TIMMS CENTRE for the ARTS 87 Avenue & 112 Street Edmonton, AB Friday, June 10 – Wednesday, June 29, 2011 StageLab features productions and readings of new work by Canadian playwrights and will be the end result of collaborative creation between department faculty members and other artists. This new festival will also reinforce the mandate of the Canadian Centre for Theatre Creation (CCTC) to develop new work for the Canadian stage. Festival events include: showcase readings of two new plays, Life Without Secrets (June 28)and Stalker: The Musical (June 29); workshops and performances as part of FEST (June 10-11); and Vice Versa, a clown show facilitated by Mike Kennard of Mump & Smoot fame (June 17-18). Forming the nucleus of StageLab are three fully-staged productions: Jane Austen, Action Figure...and other short plays by Elaine Avila: This collection ranges from the zany to the tragic and examines whether it takes superpowers to be a parent, traveler, lover…or Jane Austen. (June 15 8pm; June 16 & 18 9pm; June 17 7pm; June 19 2pm) Seasons by Jane Heather: A bi-polar woman and a girl living on the streets, scrape by in the inner city. Based on the true stories of Edmontonians struggling to make a life on the margin. (June 15 & 17 2pm; June 16, 18-19 7pm) The Cave Painter by Don Hannah: The world premiere of this one-woman show deals with grief and where we put it in order to continue on with our lives. (June 23-25 8pm; June 26 2pm) City / Town : Edmonton Event Venue : Other Neighbourhood : Garneau Short Description : From research to performance, a festival of new work and innovation in theatre Event Category : Theatre Cost : FREE Tickets Phone : 780-492-2495 Contact Name : Priscilla Yakielashek Contact Phone : 780-492-2495 Contact Email : stagelab.uofa@gmail.com Additional Information : All events free except for Seasons, the Cave Painter and Jane Austen, Action Figure (all tickets $10) More info : www.drama.ualberta.ca… .
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87 Avenue & 112 Street @t department faculty members, canadian playwrights, don hannah