
With just a few days more to catch an ATP 2012-2013 show, you’d better get your tickets fast if you want to see one of their feature plays. Here's a list of what's playing:
The Valley
by Joan MacLeod
March 6 - April 7, 2013
A personal look at protection, safety and mental illness traces two families’ interactions with police. The play speaks about perceptions about police and how they change, or don’t change over time. The Valley also examines the concept of protection. Protection as it relates to being a police officer, a mother or a member of society and what is means to protect and feel protected.
When an episode on the Skytrain between a troubled teen and a police officer turns violent, it reverberates throughout the community, sweeping both families up into a storm of emotion, opinion and conflict.
Dust
by Jonathan Garfinkel and Christopher Morris
March 7 - April 6, 2013
Dust is a deeply compassionate story about the conflict in Afghanistan and how it has affected families of soldiers in combat.
“Dust illuminates the way that loss through this conflict has created a painful legacy in families and the communities around them. It is about the struggle to move forward after loss and find some peace,” says Vicki Stroich, Alberta Theatre Projects Interim Artistic Director.
Based on true stories, this play about courage, grief, and witness is an international collaboration. It features Samiya Mumtaz from Pakistan in the cast.
Contains male nudity and strong language.
The Apology
by Darrah Teitel
March 8 - April 6, 2013
It is 1814 and young Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron and Claire Clairemont retreat to a castle to write poetry, make love, do drugs and try to invent a new way of being alive. In this funny, hot-blooded portrayal by newcomer Darrah Teitel, romantic tradition is ripped open, unleashing rich, wild and fiery spirits.
Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein, offers a metaphoric framework for the play, explains Teitel, “since it’s about human perfectibility and a utopian vision of society. In a parallel to Victor Frankenstein creating life, the four characters experiment with their lives, hoping for the best. In both cases, the result is an uncontrollable monster.”
The Apology by Darrah Teitel runs from March 8 – April 6, 2013 with curtain times at 7:30 pm Tuesday through Saturday, and matinees at 2:00 pm on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets start at $30.
Contains nudity, sexuality and strong language.
The God That Comes
Music and performance by Hawksley Workman
Created by Hawksley Workman and Christian Barry
In association with 2b theatre company
March 19 - April 7, 2013
In a world governed by greed, rules and order, people take to the hills in a hedonistic revolt fuelled by wine, ritual madness and ecstasy, in this contemporary take on the Greek tragedy, The Bacchae. The performance stars Hawksley Workman and fuses the chaotic revelry of a rock concert with the captivating intimacy of theatre. Have a drink, hear a story, and get lost in the music.
“Watching Workman sample himself, then go on to another instrument while his first strain repeated and then adding a third on top of it was the kind of brilliance we all came for. What I wasn’t expecting was the slashing sardonic wit he brought to the tale of the uptight king Pentheus, his swinging mother Agave and the demonic god of pleasure, Bacchus/Dionysus.”-The Toronto Star
Contains strong language.
If you can’t make it in before the last run of the 2012-2013 season on April 7th, check out ATP’s spring show Red by John Logan running April 30th to May 18th, 2013.
Red
by John Logan
A young artist is hired to assist Mark Rothko, the world-famous and famously cranky abstract painter. This 2010 Tony Award-winning drama portrays a fierce, funny, and ultimately life-changing relationship. A triumphant return to playwriting by one of the most notable screenwriters of our time, John Logan’s credits include Hugo, The Aviator, and Any Given Sunday.
Please check the Alberta Theatre Projects website at ATPlive.com for details and ticket purchases for any of the shows. Or call Alberta Theatre Projects at 403-294-7402.
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