Kathleen Jackson

Alumnae Theatre wraps up its 2015/16 season on the MainStage Theatre the darkly comedic AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY by Tracey Letts, directed by Victoria Shepherd, beginning today, April 8 through April 23, 2016. When the family patriarch vanishes, the Westons return to rural Oklahoma to care for their afflicted, manipulative mother. Winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize, Tracy Letts' darkly comic drama AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY is a harrowing epic that puts the 'fun' in 'dysfunctional'.

Alumnae Theatre wraps up our 2015/16 season on the MainStage Theatre the darkly comedic AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY by Tracey Letts, directed by Victoria Shepherd, April 8-23, 2016. When the family patriarch vanishes, the Westons return to rural Oklahoma to care for their afflicted, manipulative mother. Winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize, Tracy Letts' darkly comic drama AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY is a harrowing epic that puts the "fun" in "dysfunctional".

Emily Climbs (Machine Mechant) imagines a future looking back on a past that is still in our future. Through a collection of performed materials (an amateur stand up routine, excerpts from a one-woman show, interview transcripts, found documents, role playing scenes, and more)the show explores person-hood of Emily Climbs: a failed science-experiment, a devoted companion, a benign provocateur, a socialized woman struggling with the burden of individualism and the American Dream.

Emily Climbs (Machine Mechant) imagines a future looking back on a past that is still in our future. Through a collection of performed materials (an amateur stand up routine, excerpts from a one-woman show, interview transcripts, found documents, role playing scenes, and more)the show explores person-hood of Emily Climbs: a failed science-experiment, a devoted companion, a benign provocateur, a socialized woman struggling with the burden of individualism and the American Dream.

Alumnae Theatre continues its 2014-2015 season with Sharon Pollock's Governor General's award-winning play Blood Relations January 23-February 7, 2015.

After last year's explosive success, FireWorks is back with two more original, full-length plays developed at Alumnae Theatre: Burying Toni by Catherine Frid and You Have To Earn It by Ramona Baillie and Maria Popoff. A festival of creativity running today, November 13-29, FireWorks will also feature discussion panels, playwright talkbacks, and a Playwrights' Intensive led by Maja Ardal.

After last year's explosive success, FireWorks is back with two more original, full-length plays developed at Alumnae Theatre: Burying Toni by Catherine Frid and You Have To Earn It by Ramona Baillie and Maria Popoff. A festival of creativity running November 13-29, FireWorks will also feature discussion panels, playwright talkbacks, and a Playwrights' Intensive led by Maja Ardal.

Award-winning and critically acclaimed Newfoundland writer Lisa Moore has adapted her 2009 novel FEBRUARY for the stage, and Alumnae Theatre Company is set to present the world premiere, running now through October 6, 2012. Following the first Sunday matinee performance today, September 23, Lisa Moore will join the cast and director Michelle Alexander on stage to answer audience questions in a Talkback session.

Award-winning and critically acclaimed Newfoundland writer Lisa Moore has adapted her 2009 novel FEBRUARY for the stage, and Alumnae Theatre Company is set to present the world premiere, running September 21 - October 6, 2012.

The new off-Broadway musical, Frankenstein, adapted from Mary Shelly's novel, officially opened on Thursday, November 1 at 37 Arts Theatre.