Alberta Theatre Projects is a Calgary-based, not-for-profit, professional theatre company that celebrates the art of live theatre. The company produces world-calibre shows with a focus on idea-driven new works, plays by Canadian playwrights, and contemporary theatre from around the world. It is also a national leader in new play development and dramaturgy.
All shows are at:
Martha Cohen Theatre
Arts Commons (North Side)
215 – 8 Avenue SE, Calgary, Alberta
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FLC Seniors Club members receive a 20% discount for all performances and for all seats with the exception of those in the Premiere Circle. Tickets can be purchased:
Contact & Coordinator: Albert Herscovitch 403-288-5520
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Get ready for 2023-24: SHORT SEASON, BIG DRAMA! That’s right, we’re talking a line-up of fantastic performances, all crammed into a shorter season bursting at the seams with drama, comedy, and everything in between. An entertaining season that may look a little different than we’re all used to, but one we know will be unforgettable, and will be the perfect lead-in to our biggest season yet in 2024-25… our 50th Anniversary Season
By W.O. Mitchell
Director TBC
CANADIAN PLAY | MARTHA COHEN THEATRE
Wullie MacCrimmon is in for the match of his life… and, potentially, afterlife. When Wullie MacCrimmon, a shoemaker in the 1930s foothills town of Wild Rose, muses aloud that he would give anything to skip his curling team in the MacDonald Brier, the Devil (a travelling salesperson who deals in wholesale souls and retail sin) suddenly appears and makes him an offer. Wullie makes a counter offer, and one of the greatest matches in curling history is on – a Black Bonspiel. When the Devil appears with her curling team–Judas Iscariot (lead), Lizzie Borden (second), and Macbeth (third)–Wullie and his team are in for one hell of a match.
Coincides with the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, happening in Calgary February 16 – 24.
Audience Considerations: Suggested for ages 12+
The Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacCrimmon is part of ATP’s 2-Play Subscription! Purchase yours today! Single tickets on sale October 3.
By Maria Crooks & Caroline Russell-King
Directed by Delicia Turner Sonnenberg
Presented in partnership with Theatre Calgary
WORLD PREMIERE | NEW CANADIAN PLAY | MARTHA COHEN THEATRE
The true story of the woman behind the American dime. Few know of Selma Burke, the Black American sculptor who played a major role in the Harlem Renaissance movement of the 1920s and 30s. Among her works is a bas-relief plaque of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, which is now widely accepted to be the basis for the design on the American dime, and something for which she never received credit within her lifetime. A stirring play about the importance of art, courage, romance, and justice, Burke’s rarely-told story is brought to life in this world premiere by Calgary playwrights Maria Crooks and Caroline Russell-King.
By Mark Crawford
Directed by Lauren Taylor
An Arts Club Theatre Company (Vancouver) Production
Presented by Alberta Theatre Projects
CANADIAN PLAY | MARTHA COHEN THEATRE
From the playwright of The New Canadian Curling Club! Sarah, a turkey farmer, has split up with her husband and moved in with her mom, Gail, a beekeeper. Add in Earl, the flirty neighbour, and Ben, an eager young graduate student, and you have the perfect breeding ground for unlikely attractions. Set in two adjoining bedrooms on a modern Canadian farm, the play tackles sex, love, science, family, and the artificial insemination of turkeys. The Birds and the Beesis a laugh-out-loud comedy with brains… and a huge, honeyed heart.
Audience Consideration: Suggested for 14+
The Birds and the Bees is part of ATP’s 2-Play Subscription! Purchase yours today! Single tickets on sale October 3.