Part of our 46th season: SAINTS AND REBELS
SPRINGBOARDS
A NEW PLAY FESTIVAL
March 25 - March 30, 2025
Suggested Pricing is $40 per single ticket and $150 per subscription.
Exciting sneak peeks at hot, up-and-coming new Canadian plays, playwrights, and stories!
Workshop West’s signature yearly new play festival celebrates playwrights and their plays, inviting audiences to get up close and personal with the creative in process.
The festival features staged readings of plays in development with sound, light, and enough staging to ignite the imagination. This exciting convergence of local and national theatre artists, with readings, talk-backs, discussions, classes, and cabarets celebrates the exhilarating Canadian theatre of tomorrow.
SCHEDULE OF
EVENTS
MARCH 25 - 30
7:30PM
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A wild New York taxi tour through the famous (and infamous) locales and the outrageous, flamboyant stars of The Pansy Craze. A century ago in the glitz and grime of Prohibition, Drag Kings and Queens, celebrities and mobsters mixed and mingled like bourbon and soda, and all of society wanted a taste of the excitement. A true story. On the rocks.
Directed by Heather Inglis
Featuring: Andrea House, Jason Hardwick, Jake Tkaczyk, D’orjay, Davina Stewart, Doug Mertz, Josh Travnik, Michael Watt, Caley Suliak -
Amber and her mother have moved. They are making a new life in a downtown apartment building. It’s a strange new world for Amber with secret lives, lived behind each identical door. A story of unlikely friendship, and the possibility of new beginnings.
Directed by Annette Loiselle
Featuring: Melissa MacPherson, Meegan Sweet, Cody Porter -
The Alberta Playwrights’ Network has chosen five new 10-minute plays that will be showcased by emerging and seasoned playwrights.
Featuring plays by Nicole Moeller, Lily Davies, Stephanie Swensrude, Gavin Bradley, and Evelyn Rollans.
Directed by Amy DeFelice
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Giorgi is mesmerized by her new friend Riley Ann Treeson, the “gifted” kid in class. She’s a debating wiz, she carries a leather attaché case, and she doesn’t have a strict Italian mother. When Giorgi receives Riley Ann’s birthday invitation, their friendship goes into a tailspin, and Giorgi is forced to reexamine the meaning of being gifted.
Directed by Amanda Bergen
Featuring: Sophie May Healey, Abby McDougall, Robyn Clark, Garett Ross, Michele Fleiger, Kaeley Jade Weibe, Hayley Moorhouse -
In 1985, the Halifax Chronicle Herald led with the headline “Hard Core Lesbians Fired from CFB Shelburne”. They were some of the most highly trained Canadian military officers of the day, who undertook the important work of listening to protect the eastern seaboard from Russian submarines. A play full of humanity and compassion, inspired by the true story of the Canadian military and the dedicated women who served.
Directed by Lana Hughes
Featuring: Nadien Chu, Stephanie
Wolfe, Michelle Todd, David Ley, Paul Morgan Donald -
Directed by Brian Deedrick, and curated by Darrin Hagen, this evening is Friday night fun on a Sunday! With excerpts from new plays, groovy tunes, and special guests, WWPT is ending this festival on a bang!
ALL PERFORMANCES WILL TAKE PLACE AT
THE GATEWAY THEATRE AND TICKETS
ARE PAY WHAT YOU WILL!
The stories of today meet the theatre of tomorrow….
…and check out what the community brought to “the ‘board” last year!
We’re waiting with bated breath to see what inspirations and insights await within the minds of creators and creatives!
Why Heather chose Springboards.
“Springboards boastfully shows off Workshop West’s raison d'etre to both develop and produce new Canadian plays by placing the process of theatrical creation in public view. Audiences are given a backstage pass into the world of playmaking, where the processes of writers are revealed and celebrated. Edmonton is a theatre town, and at Springboards our exciting and robust theatre community rallies around playwrights and their plays. It’s a terrific week of fun, community, and some of the best new plays you’ll hear anywhere.”
-Heather Inglis,
Artistic Producer, WWPT
More Coming Soon
Springboards programming will be incoming soon. Keep an eye on our social media for exciting updates as we proceed through our season!
