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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

From Cradle to Stage 2012 - Exciting New Work on our Stage!


May 14-19 @ 8pm (staged performances)
May 20 @ 2pm (staged readings)
Thursday, May 17 is 2-for-1 Thursday (at the door only)
Sunday, May 13 is Student Night

Tickets (staged performances): $12-$16 at TIX on the Square (780.420.1757) and at the door, one hour before showtime (cash only).  Tickets (staged readings): Pay-What-You-Can, or FREE if you show your ticket stub from one of the staged performances. Walterdale Playhouse proudly presents six new plays from local playwrights at From Cradle to Stage: An Evening of One-Acts. Monday, May 14 – Saturday, May 19 at 8:00 PM staged performances:

The Shows are:
Apocalypse, Saskatchewan by Dion Huel and directed by Giorgia Severini; Dramaturgy by Tracy Carroll — Three retirees who spend their days in a coffee shop could be their small Saskatchewan town's last hope against the zombie apocalypse!
Cast List:
Clifford: David Wolkowski

Bill: Bill Roberts
Charlie: Clyde Rigsby
Cassandra: Parazanda Valois
The Carrying by Jennifer Roberts and directed by Mari Chartier; Dramaturgy by Brian Dooley — A strange world where two sisters search for answers on why they must be burdened with some mysterious baggage that seems to have a life of its own. All they want is rest but the bags seem to have their own desires...
Cast List:
Nameless: Samantha Duff

Olly: Zina Lee
The Dead: Chantel Hutchison, Louise Large, Julia Seymour

Sunday, May 20 at 2:00 PM staged play readings:
Phil Kreisel as Birdie, Man One, Kid One
Poor Defenseless Creatures by Wes Schofield and directed by Brooke Leifso — Follows two young children as they navigate the life served to them and the cycles of violence and abuse the world propagates though big and small events.
Cast List:
Andrea McHenry as Lil
Shawn Vanderveen as Jesse
Jodie McRobbie as Dog, Woman Two, Kid Three
The Loneliest Number by Anne Marie Szucs and directed by Brooke Leifso — Explores the lives of three women at the cross roads of mid-adult reality. As they meet for coffee to catch up, each woman steeps in their own values, strengths and misgivings as they try and connect with the women they call friends.
Cast List:
Alanna Wolgien as Angela
Angele Bloom as Pamela
Crystal Jean as Christine
Mary! by Melissa Morelli Lacroix and directed by John Trethart — A theatrical historical look at the persecution of Mary Mallon an asymptomatic carrier of Typhoid Fever in the early 20th century.
Gabby Lent as Paperboy
David Newton as George Soper
Courtney Wutzke as Mary Mallon
Crystal Jean as Josephine Baker

Magpies by Mary-Ellen Perley and directed by John Trethart — Takes place on a summer Friday afternoon in Edmonton and Arthur would just like to sit quietly and talk to his dead wife, but his rambunctious granddaughter and his worried daughter are checking up on him.
Cast List:
James Culkin as Arthur
Sarah Culkin as Samantha
Angele Bloom as Elizabeth

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