Theatre Alberta Theatre Alberta is a Provincial Arts Service Organization (PASO) committed to encouraging the growth of theatre in Alberta. We offer a wide range of programs and services to drama students, professional theatre artists, educators, and enthusiasts, as well as to schools, post- secondary institutions, and community and professional theatres. In addition to Artstrek, our programming includes: 1. Playscript Library, fully circulating with 14,500 titles (scripts are mailed free to members anywhere in the province outside of the Edmonton area) 2. Workshops by Request for community theatres across the province 3. Dramaworks, an annual theatre workshop series for adults held at the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton each July 4. PlayWorks Ink, a weekend What is Artstrek? theatre conference held in Calgary each fall featuring workshops, play readings, Artstrek is a residential summer theatre program for teens that has been running and panel discussions— co-presented with Alberta in the province of Alberta for 48 years! The program focuses on exploring the Playwrights’ Network components of theatre and theatre production rather than getting a show on 5. Emerge, an annual audition event that brings together stage. Over the course of the week Artstrek students will explore acting, voice, graduates of Alberta’s post- secondary acting programs movement, sound/music, design, and directing. with the province’s Artistic Directors, Independent Artstrek is not a talent-based program; we are seeking students who are enthusiastic about theatre and who will be Directors, and Film/TV focused on the fun of learning and exploring with their instructors and with other Artstrek participants. Industry Professionals 6. Safe Stages, a Health Theatre Alberta selects a different play of study each year and contracts a new team of theatre professionals to and Safety awareness and develop a curriculum centred on that script. This means the program is always fresh, current, and evolving. education program 7. Playwriting Programs contracted through Alberta A Day at Artstrek Playwrights’ Network Classes run from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day. Class sizes are typically 20-24 students per instructor. Evening 8. Theatre Alberta News, our activities are coordinated by the Artstrek supervisors (past Artstrek participants 19-25 years of age). Our student/ quarterly newsletter supervisor ratio is approximately 12/1. Students stay in the four-bedroom suites attached to Red Deer College’s 9. The Playbill, an annual main building; each student has their own bedroom and a bathroom shared with three others. Meals are served in poster of the theatre season the cafeteria in an area designated for our students. in Alberta, printed each fall 10. Publications, including We are proud and excited to offer Albertan teens the opportunity to delve into the compelling world of Who Has Playscript Catalogues, Seen the Wind. the Community Theatre Handbook, the Theatre Facility Handbook, and Safe Marie Gynane-Willis Who Has Seen the Wind is a classic Stages Executive Director Canadian story about growing up on the 11. Advocacy on local, provincial, and national fronts Jill Connell prairies during the Great Depression. for theatre and the arts Programmer Set in a small Saskatchewan town, Theatre Alberta the play follows the O’Connal family 3rd Floor Percy Page Centre through recognizable yet revealing 11759 Groat Road adventures: mishaps in the community, Edmonton AB T5M 3K6 This program is sickness and loss, the quest for a new Phone: 780-422-8162 sponsored by Theatre Toll Free (within Alberta): Alberta in cooperation pair of skates… The Prairie wind is both 1-888-422-8160 fleeting and forever, weaving joy and Fax: 780-422-2663 with Red Deer College and is funded by the sorrow throughout the community and [email protected] inviting us to appreciate the magic and www.theatrealberta.com Alberta Foundation for the Arts. mystery of the world around us. Theatre Exploration I (July 8–14, 2007) This six-day program is for enthusiastic theatre lovers 13-15 years old. Acceptance is based upon recommendation and the student’s commitment. Students who are 12 but have completed grade seven will also be considered for admission. Birth certificates are required for all 12 and 13 year old students. Theatre Exploration II (July 15–22, 2007) This seven-day program is for 16-18 year olds with a keen interest in drama and a dedication to increasing their knowledge and skill level. Acceptance is based upon recommendation and the student’s commitment. Students who are 15 but have completed grade ten will also be considered for admission. A Message from the Minister A Message from of Tourism, Parks, Recreation Red Deer College and Culture Welcome to Red Deer College! We are thrilled and proud For those who have a love for theatre, there is no better to once again have the honour to work with Theatre Alberta place to be than on the stage—directing the cast, acting in hosting the Artstrek program for teens. This successful in the spotlight, and designing sets and music to help tell partnership between Red Deer College and Theatre “Artstrek is one the story. Alberta provides participants with a unique and exciting opportunity to explore all aspects of theatre production in a place you can At Artstrek, young theatre-lovers have the opportunity to professional environment. develop their skills in all of these areas. From upstage to dive into the downstage, centre stage to the wings, participants will It is a pleasure to have you here on campus as you take material head one more step in your life-long learning journey. Have encounter all facets of the theatre, experiencing the life of first without a performance as it progresses from rehearsals to opening fun! By assisting learners and working in concert with night. It is an atmosphere of creativity, fun and learning, our community, Red Deer College will become the best looking back.” and I look forward to seeing more of these rising stars on comprehensive college in Canada. stages across Alberta as they continue to grow as artists Ron Woodward and creators. President, Red Deer College The success of Artstrek is due to the dedication of those behind the scenes. I would like to thank Theatre Alberta and the professional artists involved in the program for Alberta Foundation “Artstrek is their efforts working with Alberta’s theatre community for the Arts throughout the year. Together you are helping to build our an invaluable next generation of artists, and the Alberta Government The Alberta Foundation for the Arts supports theatre and tool and a art throughout Alberta by means of a variety of programs is proud to be a partner with you through the Alberta wonderful Foundation for the Arts. and granting opportunities. Funds are provided to the Foundation from the Alberta Government’s Lottery Fund, place to grow.” Best wishes for this year’s Artstrek and for many more and the Arts Branch of Alberta Tourism, Parks, Recreation years of great theatre in Alberta. and Culture assists in administering the programs. The Alberta Foundation for the Arts provides annual operating Hector Goudreau funding to Theatre Alberta. Minister of Tourism, Parks, Recreation and Culture MLA, Dunvegan-Central Peace ARTSTREK 2007 3 Artstrek 2007 Curriculum Team Instructors at Artstrek represent some of Alberta’s finest theatre artists and drama educators. This dedicated team of theatre professionals is responsible for developing and instructing a challenging theatre arts curriculum with Who Has Seen the Wind as its focus. Lynda Adams Young Company at the Stratford Festival. He has a private Curriculum Director practice as a voice, text, and physical integration coach and has taught at the Foote Theatre School, the Globe Lynda celebrates her 19th year as Theatre, Dramaworks, and The University of Alberta. part of the Artstrek team and her 11th as Artstrek’s Curriculum Director. Stacy Fysh Lynda has a Masters Degree from the Laban Centre of Dance and Stacy is currently working as a Movement in London, England. She dramaturge on Strathcona High has taught in the theatre programs School’s production of Anything at the University of Alberta, Grant MacEwan College, Goes in Edmonton, and as a Douglas College, and the University of British Columbia. choreographer and movement Lynda was the artist-in-residence at Victoria School of coach with Edmonton Children’s Performing and Visual Arts in Edmonton for 13 years and is Choir. She is on the administration currently a full-time faculty member in the Theatre Studies team at Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts in program at Red Deer College. Edmonton, where she uses drama techniques such as improvisation, tableau, scene study, storytelling, and Daniel L. Hall characterization to engage students in their own learning process. She also works as an acting coach for the National Administrative Director Ice Theatre of Canada, facilitating figure skaters as they develop characters on ice. Her most recent directing Daniel has been involved with credits include Sticks and Stones and The Wizard of Oz at summer programming for Victoria School, and The Odd Couple for Horizon Players “Artstrek is teens for over 30 years as a in Spruce Grove. She has taught acting and improvisation student, supervisor, instructor, connecting at Festival Place in Sherwood Park for both young people and administrative director. His and adults. Stacy is delighted to be returning to Artstrek— with cool love of theatre and educating always an adventure waiting to happen! people so we young people has kept him returning to this valuable program. When Daniel is not can learn and administrating Artstrek he can be found performing Karen Goerzen laugh with in Shadow Productions’ interactive murder mysteries, directing musicals, adjudicating drama festivals, and Karen has been a drama/technical each other.” conducting workshops.