With this year's partners: EdgeForm Collective | Make/Shift Theatre | Manitoba Association of Playwrights | Migrante Manitoba/Migrant Workers Solidarity Network | Gislina Patterson | Rainbow Stage | Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre | Sarasvàti Productions | Theatre by the River | Walk & Talk Theatre | Weather Parade Dance Theatre
NEW THIS YEAR:
A name change to reflect the diversity of the Festival - The PTE Festival of New Works (formerly known as the Carol Shields Festival)
OPENING NIGHT
THURSDAY, MAY 30 at 7:00 PM
An electrifying multi-discipline cabaret of new theatre from members of PTE's Emerging Playwrights Unit, new music from Raine Hamilton, new dance from the RWB's Aspirants, new comedy from OutsideJoke and Anjali Sandhu, a new short film from Afro Film Festival and new poetry/dance from SAWA Theatre's The Melody Group -- all followed by a catered reception.
Plus Special Guest Speaker Yvette Nolan!
All for $25!
STUDENTS: Pay only $12.50 to attend Opening Night!
ALL FRIDAY & SATURDAY EVENTS ARE FREE ADMISSION!
Discussions with the playwrights will take place after each reading, while the Playwright’s Hat is passed – please consider contributing to support the artists.
FRIDAY, MAY 31
5:00 pm
End of the Line by Ben Townsley, musical arrangement by Duncan Cox
Presented by Walk&Talk Theatre
(Colin Jackson Studio Theatre)
6:00 pm
The Party: A Scientific Romance by Kristian Jordan, with Liam Zarrillo & Brittany Thiessen
Presented by Make/Shift Theatre
(Mainstage Theatre)
7:00 pm
Nanay: a testimonial play
Conversation Collective
Presented by Migrante Manitoba & Migrant Workers Solidarity Network
(Colin Jackson Studio Theatre)
8:00 pm
Burning Mom by Mieko Ouchi
Presented by Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre
(Mainstage Theatre)
9:30 pm
i am your spaniel, or, A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare by Gislina Patterson
by Gislina Patterson
(Colin Jackson Studio Theatre)
SATURDAY, JUNE 1
12:00 pm
MAP Scirocco Manitoba High School Playwriting Competition - The Winners!
Presented by Manitoba Association of Playwrights
(Mainstage Theatre)
3:00 pm
Holding a Dragon by Ali Robson & Natasha Torres-Garner
Presented by Weather Parade Dance Theatre
(Colin Jackson Studio Theatre)
4:00 pm
A Fine Line by Wren Brian
Presented by Sarasvàti Productions
(Mainstage Theatre)
6:00 pm
RinseWashRepeat by Virginia Page Jähne
Presented by Theatre by the River
(Colin Jackson Studio Theatre)
7:00 pm
Ma-Buhay: A New Musical by Joseph Sevillo & Josh Caldo, musical arrangement by Andrew Nolan
Presented by Rainbow Stage
(Mainstage Theatre)
9:00 pm
Forever Shelter by Angela Chalmers & mia susan amir
Presented by EdgeForm Collective
(Colin Jackson Studio Theatre)
A scent-reduced environment is requested for this
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