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Our Winter 2027 Production is Bluebirds by Vern Thiessen, directed by Cidelle Crawford!

“Bluebirds, by Governor General’s Award-winning Alberta playwright Vern Thiessen, tells the true story of three Canadian Army Medical Corps Nursing Sisters: Katherine Maud Macdonald, Margaret Lowe, and Gladys Mary Wake.
Christy, Maggie, and Bab gave everything and were largely forgotten. Their lives, in the author’s words, cross time and space, and the theatrical setting of this story lives in the minds, memories, and hearts of these three women.
In this production, the Nursing Sisters are supported first by each other, but also by the spirits of the men they healed, ancestors, and angels from the other side - as I believe we all are buttressed through the crucibles of our own lives”

Keep your eye out for info on joining this team!

Now announcing the Fall 2026 show: Strange Country, written by Steele Prefontaine and directed by Morgan Hill!

“Buried deep in the golden, rolling hills of South Saskatchewan lives the Leduc family. Isolated from the wider world and each other, Emile, Aimee-Belle and their daughter, Odette have been forever changed by the quick death of the Leduc’s oldest daughter, Clementine. Eleven years after her passing, Clementine has returned home–unchanged from the day she was last seen, wanting to be accepted back into her family. Over the course of the night, the Leduc’s must decide where to go from here. This prairie gothic drama explores grief and a family at odds when confronted with the unnatural and unexpected. You are now entering Strange Country.”

Production team to be announced soon, and keep an eye out for auditions in the Fall!

Congrats to the team of Drinking Bird on an incredible run!!!

The Drinking Bird By Reign Dyer

CAST

Bird: Tavia Jenner
Cooler: Matthew DeNittis
Punch-in/Client/Answering Machine Mom/Candice Dragin: KC Chase
Swivie: Rachel Jensen
Paperweight: Jocelyn Smith
Boss: Nikko Hunt

CREATIVE TEAM

Director: Carter Popielarz
Assistant Director: Reign Dyer
Fight Coordinator: Pat Chan
Costume Designer: Steele Prefontaine
Lighting Designer: Owen Gaston
Set Designer: Taelyn Clark
Sound Designer: Isaac Burford

PRODUCTION TEAM

Stage Manager: Kacie Hilliard
Light Board Operator: Meg Bacso
Sound Board Operator: Theo Thatcher-Silveira
Technical Director: Sara Taggart
Technical Director Elect: Gen Matsuzaka
Artistic Producer: Spencer Johnson
Artistic Producer Elect: Ruby Gaudet
General Manager: Brooke Jenkins

Photos by: Jess Syratt (.syratt.photography)