Drama

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The University of Alberta Department of Drama is committed to practical training and research into the nature of theatre itself.

St. Albert playwright receives $15,000 award

December 24, 2022

Louise Casemore (MFA Theatre Practice) a former St. Albert resident, is one of 20 recipients to receive the Edmonton Artists' Trust Fund Award
The Innocence of Trees: Play exploring the life of painter Agnes Martin premieres in Edmonton

December 08, 2022

Class of 2022 BFA Acting grad Emma Ryan appears in the Theatre Network production of "The Innocence of Trees".
Review: Absurdist Drama UBU ROI Earns Big Laughs at the Timms Centre for the Arts' Studio Theatre

December 04, 2022

The Studio Theatre production of "Ubu Roi" delivers an entertaining interpretation of the once-maligned farce.
How a play called The Breathing Hole has transformed to reclaim language and model Indigenous pathmaking

November 24, 2022

Reneltta Arluk, the first Indigenous woman to graduate from U of A’s BFA acting program (2005), directs Breathing Hole, a play transformed to reclaim language and model Indigenous pathmaking.
A Canadian theatre legend dies

November 21, 2022

Canadian theatre legend and champion of the University of Alberta drama department Thomas Peacocke died last week at the age of 90. Edmonton AM speaks with Jan Selman, professor at the University of Alberta's drama department.
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