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DEAD LETTER
By Conni Massing
Friday, March 24, 7:30 PM
ABOUT DEAD LETTER:
“Like all desperate people she was hungry for omens." In this small-scale mystery by Edmonton favourite Conni Massing, Amy finds that the mundane mysteries of lost socks, and redirected mail are much more the happenstance.
The Playwright
Conni Massing is an award-winning writer working in theatre, film and television. Recent stage credits include Fresh Hell (Shadow Theatre); Matara and The Invention of Romance, both premiered by Workshop West Playwrights Theatre;Oh! Christmas Tree (Roxy Performance Series), and her widely produced stage adaptations of W.O Mitchell’s Jake and the Kid and Bruce Allen Powe’s The Aberhart Summer. Conni has worked as a writer and story editor on television series such as Mentors, The Beat, North of 60, The Adventures of Shirley Holmes, Taking it Off and Family Restaurant. Film projects include Invisible, co-written with and directed by Neil Grahn, and Voila, directed by Geraldine Carr. Her published work includes seven plays and a full-length comic memoir, Roadtripping: On the Move with the Buffalo Gals. Her writing has been recognized by the Betty Mitchell Awards, the Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Awards, the Alberta Film and Television Awards, the Academy of Cinema and Television, the Writers Guild of Alberta, the Writers Guild of Canada, the Edmonton Arts Council (Artists Trust Fund), and the Alberta Playwrights Network Playwriting Contest. Conni is a proud member of the Playwrights Guild of Canada and the Writers Guild of Canada, and a founding member of the Alberta Playwrights Network. She’s delighted to be a part of Springboards.
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The Creative Team
Tracy Carroll is the Co-Artistic Director of Concrete Theatre, a theatre for young audiences touring company. She has worked as a director, dramaturg, teacher and producer for 25+ years and has held the Artistic Associate position at Alberta Playwrights’ Network as well as at the Citadel Theatre, where she co-created KidsPlay at the Citadel. She has been the co-producer of several play development programs including Script Salon, EDMONten (a showcase of ten-minute plays) and Peep Show! (at SkirtsAfire), where she helped with the development of 33 new plays written by Edmonton women. Tracy is the facilitator of the Young Playwriting Company at the Citadel Theatre and a teacher for Workshop West’s Writes of Passage school program. Most recently, Tracy directed and dramaturged The Space Between Stars by Christine Lesiak (SkirtsAfire) and Fresh Hell by Conni Massing (Shadow Theatre). She is delighted to be working again with Conni on her new play!
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Director
Heather Inglis
Dramaturgical Consultant
Darrin Hagin
Dramaturgical Consultant
Lora Brovold is thankful to make her home and practice her craft here in Amiskwaciwâskahikan (Edmonton). Favourite theatre credits include: The Fiancée, Sweat, A Few Good Men, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Citadel Theatre), Bust and Let the Light of Day Through (Theatre Network), Circle Mirror Transformation, The Liars, and Three Days of Rain (Shadow Theatre), The Invention of Romance (Workshop West Theatre), Fat Pig, Mo and Jess Kill Susie, Heroines, and The Ugly Duchess (Northern Light Theatre), Comedy of Errors (Freewill Players), and productions with Theatre Yes, Azimuth Theatre, Concrete Theatre, and many of our community’s excellent independent companies. Lora is a graduate of the University of Alberta’s BFA Acting Program.
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actor
Collin Doyle is an Edmonton based writer and actor. As an actor, Collin has worked at the Citadel Theatre, Alberta Theatre Projects, Workshop West Theatre, Azimuth Theatre, Theatre Network, and with The Bedlam Theatre Concern. Collin performed in the world premiere production of Stephen Massicotte’s Mary’s Wedding and the Canadian Premiere production of The Pillowman. He received a Sterling Award (Fringe category) for his performance in Edward Albee’s The Zoo Story. In 2018, NeWest Press published a collection of Collin’s plays, The Mighty Carlins and Other Plays. Collin is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada.
Collin Doyle
actor
“A story bonds us, hearts and minds, in its dynamic theatrical telling.” Maralyn Ryan’s select acting credits include: Jane Eyre, The Humans, Christmas Carol, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Hamlet, and Romeo & Juliet (Citadel Theatre); Vivian Bearing in Wit (Globe Theatre); A Guide to Mourning (Alberta Theatre Projects); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Theatre Calgary); Homeward Bound (The Grand Theatre/National Arts Centre); Master Class (Sudbury Theatre Centre); Joy and Shop at Sly Corner (the Shaw Festival); Crackpot (Prairie Theatre Exchange/Belfry Theatre); Thirteen Hands (Canadian Stage/National Arts Centre); Hamlet (Freewill Players); The Innocence of Trees (Theatre Network); Private Lives (Northern Light Theatre); Seed Savers (Workshop West); Terry and the Dog (Edmonton Actor’s Theatre); Lend me a Tenor, The Last Romance (Mayfield Theatre); Rabbit Hole (Persephone Theatre); and A Doll’s House Part 2 (Wild Side Productions). In addition to Sterling Awards for her Acting, the 2017 Sterling Haynes Award for Most Valuable Contribution to Theatre in Edmonton was presented to Maralyn, acknowledging her extensive theatre career in Canada.