Live Five
The Deadline for the SPC/Live Five Partnership is May 1^st. The successful applicant will be announced at Spring Festival. Have you applied yet?
Details and applications are here.
http://www.livefive.ca/get-involved/spc-partnership/

Got questions?  Ask Andrew andrew@saskplaywrights.ca

Did you know that the inaugural production of this partnership, Naked Tourist, Sacred Mountain, played to full houses, introduced some members of our Malaysian community to Live Five for the first time, and received funding to do a tour?

Get after it!!

Shortcuts 2019
Here is a list of the plays and playwrights included in the next Shortcuts Festival, to be held in the winter of 2019. Notice how many Saskatchewan playwrights there are here? All but one. Great job you guys. Looking forward to working with you.
The Watch by Jenna Berenbaum
Possum by S. E. Grummett
Asylum of the Birds by Lauren Holfeuer
A Million Words Unspoken by Terry Jordan
172 Push-Ups by Scott Mullen
Before Dawn by Aaron Marie Nepoose

Women and Femme Folk Playwrights Circle
The final Women and Femme Folk Playwrights Circle of the season will be held next week, May 1^st, at 7:00 at the Francis Morrison Public Library. If you haven’t checked it out yet, why don’t you?
Details here: https://saskplaywrights.ca/program/women-and-femme-folk-playwrights-circle/

Spring Festival
It finally feels like spring and our attention turns now to the Spring Festival of New Plays taking place May 23^rd to 27^th. All workshops and public readings will take place at Persephone Theatre and we are excited and grateful for their partnership with us.

Did you know that 4 plays will have full readings this year? Did you know that on May 23^rd at 7:00 we will have a kick-off reception in Persephone’s lobby, followed by readings of excerpts from plays in this year’s SPC/Persephone Playwrights Unit?
Did you know that there are more details here? https://saskplaywrights.ca/program/spring-festival-of-new-plays/

Do you want us to stop asking questions now? Do you?

Saskatoon Playwrights Circle

The Circle meets on the 3^rd Monday of the month from 7:00 to 9:00 in room 727 of the Bessborough.  It will return again in the fall of 2018.
Have a play? Let Andrew know at andrew@saskplaywrights.ca

Regina Playwrights Circle

The Regina Playwrights Reading Circle is organized by the Centre for the Study of Script Development to provide regular monthly opportunities for playwrights to have work in progress read by actors and for them to receive feedback from other writers and the actors.  Anyone interested in having a reading should contact Mary Blackstone, Centre Director at blackstm@uregina.ca.  Circle gatherings run from 7:00-9:00PM in Riddell Centre 178 at the University of Regina.  Watch for announcements abou the upcoming 2018-2019 season in the fall.

Indigenous Playwrights Circle
Our first meeting of the year was terrific. Great group of young and enthusiastic artists. There is still room for more. If you would like to join this group, or would like more information please contact andrew@saskplaywrights.ca

Regina Playwrights Reading SeriesThis year’s 2017-2018 season of the Regina Playwrights Reading Series is jointly hosted by the English and Theatre Departments at the University of Regina in partnership with the Centre for the Study of Script Development and the Saskatchewan Writers Guild thanks to funding from the Playwrights Guild of Canada.  Fall readings featured Nicolas Billon, whose play Butcher will shortly be produced at Persephone Theatre, and Hope McIntyre, Saskatoon native and long-term organizer of Winnipeg’s Femfest.   All winter readings will begin at 8:00PM on the U of R campus in Research and Innovation Centre 119. Watch for more details about 2018-2019 season.

Sask On Stage

Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan
Titus A.- July 12- August 19
Hamlet- July 5 to August 19
Merry Wives of Windsor- July 4 to August 19
For tickets, click here

Wide Open Children’s Theatre

To find out what’s happening, click the link below.
For more information, click here

Dancing Sky Theatre

Blow Wind

by Daniel Macdonald

with music by Eileen Laverty

May 11 – 27, 2018

For tickets, go to:
www.dancingskytheatre.com

Globe Theatre (Regina)

Persephone Theatre (Saskatoon)

LiveFive (Saskatoon)

DEATH OF A SALESMAN

By Arthur Miller
Produced by Theatre Naught

BUY TICKETS
Apr 27th – 29th & May 3rd – 6th, 2018

Pay-what-you-can Preview Apr 26th

Thursdays through Saturdays @ 8pm

Sundays @ 2pm

For tickets, click here.

Check out the new 2018-2019 season announcement!

Gordon Tootoosis Nikaniwin Theatre (Saskatoon)

Stay tuned for details on the 2018-2019 season!

Troup du Jour (Saskatoon)

TRYO’S THREE SPOTS

May 12 At La Troupe du Jour
For children aged 2 to 6
9:30 AM and 11:30 AM

Produced by

La Troupe du Jour

Written by

David Baudemont

Directed by

Isabelle Payant
Click here for more information.

Saskatoon Summer Players

Annie
June 30 – July 8, 2018
Remai Arts Centre

For more information, click here.,

Battleford Community Players

For more information, contact Roy at 306-446-3133