How far would you go to save someone you love? Or yourself? The Starling Effect is a world premiere by local playwright Lara Schmitz, produced by Verb Theatre, in association with Reckless Daughter Creative. It’s a new science fiction play that explores the limits of relationships when it includes keeping souls alive, body swapping and memory […]
Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House premiered in 1879 and Amy Herzog’s adaptation was written in 2023. The new version modernizes the play, setting it in an unknown year in the 20th century. Almost 150 years after being written, what’s at the core of the original script still rings with depth and poignancy. It’s no wonder that Theatre […]
Refusing dehumanization is the theme of Casey & Diana, a co-production between Alberta Theatre Projects and The Citadel Theatre, written by Nick Green. Casey House was Canada’s first stand-alone facility for people living with HIV/AIDS. It opened in 1988, during the height of the AIDS epidemic. People living with the disease were often ostracized and abandoned by […]