Author: nbacts2013

Site-Specific Dates and Times!

The dates, times and casts for our ever-popular Site-Specific series have been confirmed! This year we are performing three 15-25 minute plays in different locations of downtown Fredericton. Feel free to bring a lawnchair if you wish! Since all performances are outdoors, we are of course limited by the weather on each particular night. While a little rain doesn’t scare us off, a downpour just might. If a performance is rained out partway through, the tickets purchased will be accepted for another night.

Winners of our Site-Specific Competition:
A theatrical scavenger hunt through downtown Fredericton!
July 25, 29, 30 & August 1, 7:30pm
Meet at the Robbie Burns statue on East Side of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery.

Tickets:
$12/adult
$10/senior
$8/student

John & Libby: River Play by Linda McNutt, directed by Clarissa Hurley
Two strangers meet in front of the Saint John River at flood peak and share facts, jokes, and life lessons in this bittersweet play about the fragility of human interactions.

Cast:
James Corbett
Rebekah Chassé

Tam O’Shanter by Michael Woodside, directed by Jake Martin
The spirit of Robbie Burns conjures temptation for a Fredericton lad and lassie infused with Burns’ favorite spirit on a night pulsing with the sounds of a demon bagpiper.

Cast:
Andrew Martel
Sharisse LeBrun

The Pugilist by Jake Martin, directed by Len Falkenstein
Drunken brawls may be the norm outside the Tannery at closing time on a Friday night, but when a time-travelling boxer shows up demanding a fight, things start to get really punchy.

Cast:
Andreas Marquis
Cora Jackson
Ian Murphy

Check out the “Lineup” tab under “The Festival” for more information on all of our shows!

Free Playwriting Workshop!
Free Playwriting Workshop with NotaBle Acts Dramaturg in Residence, July 19
 
Want a creative workout? Want to kick-start a new project? Or maybe you’d like to take a chance and try some new approaches to your writing process? This master class will be a unique opportunity for playwrights at a variety of skill levels to exercise their crafts via a series of in-class exercises and discussions led by NotaBle Acts Theatre Company Artist in Residence / Festival Dramaturg Heather Inglis. The class will offer participants creative workouts in crafting dialogue, building characters, discovering dramatic structure, unlocking intuition and editing. More experienced playwrights are invited to bring scenes from works in process to the class. A limited number will be read and critiqued as part of the day.
 
The workshop will take place from 10AM-4PM (bring a bag lunch) at Carleton Hall, UNB, Saturday, July 19. There will be a maximum of 12 participants. To register, email Heather Inglis at hdi1@telus.net .
 
Heather Inglis is an award-winning director, producer, dramaturg and educator whose career has taken her across the country. Heather has directed and assistant directed over 40 productions, many of which have been new Canadian works. Heather has a busy national dramaturgical practice which includes work at the The Banff Centre, The Citadel Theatre (Edmonton), Playwrights’ Atlantic Resource Centre, Saskatchewan Playwrights’ Centre,  Alberta Playwrights’ Network (Calgary) and the Northern Arts and Cultural Centre (Yellowknife). She is the founder and Artistic Director of Theatre Yes (Edmonton) — most recently noted for the National Elevator Project, 16 new Canadian plays written for and performed in working elevators. Heather is a 2014 recipient of the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Award. She a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada.