Stage One - Friday June 20th Presentations

Emerging Artist Program at the

2025 Stage One Festival of New Canadian Work

Please join us in the Devonian Gardens on Friday June 20th for two free readings of new Canadian plays. Each play will be followed by a talkback lead by our Artistic Director Bronwyn Steinberg.

One sign up will get you into both readings, but the gardens are open so come and go as you please.

The Gardens can be found at: 400, 317 7 Ave. S.W on the 4 floor in the CORE Shopping Centre

Friday June 20th Lineup:

3pm Rupert's Land

by James Hart

Life is piling on Rupert. It’s too much. He escapes to a remote atoll in the South Pacific leaving everything behind, including Penny. A kind of peace and quiet happens after that but it’s not exactly peaceful or quiet. Conversing with nature takes a different spin. And in the end, there’s a beginning.

Directed by Steven Conde

Cast: Braden Griffiths, Camille Pavlenko & Garret Smith

Stage Manager: Meredith Johnston

4:30pm The Last 1.5 Librarians North of Lethbridge

by Anna Leslie

While curmudgeonly former librarian Jean seeks food in a climate disaster-induced wasteland, the eccentric Frankie seeks information to save. When they meet at a Little Free Library, Frankie recruits Jean to help preserve knowledge. Friendship forms between the unlikely duo as they establish the first post-apocalyptic library.

Directed by Bronwyn Steinberg

Cast: Kat Armstrong & Shawna Burnett

Stage Manager: Chandler Ontkean

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