Student Writers Group meets every Saturday morning for two hours, to learn about playwriting, engage in fun writing exercises, and share and workshop their own work in progress. The course is facilitated by playwright / composer Ethan Cole, and culminates in Fresh Prints, a workshop and staged reading, by professional actors, of student work, featured as part of the Enbridge playRites Festival of New Canadian Plays.
For more information, or to register, please contact Ethan at 891-4041, or ethancole@shaw.ca. Please register promptly, as participants are generally selected on a first-come, first-serve basis.
This group is recommended for High School students. The cost is $100, including Fresh Prints.
Ethan Cole’s Biography
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Ethan Cole is a playwright, composer, performer, director and lyricist. Recent projects include Transit UnRomantic (Enbridge playRites Festival 2008), The Astonishing Adventures of Awesome Girl and Radical Boy (Lunchbox Theatre), Intervention (Theatreboom’s Fall Bill Vol. 2), and the on-line live-action comedy Cerealized (cerealized.com). |
That Ten Dollar Ticket Thing
For all the poor students out there! That $10 Ticket Thing allows any student with a valid Student ID card the opportunity to come see live theatre for only $10.00. In addition to seeing great theatre, there will be a prize draw for a cool gift at the end of the season and other free and cheap stuff. If you or someone you know might benefit from this program, let them know.
Tickets may be booked in advance by emailing legacy@ATPlive.com or calling (403)294-7433 ext.1098, or purchased at the Martha Cohen Theatre Box Office on the night of performance. VALID STUDENT ID must be presented when picking up tickets. For more information on the plays and audience advisories, please visit our website at www.ATPlive.com.
Unity (1918) September 30, 2008
Post show : Meet the Actors
East of Berlin October 28, 2008
Post Show: Meet the Actors
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood November 27, 2008
Pre Show: Free Pizza
Enbridge playRites Festival of New Canadian plays
Another Home Invasion Thursday, February 5, 2009
Pre Show: Free Pizza
The Good Egg: Thursday, February 19, 2009
Pre Show: Free Pizza
Clockmaker: Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Pre Show: Free Pizza
NiX: Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Post Show: Meet the Actors
Don Juan: The Greatest Lover in the World: Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Post Show: Meet the Actors
Studies in Motion: Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Post Show: Meet the Actors
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