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| | IGNITE! Sparks 2025 - Immortal
Wed, June 4, 2025 at 7:00pm
Welcome to IGNITE Sparks! We pair emerging playwrights and scripts with established playwrights and mentors, giving them vital feedback and guidance as they grow in their craft.
You are going to catch some sparks as we present readings of these works in progress!
Immortal by Jade Bartlett
Mentor: Natalie Meisner
Welcome to IGNITE Sparks! We pair emerging playwrights and scripts with established playwrights and mentors, giving them vital feedback and guidance as they grow in their craft.
You are going to catch some sparks as we present readings of these works in progress!
Immortal is a one-woman show in which the ghost of Sappho finds herself trapped in The Field Of Mourning, a plane in the underworld reserved for the critically brokenhearted. After learning the vast majority of her poetry has been burned, Sappho laments over what little remains of her work. From the ashes of what has been lost, Sappho invokes Queer Joy, proving it is possible to rebuild–and thus reclaim wholeness–from what has been broken.
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| | IGNITE! 2025 - Dance Pack
Wed, June 4, 2025 at 8:15pm
Thurs, June 5, 2025 at 8:15pm
Grow
Grow explores how humans can channel the power of the forest to facilitate their own healing processes. This work emerged from 8 months of solo and group research during Jenna's last year of study at the University of Calgary. It was previously presented at Dance@Night 2025 back in April.
Each Ball We Carry
Each dancer navigates a shifting relationship with a ball. We distract ourselves, compare, and control our environment to protect our hurt inner child. Reconnecting with our inner child comes from being vulnerable and releasing internal expectations, and only then can we rediscover the playful, fearless spirit we once had as children.
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| | IGNITE! 2025 - Fabre Cardboard
Fabre Cardboard is a series of two performances:
Fabre
and
Cardboard Castles
Wed, June 4, 2025 at 8:15pm
Sat, June 7, 2025 at 9:30pm
Fabre
In a dreamlike park setting, a young woman confronts the raw memories of betrayal – a cheating boyfriend and a mother's abandonment. Haunted by the past, she faces a pivotal decision: to call the mother who left her. A poignant exploration of love, loss, and the fragile hope for reconciliation.
Cardboard Castles
Amelia travels to visit her sister Vera in her new(ish) apartment, and finds her pretending to be the queen of an imaginary kingdom. Will Amelia manage to bring her sister back to reality, or will Vera’s cardboard castles prove to be a lot stronger than she thought?
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| | IGNITE! 2025 - But What Is Natural
Wed, June 4, 2025 at 9:30pm
Fri, June 6, 2025 at 9:30pm
An interdisciplinary show featuring talents from the University of Calgary. This show explores our connections to nature, power, and each other.
Come witness King Maverick's Celebration of Death, where everything is not what it seems. Truths will be revealed. Bonds will be forged and broken. Everything will change the fate of the kingdom is in your hands...
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| | IGNITE! 2025 - Last Minute
Thurs, June 5, 2025 at 9:30pm
Fri, June 6, 2025 at 8:15pm
Last Minute is an absurdist play that takes place in the 30 minutes before two teenagers take The Test. The Test is mysterious and difficult, and will determine the path of your adult life. From your job, to your spouse, to your children- the Test tells all. In between studying subjects like history and literature, both students learn more than they bargained for.
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| | IGNITE! Sparks 2025 - Under One Roof
Wed, June 5, 2025 at 8:15pm
Welcome to IGNITE Sparks! We pair emerging playwrights and scripts with established playwrights and mentors, giving them vital feedback and guidance as they grow in their craft.
You are going to catch some sparks as we present readings of these works in progress!
Under One Roof by Isra Abdelrahim
Mentor: Erin Vanderweg
Amira is the central figure in this family-centered piece. Alongside her mother, she initiates a much needed family meeting to address ongoing tensions. Before the full family confrontation takes place, the audience follows Amira through a series of two-person scenes. These vignettes pair her with individual family members, revealing key dynamics, personal histories, and relationships that shape the family as a whole.
Through these interactions, we gain insight into the personalities, conflicts, and connections within the family. By the time everyone gathers, the emotional groundwork has been laid for a conversation that could finally bring clarity - or further complication.
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| | IGNITE! 2025 - The Event
Wed, June 4, 2025 at 9:30pm
You are cordially invited to The Event. We gather to bear witness to the final ritual.
Dress is semi-formal.
Be ready.
(Note: this experience may involve some audience participation.)
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| | IGNITE! 2025 - Good `n Gooders
Thurs, June 5, 2025 at 9:30pm
Friday, June 6, 2025 at 8:15pm
Good 'n Gooders by Logan Sundquist follows an abstract and absurd Wanderer seeking solace and comfort in trashy fast food. Unbeknownst to them, an Operator inside the restaurant offers answers and friendship through the drive-thru speaker.
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| | IGNITE! Sparks 2025 - Any Kind of Change
Wed, June 6, 2025 at 7:00pm
Welcome to IGNITE Sparks! We pair emerging playwrights and scripts with established playwrights and mentors, giving them vital feedback and guidance as they grow in their craft.
You are going to catch some sparks as we present readings of these works in progress!
Any Kind of Change by Stephen Brooks
Mentor: Gordon Pengilly
Sam is a struggling and isolated person, trapped in an abusive cycle they strive to break free and build a happier life for themselves. Sadly, with the help of their therapist, Sam soon learns that if they want to get better they can’t settle for just any kind of change.
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| | IGNITE! Sparks 2025 - Happy Traumaversary!
Wed, June 6, 2025 at 7:00pm
Welcome to IGNITE Sparks! We pair emerging playwrights and scripts with established playwrights and mentors, giving them vital feedback and guidance as they grow in their craft.
You are going to catch some sparks as we present readings of these works in progress!
Happy Traumaversary! by Emily Parkhouse
Mentor: JD Derbyshire
Through autobiographical storytelling, both comic and dramatic, 'Happy Traumaversary!' reflects on the prevalence of rape culture and the impact of trauma on body & mind. How survivors of sexual violence struggle and how we can recover. How being heard and acknowledged can be healing. It touches upon the horror of watching the person who hurt and abused you continue to be welcomed into what should be and would otherwise be safe spaces; their presence rendering them unsafe. The piece explores the difference in violence committed by men against women and the violence of women committing these acts against other women; both by committing the violence themselves AND by exposing fellow women to the violence of men for their own gain. It asks us to look at how we can possibly learn to navigate the jagged edges of that complex path -- maybe even finding a way to laugh along the way.
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| | IGNITE! 2025 - Workshop of "The Church of Springsteen"
Sat, June 7, 2025 at 3:00pm
The Church of Springsteen is a satirical look at both religion and fandom. The focus of the workshop is to build a church service based on both practice of religion and the celebration of Bruce Springsteen. A passionate, exciting, campy, and beautiful exploration of creating a fun and safe atmosphere to celebrate and contemplate Bruce, religion and what it means to love something with your whole heart. | Buy tickets |
| | IGNITE! Sparks 2025 - Armonia
Wed, June 7, 2025 at 7:00pm
Welcome to IGNITE Sparks! We pair emerging playwrights and scripts with established playwrights and mentors, giving them vital feedback and guidance as they grow in their craft.
You are going to catch some sparks as we present readings of these works in progress!
Armonia by Geraldine Fuenmayor
Mentor: Vanessa Porteous
READING - OF THE THEATRE SCRIPT "ARMONIA" is a queer passionate and Latin love story. It is also the name of the Piano academy where Jacinta, a piano teacher, and Marina, a housewife, fall unexpectedly in love. Learning piano is the vehicle that allows for building this relationship, and the play takes place in Caracas. The music sometimes comes from the piano, while others manifest as Latin rhythms, such as salsa, tango and Venezuelan waltz. One of these women is sensitive to people’s energy, while the other is sensitive to vibrations emanated from music. These two women create a bond at a soul level, exposing their vulnerability in their encounters, which are driven by music, energy, vibrations, breathing, touching, and perceptions.
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