FLC Seniors Alberta Theatre Projects

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.

Location

All shows are at:

Martha Cohen Theatre
Arts Commons (North Side)
215 – 8 Avenue SE, Calgary, Alberta
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TICKETS

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:

• online at albertatheatreprojects.com At the checkout, type in the promo code SENIORS20 and the discount will be applied, or
• contact the ATP Box Office at 403-294-7402 and mention you are an FLC Seniors Club member.

Contact & Coordinator: Albert Herscovitch   403-288-5520
Contact by filling out this e-mail form or by emailing [email protected]

This season will include 5 plays, including:

Five college students visit an abandoned cabin in the woods and accidently unleash an evil force that turns them into demons. It's up to Ash (a housewares employee turned demon-killer hero), and his trusty chainsaw to save the day.

Bilbo Baggins is swept from his cozy Hobbit Hole and into a perilous quest across Middle-earth to help a band of Dwarves reclaim their home under the Lonely Mountain from a treacherous Dragon. Faced with Trolls, Goblins, Elves, giant spiders and the mysterious creature, Gollum, Bilbo discovers his own resourcefulness and courage, and grows into an unlikely hero.

Over drinks at a local bar, Greek gods Apollo and Hermes ponder whether any animal would die happy if granted human intelligence. Apollo thinks not. Hermes is more optimistic. To settle the bet, they decide to grant 15 dogs human consciousness. The gods watch on as the dogs discover both the delights and pitfalls of complex thought and emotion. But before long, clashes over status, freedom and choice threaten the pack.

Aftre retired suburban wife and mother Dorothy loses her husband of 45 years, she decides to take their twenty-six foot long RV on a road trip of her husband's retirement dreams to the middle of the Nevada desert....to Burning Man. Along the way, Dorothy discovers the power of art and community, the beauty in small moments, and the courage to jump back into the deep end of life.

Eddis, a young teenage boy who was orphaned at an early age, finds himself scamming on the city streets before being placed in the care of an elderly widow in a rural farming community. Through a dramatic change of scenery and unfamiliar acts of kindness, he discovers purpose, belonging and the love of life. The songs are unforgettable. The story, true.