RBC Emerging Artist Program at the
2024 Stage One Festival of New Canadian Work
Presentations of new works on Friday May 24 & Friday June 7, 2024
Join us for free presentations of these new works!
Location: The Amphitheatre in the Calgary Tower Convention Centre located on the 2nd floor of the Tower Centre and Via Zoom. Presentations will be followed by a talk back with the artists, led by Artistic Director Bronwyn Steinberg.
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
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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
Artists include: Joel Bernbaum, Alixandra Cowman, Patricia de Guzman, Charlotte Hurdman, Martina Laird-Westib, Evan Medd, Mackenzie McDonald, Katelyn Morishita, Yvette Nolan, Lara Schmitz & Bronwyn Steinberg
2pm MediScenes
by Arun Lakra
“A doctor shares his life experiences with an incoming class of medical students.”
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 Christofferson
“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