2019-2020 Season
A WORLD PREMIERE, BY NICOLE MOELLER
OCTOBER 30 – NOVEMBER 10, 2019
BACKSTAGE THEATRE, EDMONTON
Max works for one of Canada's most notorious criminal organizations; Peach is a street kid trying to make a buck. A chance encounter entangles their lives indefinitely. From one of Canada’s best emerging writers comes a thriller that forces audiences to ask: “What is Justice?”
Workshop West Playwrights’ Theatre is proud to present this series of diverse, contemporary shows as part of CANOE 2020: Bringing you the best boundary breaking theatre from your own backyard to around the world. CANOE is part of the CHINOOK SERIES, where big ideas and exciting cutting-edge performances come to play.
Curatorial statement from Workshop west playwrights’ Theatre’s
artistic producer, heather inglis
Our stories come from our lived experiences. In the face of challenging times, creation regenerates both individuals and our world. We invite you to join Workshop West Playwrights' Theatre as we celebrate the process and practice of creation, of learning, and of evolution through this year’s Chinook series.
Balance Board invites you into the heart of the creation process with a workshop production of a play that asks us to examine our past in the hope of change in our future. I Walked the Line tells the story of awakening social consciousness as a man discovers hope when his union faces conflict. Our feature Salon That’s Me in the Spotlight ignites public conversation about how our lived experience transforms into art. Black Arts Matter’s AWAKEN series offers its artists the possibility to look inward towards evolution and transformation, while SOUND OFF’s Deaf Cabaret celebrates connection, community, and possibility across languages.
During this Chinook Series we celebrate and acknowledge the coming of age of SOUND OFF and BAM! Black Arts Matter festivals as they take flight, driven by the artists and communities they serve.
BALANCE BOARD
by Bashir Mohamed
workshop production followed by a facilitated audience discussion
FEBRUARY 12th, 13th and 15th, 2020
BACKSTAGE THEATRE (10330 84 Ave), ATB Financial Arts Barns
Balance Board is part of BAM! Black Arts Matter, a multidisciplinary festival dedicated to celebrating and serving Edmonton's Black artists.
DEAF CABARET
Deaf Spirit Theatre
FEBRUARY 12th, 13th, 15th AND 16th, 2020
STUDIO THEATRE (10330 84 Ave), ATB Financial Arts Barns
SOUND OFF: Deaf Theatre Festival is Canada’s national festival for the Deaf performing arts, celebrating Deaf performers from across the country, their talents and stories, and the beauty of American Sign Language on stage.
I WALKED THE LINE
Written & Performed by Allan Morgan , A Bread and Roses Production (British Columbia)
FEBRUARY 14th, 15th and 16th, 2020
BACKSTAGE THEATRE (10330 84 Ave), ATB Financial Arts Barns
“A play about unions, treachery, solidarity, porta potties, baked goods, and hope.”
THAT’S ME IN THE SPOTLIGHT (Salon Panel Discussion)
An exploration about lived experience as a creative resource for art making: This conversation explores the intersections between artists' lives and their creative output.
FEBRUARY 15th, 2020 - 5:30-6:30pm
LOBBY, ATB Financial Arts Barns (10330 84 Avenue, Edmonton)
This salon discussion is open to the public and will be recorded live for the I Don’t Get It podcast, moderated by podcast host and festival producer of LitFest, Fawnda Mithrush.
