Walterdale’s From Cradle to Stage – Director Submission Call
Festival Dates: May 20 – 25, 2025.
Edmonton’s foremost community theatre is now accepting submissions for this season’s new works festival! From Cradle to Stage 2025 at Walterdale Theatre is seeking 3 directors for our festival, which takes place May 20-25, 2025. Each director will direct 3 new works in one night, over the course of 2 evenings, to help bring these staged readings to life. New this year was the inclusion of 3 Dramaturgs, who are already working with the playwrights. We want directors with a bit of experience to help make two evenings each of great staged reading entertainment for our audience, but most importantly, to help facilitate the works on stage to the playwrights. Please fill in the Google form and the directors will be selected in February, 2025. Include your resume and a short writeup about why you would like to direct for Walterdale Theatre and for From Cradle to Stage 2025. We look forward to hearing from you!
Timeline:
- Three directors will be chosen in February 2025.
- Casting will begin at the beginning of March. Casting will occur via video submissions. Rehearsals will start mid-March and run right through to the festival on May 20-25. The rehearsals will be Zoom rehearsals until our April production wraps up, and then they will be moved to in-person rehearsals at Walterdale Theatre. Playwrights may have some say in the casting process (i.e. if specific genders or ethnicities are needed).
- Each director will direct three staged readings in one evening, with each set of three readings to take place twice. We want to avoid doubling up roles, so you should be casting as many performers as you can for each script.
- The deadline to submit to direct is midnight on January 31, 2025.
Eligible directors must live within 60km of Edmonton and have the ability to commute to the Walterdale. You do not need to be a current member of Walterdale Theatre to apply. Directors cannot direct their own scripts, if their scripts were chosen to be a part of the festival.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to email Festival Coordinator Shawn Marshall at shawnmarshallaaa@gmail.com and we look forward to hearing from you.
Walterdale Theatre acknowledges that our theatre is located on Treaty 6, a traditional territory of the Cree and has been an important trading place of the Saulteaux, Blackfoot, Nakota Sioux, Dene, and Métis peoples of western Canada for many thousands of years. We also recognize and honour that we are Treaty people and therefore seek to uphold the spirit and intent of this Treaty.