Media
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Media Releases
May 20, 2025 – Joe Slabe announced as recipient of the 2025 Harry & Martha Cohen Award
May 2, 2025 – Alberta Theatre Projects victim of bank fraud
April 22, 2025 – Alberta Theatre Projects unveils 2025-26 “Season of Legends” featuring a bold lineup of iconic stories and untamed voices
April 8, 2025 – Uproarious comedy ‘Liars at a Funeral’ by Canadian playwright Sophia Fabiilli to close ATP’s 50th Anniversary Season
February 10, 2025 – Alberta Theatre Projects brings Rajiv Joseph’s wonderfully funny and remarkably moving King James to the stage
November 14, 2024 – ‘Charlotte’s Web’ returns to Alberta Theatre Projects this holiday season with a brand-new production
September 26, 2024 – Paul Gross stars in ‘The Seafarer’ at Alberta Theatre Projects
April 29, 2024 – Alberta Theatre Projects brings Arts Club Theatre Company’s hit production of ‘The Birds and the Bees’ to Calgary
April 11, 2024 – Renowned Canadian actor Paul Gross returns to Calgary as Alberta Theatre Projects unveils its 50th Anniversary Season
March 10, 2024 – Theatre innovator and Alberta Theatre Projects’ Artistic Director Haysam Kadri awarded the 2024 Harry & Martha Cohen Award
February 20, 2024 – Alberta Theatre Projects brings W.O. Mitchell’s curling classic back to the Martha Cohen Theatre stage
December 7, 2023 – Alberta Theatre Projects announces Peita Luti as Executive Director, Calgary-based arts leader chosen after national search
Sept 21, 2023 – Alberta Theatre Projects announces 2023-24 Season: Short Season, Big Drama!
May 18, 2023 – Calgary theatre staple becomes Artistic Director at Alberta Theatre Projects
April 5, 2023 – Alberta Theatre Projects close 2022-23 Season with Teenage Dick April 18-30
January 19, 2023 – The F Word confronts fatphobia, a Downstage World Premiere Production presented by Alberta Theatre Projects
November 28, 2022 – Expect the unexpected: Alberta Theatre Projects’ The Jungle Book presents a fun and wild ride through the jungle this holiday season
October 13, 2022 – Cowgirl Up hits the Martha Cohen Theatre stage to kick off Alberta Theatre Projects’ bold and magical 2022-23 Season
June 28, 2022 – Alberta Theatre Projects announces a bold, magical and provocative season, with their entertaining 2022-23 lineup of shows
March 30, 2021 – Alberta Theatre Projects presents Playwrights Projects 2022 – their second virtual offering of live readings from new Canadian plays in development
January 20, 2022 – Alberta Theatre Projects’ new show, Undressed, explores the question: what do you do with a used wedding dress?
November 16, 2021 – In Wonderland to be a true holiday spectacle, featuring three artists portraying all the familiar characters, supported by theatre magic
October 6, 2021 – Alberta Theatre Projects boldly embraces the future, with the appointment of a new Artistic and Executive Director, and the announcement of 2021-22 Season Lineup
September 29, 2021 – Alberta Theatre Projects launches fundraising initiative for the Darcy Evans Senior Management Apprenticeship
September 21, 2021 – Alberta Theatre Projects welcomes back audiences to the Martha Cohen Theatre with Stealing Sam
August 19, 2021 – Alberta Theatre Projects Announces First Recipient of the Darcy Evans Legacy Fund
April 22, 2021 – Alberta Theatre Projects’ Stealing Sam on hold until further notice
March 26, 2021 – Canadian theatre is back with Alberta Theatre Projects’ Stealing Sam
March 16, 2021 – Alberta Theatre Projects presents Playwrights Projects 2021 – a series of live virtual readings of new Canadian plays in development
February 22, 2021 – Alberta Theatre Projects Welcomes New Interim Executive Leadership
December 17, 2020 – Alberta Theatre Projects offers on demand streaming of The Wizard of Oz script reading
November 26, 2020 – Alberta Theatre Projects Regrets to Share News of the Passing of Darcy Evans, Executive and Artistic Director
November 17, 2020 – Alberta Theatre Projects Announces Livestream Presentation of The Wizard of Oz
October 5, 2020 – Alberta Theatre Projects launches Play Dates online day camps
September 2, 2020 – Alberta Theatre Projects Announces Playwrights Unit to Support Creation of New Canadian Plays
July 13, 2020 – Alberta Theatre Projects postpones 2020-21 Season
June 16, 2020 – Alberta Theatre Projects to modify 2020-2021 season due to COVID-19 and postponement of Cabaret tour
May 28, 2020 – Alberta Theatre Projects announces Playwrights Projects 2020: a series of digital workshops and live online readings
February 19, 2020 – Alberta Theatre Projects presents Actually by Anna Ziegler
January 29, 2020 – Alberta Theatre Projects & 2b theatre company present Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story
December 11, 2019 – The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe becomes highest selling show in the company’s history
November 5, 2019 – Alberta Theatre Projects presents The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
October 3, 2019 – Alberta Theatre Projects presents Disgraced, a hot-button, Pulitzer Prize-winning drama
September 4, 2019 – Alberta Theatre Projects’ The Wedding Party transforms the Martha Cohen Theatre into cabaret seating for the first time in over 20 years
March 18, 2019 –The New Canadian Curling Club breaks Alberta Theatre Projects Box Office Record
March 1, 2019 – Alberta Theatre Projects Closes its 2018/19 Season on the Button with The New Canadian Curling Club
February 4, 2019 – Just Announced: Alberta Theatre Projects’ 2019/20 Season of World-Class Contemporary Theatre in Calgary
January 15, 2019 – Alberta Theatre Projects and One Yellow Rabbit Bring Hit Solo Show Café Daughter to High Performance Rodeo
November 29, 2018 – ZORRO: Family Code Set to Make its Mark in Calgary This Holiday Season
November 20, 2018 – Alberta Theatre Projects Announces Giving Tuesday Campaign
October 16, 2018 – Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead is a Hit!
October 4, 2018 – Tony Award-Winning Comedy Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead Turns Shakespeare’s Classic Tragedy Inside Out
August 22, 2018 – Alberta Theatre Projects Announces Full Cast and Creative Teams for Fall 2018
August 7, 2018 – Alberta Theatre Projects Revises 2018/19 Season
May 24, 2018 – Alberta Theatre Projects welcomes Darcy Evans as its new Artistic Producer
April 3, 2018 – Just Announced: 2018/19 Season Captures a Defining Moment in Alberta Theatre Projects’ 47-Year History