Lunchbox Theatre

Join us for free presentations of these new works!

Location: The Amphitheatre in the Calgary Tower Conference Centre located on the 2nd floor of the Tower Centre (next to the +15) or via Zoom. Presentations will be followed by a talk back with the artists, led by Artistic Director Bronwyn Steinberg.

How do I get to the Conference Center?

I’m entering the Tower Centre next to the Calgary Tower: Take the elevators next to the drug store to the second floor. Exit the elevator and head to the right, past Ruth Chris Steak House, past the broken escalator unit you reach the Conference Centre on your left. If you reach the +15 you have passed us.

I’m entering the Tower Center between Palliser One and the Indian Restaurant: take the elevator straight ahead (just past the parking payment machine) or the stairs slightly to the left to the second floor. Head slightly left away from the +15 and we will be on your right. There is a video below

Friday June 7th

12pm Verbatim Theatre - A Climate Breakdown Play

by a Collective of Artists

take a peek at what our playwrights have been cooking up in the studio

Co-Created by: Joel Bernbaum, Alixandra Cowman, Patricia de Guzman, Charlotte Hurdman, Martina Laird-Westib, Evan Medd, Mackenzie McDonald, Katelyn Morishita, Yvette Nolan, Lara Schmitz & Bronwyn Steinberg

The Calgary climate play Circle included Julie-Anne Bolduc, Nicolas Corbeil, Natalia Cortes, Wendy Froberg, Caleb Gordon, Charlotte Hurdman, Jocelyn Leiver, Jason Mehmel, Erin Navarro, David Sklar, James Odin Wade, and Abby Weeks. 

2pm Not a Doctor

by Arun Lakra

“It's your first day of medical school and an old surgeon walks into the classroom. He's condescending, opinionated, and a little unhinged. He says he's going to teach you a lesson you'll never forget.”

Directed by Simon Mallett

Cast: Mark Bellamy, Caleb Ellsworth-Clark & Karen Johnson-Diamond

Stage Manager: Chandler Ontkean

4pm You Can't Ignore the RaT!

by Cosmo Christoffersen

“The Alberta Rat Control Program’s newest partnership is unlikely to be successful. Leslie, a veteran pest control inspector, resents her young idealistic counterpart, Coleman. Yet in a conservative setting and a gritty line of work, the pair discover truths about one another and themselves that make them question their deepest beliefs.”

Directed by Jamie Dunsdon

Cast: Natascha Girgis & Joel David Taylor

Stage Manager: Micheal Luong

Friday May 24th

12pm: How Patty and Joanne Won High Gold At The Grand Christmas Cup Winter Dance Competition 

by Trevor Schmidt

"PATTY and JOANNE are two mismatched women enrolled in an Adult Beginner Tap Class at Free Body Dance Station. On a bare stage, they recount how the class size dwindled, the instructor quit and they found themselves unlikely friends embarking on an adventure at The Grand Christmas Cup Dance Competition. Patty, a harried mother with a perpetual dour outlook, and Joanne, a cheerful, robust single with a perpetual abundance of spirit, band together to push their limitations and expand each other’s view of friendship."

Directed by Bronwyn Steinberg

Cast: Ellen Close & Elinor Holt

Stage Manager: Kate Pallesen

2pm: G_OAT Debate

by Kodie Rollan

"A father and son face off in a game of one-on-one basketball live on-stage while debating who’s the Greatest of All Time! Sharing life-lessons and stories about how the ‘game’ has changed throughout their lifetime, G_OAT Debate explores our relationship to labour and its impact on our identities and relationships."

Directed by Mike Tan

Cast: Chris Clare & Daniel Fong

Stage Manager: Chandler Ontkean

4pm:  Thank You for Your Order

by Jessica Moss

“When a fulfillment-centre employee from That Big Company We Won't Mention falls in love with a customer's order, she mails herself to him, creating havoc with his live-in girlfriend.”

Directed by Jacqueline Russell

Cast: Anna Dalgleish, Aidan Laudersmith & Katelyn Morishita

Stage Manager: Michael Luong