Walterdale’s From Cradle to Stage – Submission Call

Festival Dates: May 20 – 25, 2025.

Edmonton’s foremost community theatre is now accepting submissions for this season’s new works festival! Walterdale Theatre welcomes original play submissions from emerging local playwrights and offers the opportunity to share their work and gain audience feedback through staged readings at From Cradle to Stage.

New this year will be the addition of 3 professional Dramaturgs to help guide you throughout the writing process. Heather Inglis, Beth Graham, and Darrin Hagen will bring their incomparable talents through workshops and note sessions at various points leading to live performances.

Playwright submissions are now closed. Please check back soon for the announced programming for this year and for more information on how to be involved as an actor or a director in this upcoming festival!


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.