Ongoing installation: Thurs - Sun Feb 18 - Mar 7

PUblic Workshops: Sunday Feb 21 & 28 at 1:00pm
Each Other by Eric Moschopedis and Mia Rushton

Martha Cohen Theatre Lobby

Enbridge playRites Festival audience members are invited to beomce cultural (secret) agents! Visit the Each Other shop located in the lobby of the Martha Cohen Theatre before performances during the Enbridge playRites Festival. Here you will find free handmade objects that are designed specifically to send you back into the city to complete the activity. Want a little direction? Visit the shop on Sunday Feb 21 & 28 at 12:00pm when the artists will lead a public workshop.

Sunday, February 21, 4:30 PM

The Romeo Initiative by Trina Davies
Stage 2 in the Big Secret Theatre

A reading of a work in progress from a fresh new voice! Set in Stasi, Germany, this smart and sexy play about love and betrayal follows a lonely government secretary caught between affairs of the state and the heart.

Saturday, February 27, 4:30 PM
Nisei Blue  by Mieko Ouchi

Stage 2 in the Big Secret Theatre

A reading of a work in progress from an Enbridge playRites Festival favourite!  As he retires from the Vancouver police force, John is haunted by an unsolved case: the murder of a beautiful Japanese Canadian jazz singer at a Vancouver jazz dive in 1939.  Will he be able to put the pieces of the puzzle together before they fade away?

Saturday, March 6, 4:30 PM
Drama by Karen Hines

Stage 2 in the Big Secret Theatre

Join us for this sneak peak at new writing from Alberta Theatre Projects Playwright-in-Residence, Karen Hines! Stylish, surprising and funny, Hines’ new play Drama explores how we find connections to one another in a cold and complicated world.  Come see what one of Canada’s most inventive artists is working on.

Fresh Prints

Sunday, February 28, 7:30 PM

Stage 2 in the Big Secret Theatre

A fun and frenzied evening of short plays in progress by Alberta Theatre Projects Student Writers group, read and directed by theatre professionals. These are the freshest new Canadian voices; this event is always an Enbridge playRites Festival highlight!

Other Events

More Fun and Frolic than Ever Before!

The no-holds barred hor d’oeuvres competition that encourages outrageous tactics and schemes.  Calgary;s finest restaurants are paired with local celebrities, who deviously compete against each other to sell the most succulent hors d’oeuvres.. Join us for a fun-filled event immediately following a performance of Abraham Lincoln Goes to the Theatre by Larry Tremblay translated by Chatal Bilodeau..

Friday, February 19 in the TELUS Convention Centre

Limited Ticket Availability from $48.75

Includes admission to the performance of Abraham Lincoln Goes to the Theatre..

Event-only tickets for $30. Call the ATP Ticket Office at (403) 294-7402.

25th Annual Harry & Martha Cohen Award

This award honours an individual or group that has demonstrated a sustained and significant contribution to theatre in Calgary. The recipient(s) will be announced on Saturday, February 13, following a performance of Tyland by Greg MacArthur.

Enbridge playRites Awards