THE WAIT at the Edmonton International Fringe

the waitThe Wait

Description:  For Elena, Frankie, Miles, and Frank, waiting is an institution. But just because the people are standing still, it doesn’t mean life has to. With the help of superheroes, dancing, gin, snacks, and fellow humans, waiting ceases to be an annoying chore, and instead becomes an opportunity for personal connection. This show will give you a whole different perspective to think about while waiting in line outside Fringe venues!

Location:  Venue 9 – Telus Phone Museum

Times: 
Fri, Aug 18 – 8.30 pm
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un, Aug 20 – 10.30 pm
Mon, Aug 21 – 12 pm
Tues, Aug 22 – 6.30 pm
Thurs, Aug 24 – 3.45 pm
Sun, Aug 27 – 1.45 pm

Creative Team:

Written and directed by Maria Colonescu (Walterdale member)

Cast:
Samantha O’Connor
Alex D. Mackie (Walterdale member)
Syrell Wilson (Walterdale member)
Derek Kaye

The Novus Actors present The Charm Offensive at the 2017 Edmonton International Fringe.

Charm Offensive handbillEdmonton’s cadre of misfit lawyers are at it again, returning to the Edmonton International Fringe Festival for their third outing with local playwright Stewart Lemoine.

The Charm Offensive is a brand-new, cutlery-filled comedy by Stewart Lemoine, in which a determined duo sets out to kick incivility to the curb … for good and always!

Venue #12 – Varscona Theatre
Written by Stewart Lemoine
Directed by Stewart Lemoine and Mathew Hulshof
Stage Manager Gaby Phaneuf

Featuring: Mark Facundo, Stacey Grubb, Don MacCannell, Morgan McClelland, Ed Picard, and Marissa Tordoff.

All proceeds from the show will be donated to Teatro La Quindicina, a not-for-profit professional theatre company based in Edmonton.

For more information check out the Facebook event. Tickets are $16 and available here.

Poster Design: Ed Picard

See Walterdale Members in URINETOWN: THE MUSICAL at the Fringe!

PrintGrindstone Theatre presents URINETOWN The Musical!
at the 2017 Edmonton International Fringe!

Winner of three Tony Awards, three Outer Critics Circle Awards, two Lucille Lortel Awards and two Obie Awards, Urinetown is an hilarious musical satire of the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, bureaucracy, corporate mismanagement, municipal politics and musical theatre itself! Hilariously funny and touchingly honest, Urinetown provides a fresh perspective on one of America’s greatest art forms.In a Gotham-like city, a terrible water shortage, caused by a 20-year drought, has led to a government-enforced ban on private toilets. The citizens must use public amenities, regulated by a single malevolent company that profits by charging admission for one of humanity’s most basic needs. Amid the people, a hero decides that he’s had enough and plans a revolution to lead them all to freedom!

Inspired by the works of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, Urinetown is an irreverently humorous satire in which no one is safe from scrutiny. Praised for reinvigorating the very notion of what a musical could be, Urinetown catapults the “comedic romp” into the new millennium with its outrageous perspective, wickedly modern wit and sustained ability to produce gales of unbridled laughter.

Venue #16:  The Sanctuary Stage at Holy Trinity Anglican Church
Written by Mark Hollman and Greg Kotis
Directed by Byron Trevor Martin
Musical Director Vicky Berg
Stage Manager Erin Hayes
Designer Skylar Desjardins
Asst. Design Liza Xenzova
Featuring:
Bob Rasko,  Natalie Czar,  Ethan Snowden,  Carol Chu,  Rachel Matichuk,  Jake Tkaczyk,  Reed McColm,  Tom Edwards,  Kristen Finlay,  Malachi Wilkins,  Victoria Skorobohach,  Marc Ludwig,  Annette Loiselle, and Paul Morgan DonaldMusicians:
Thom Bennett,  Dan Davis, Josh Mchan

Poster Design by Kelsi Kalmer
Asst. Sewer Liz Grierson

For tickets, click here.


Urinetown is presented through special arrangement with Musical Theatre International.

 

See Walterdale Members this Fringe in THE TURN OF THE SCREW!

The Turn Of The Screw - PosterThe Turn of The Screw by Jeffrey Hatcher
Directed by Maria Colonescu

Featuring:
Darrell Portz – Man (Walterdale Member)
Shanni Pinkerton – Woman

Based on the provocative tale of suspense, horror and repressed sexuality, this adaptation gives the famous story yet another turn of its own. A young governess journeys to a lonely English manor house to care for two recently orphaned children. The new governess has begun to see specters haunting the children, and she must find a way to stop the fiends before it is too late. But one frightening question tortures the would-be heroine: Are the ghosts real, or are they the product of her own fevered imagination?

VENUE 9
Telus Phone Museum
10437 83 Avenue

Thursday, August 17 – 11:30 PM
Saturday, August 19 – Noon
Monday, August 21 – 6:45 PM
Wednesday, August 23 – 4:15 PM
Friday, August 25 – 7:15 PM
Saturday, August 26 – 2:00 PM

For tickets click here.

https://www.facebook.com/TTOTS2017/

Scona Alumni Theatre Co. presents HEATHERS THE MUSICAL

heathersScona Alumni Theatre Co. presents Heathers The Musical

Directed by Linette Smith
Music Direction by Matt Graham

A darkly delicious story of Veronica Sawyer, a brainy, beautiful teenage misfit who hustles her way into the most powerful and ruthless clique at Westerberg High: the Heathers. But before she can get comfortable atop the high school food chain, Veronica falls in love with the dangerously sexy new kid J.D. When Heather Chandler, the Almighty, kicks her out of the group, Veronica decides to bite the bullet and kiss Heather’s aerobicized ass…but J.D. has another plan for that bullet.

Brought to you by the award-winning creative team of Kevin Murphy (Reefer Madness, “Desperate Housewives”), Laurence O’Keefe (Bat Boy, Legally Blonde) and Andy Fickman (Reefer Madness, She’s the Man). Heathers The Musical is a hilarious, heartfelt, and homicidal new show based on the greatest teen comedy of all time. With its moving love story, laugh-out-loud comedy, and unflinching look at the joys and anguish of high school,. Are you in, or are you out?

Tickets available through the Fringe Box Office as of August 9 at noon.
Show 9:00 PM nightly except for Monday August 21/17

Foote in the Door presents DISENCHANTED at the Edmonton International Fringe!

Disenchanted Cast photoThis summer (August 17-27) Foote in the Door is excited to present the Edmonton premiere of the all female musical Disenchanted! at the Edmonton International Fringe Festival – the hilarious hit show that pokes fun at our favorite Disney princesses.

What is DISENCHANTED!?
Poisoned apples. Glass slippers. Who needs ’em?! Not Snow White and her posse of disenchanted princesses in the hilarious hit musical that’s anything but Grimm. Forget the princesses you think you know – the original storybook heroines have come back to life to set the record straight. After multiple sold-out runs nationwide, these royal renegades tossed off their tiaras to bring their hilariously subversive, not-for-the-kiddies musical to you – and what you thought about princesses will never be the same!

-from Disenchantedworldwide.com

Tickets are $13.00 and will be on sale online or from the Fringe Box office starting at noon on August 9.

Show length: 80 minutes
Venue is licensed, come and enjoy a beverage on the patio outside before the show!

Show Dates and Times:
August 18 7:00pm
August 19: 8:00pm
August 20 4:00pm
August 21 7:00pm
August 22 7:00pm
August 23 7:00pm
August 25 7:00pm
August 26 2:00pm, 8:00pm
August 27 4:00pm

Disenchanted! Cast & Crew

Snow White: Ruth Wong-Miller
Cinderella: Kathleen Sera
Sleeping Beauty: Larissa Pohoreski
Belle/Ariel/Rapunzel: Trish Van Doornum
Mulan/Princess Badroulbadour: Lynn Sutankayo
The Princess Who Kissed the Frog: Jameela McNeil

Director: Joy van de Ligt
Music Director: Erin Craig
Costume Designer: Kathleen Sera
Choreographer: Larissa Pohoreski

 

Lucky Wench Productions presents THE SUNSET SYNDROME by Alison Neuman

sunset syndromeEmily watched her husband of 60 years fight a battle with dementia and its related complications. A few years after his passing, she too is diagnosed with dementia. As Emily struggles with difficult decisions about her future, she reflects on important moments from her past.
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Director: Catherine Wenschlag
Asst Director: Rebecca Bissonnette
Stage Manager: Kevin Heaman
Cast: Grace Chapman, Shelby Colling, Kohl Littlechild, Andy Northrup, Rosanna Sargent, and Peg Young as Emily
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Tickets: $13 Adult/$11 Seniorhttps://www.fringetheatre.ca/festival/box-office-information/

Show times:
Fri Aug 18 – 7:00pm
Sat Aug 19 – 12:00noon
Sun Aug 20 – 3:30pm
Mon Aug 21 – 5:15pm
Wed Aug 23 – 5:15pm
Thu Aug 24 – 8:45pm
Fri Aug 25 – 1:45pm
Sat Aug 26 – 10:30pm
Sun Aug 27 – 12:00noon

All performances at:
Campus St. Jean Auditorium
8406 Rue Marie-Anne Gaboury NW
Edmonton, AB T6C 4G9

 

Straight Edge Theatre presents Evil Dead: The Musical

Evil DeadMusic by Christopher Bond, Frank Cipolla, Melissa Morris, and George Reinblatt
Book and Lyrics by George Reinblatt

August 17-27, 2017 as a part of Edmonton International Fringe Festival
All performances will be held at La Cite Francophone – 8627 91 St, Edmonton, AB T6C 4S8

Based on the cult-hit Horror franchise, five college students spend the weekend in an abandoned cabin in the woods, accidentally unleashing an evil terror… that dances and sings!!. From the folks who brought you the Sterling nominated 2016 Fringe hit, Bat Boy, come witness the horror and musical mayhem!

Director – Amanda Neufeld
Musical Director – Daniel Belland

Stage Manager – Bethany Hughes

Ash: Matthew Lindholm
Cheryl: Jaimi Reese
Annie – Amanda Neufeld
Shelly/Jake: Josh Travnik
Scott: Stephen Allred
Linda/Ed/Moose: Nadine Veroba

Show times:
F Aug 18 @ 6:45pm
S Aug 19 @ 4:45pm
S Aug 20 @ 2:45pm
M Aug 21 @ 9:00pm
T Aug 22 @ 2:00pm
W Aug 23 @ 9:15pm
T Aug 24 @ 4:30pm
F Aug 25 @ 11:00pm
S Aug 26 @ 4:30pm