Workshop West Playwrights' Theatre

We are a professional theatre company dedicated to the development, production, promotion, and presentation of Canadian playwrights and new Canadian works.

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"This is a story about orphans… and showtunes."

BOY PLAYER by Frank Moher, an Audience Choice Award winner, makes its Edmonton debut Nov 4–15 at The Gateway Theatre. Pay What You Will.

Only 9 performances! 🎟️ https://t.co/z8TPcDod8L

#yegtheatre #yegarts

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Our 2026/27 Season is here! 🎭 3 shows + a festival: Boy Player, Last Supper, Springboards & Billy Bishop Goes to War. Subscriptions are Pay What You Will, on sale now, and include Dark Monday VIP Club membership. 🖤 https://t.co/yKloPvaEV8 #YEGtheatre

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Let's do the time warp again! 🕰️👄 We're screening The Rocky Horror Picture Show at The Gateway Theatre for one night only on October 31st. Choose your pleasure: 7:00 PM or 9:30 PM.
Grab your tickets now at https://t.co/z8TPcDod8L. #RockyHorror #GatewayTheatreYEG

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Calling all art lovers 🎨 The Gateway Gallery is looking for a sponsor to champion local art. Your name on the gallery plaque, seen by every guest on their way to a show. Interested? Email [email protected] #yegarts #yeglocal

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Submissions are reviewed by our Dramaturg in Residence, Conni Massing.

📄 A full-length play is usually 50+ pages, or around 35–40 for a monologue
📧 submit, email a cover letter, résumé, synopsis, and an excerpt of up to 20 pages to [email protected]

#yegtheatre

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Reading Service connects AB playwrights with our Assistant Dramaturg, Jessy Ardern, for 1-on-1 feedback on works in progress.

📅 October 15 to May 15
📝 1 draft per playwright, a stage play (no musicals, TV, or radio)
💸 The service is completely free
https://t.co/px21FLIGO0

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We open our season with @frankmoher ‘s Boy Player.

“A spellbinding production that ticked every box.”
-Audience Review, Western Edge Theatre, BC

Moving, surprising, & unexpectedly funny, Boy Player is Frank’s true story as an orphaned child suddenly transplanted from YEG to NYC

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'The Ties That Bind': @WorkshopWest announces a new season, with a new Conni Massing comedy, a Canadian classic, and a solo memoir by a Canadian star. A 12thnight PREVIEW: https://t.co/MlWfjFu1Jq. #yegtheatre #yegarts

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Sponsor The Gateway Theatre

Visit our website for more info: https://t.co/l5E062J6qy

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Martin Galba, Managing Director, shares his thoughts and insights about our upcoming 2026.2027 Season, and why it’s entitled The Ties That Bind.

https://t.co/3sLKNpCtnM

#canadianplays #canadiantheatre #yegtheatre #yegarts

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THE TIES THAT BIND is the title of our 2026.2027 Season. Subscriptions are now on sale!

Get yours today!

Includes:

1 ticket to each of our MainStage shows.
1 ticket to each evening of our Springboards Festival
and VIP access to you and your +1 to Dark Mondays

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Subscriptions for our 2023/2024 season are now on sale! Prices are available in tiered rates to help support accessibility. For further purchase details please visit https://t.co/n9ploLZM67 See you at The Gateway Theatre this year!

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Thank you @lizonstage for the wonderful preview of our 45th Theatre Season, "Borderlands: Encounters on the Outskirts". We are so excited to share with audiences these playwrights, their plays, and the rest of our season's fabulous company of artists!

[Liz Nicholls @lizonstage]

Close encounters in the borderlands: @WorkshopWest announces a new season, their 45th. Here's the 2023-2024 lineup (with annotations from artistic director @Heather_Inglis: https://t.co/g4wzlh7Q5L #YEGtheatre #YEGarts #YEG

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Tune in Wednesday, August 2 at 1:45pm MT when host @CKUATony speaks with playwright Michelle Robb about "Tell Us What Happened", a @WorkshopWest Playwrights' Theatre premiere. https://t.co/sk1MkpwtME

Missed the live broadcast? LIsten with OnDemand ➡️ https://t.co/emHvBbUmAl

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Workshop West is thrilled to announce that @jdtkaczyk has joined WWPT in the role of General Manager! Jake brings impressive artistic and administrative expertise and a comprehensive knowledge of Canadian Theatre to Workshop West's business leadership. Welcome Jake! ❤️👏

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Congrats to all the nominees in the Multi-Media category! And also a special congrats to @Epic__Photos Ian Jackson for his brilliant work on Liam Salmon's SUBSCRIBE OR LIKE!

[Sterling Awards @awards_sterling]

Multi-Media
Hugh Conacher, Network @citadeltheatre @MTCwinnipeg
S Katy Tucker, Orphée+ @edmontonopera
Matt Schuurman, 100 Words for Snow
@NLTyeg
T. Erin Gruber with Rebecca Cypher, The Space Between Stars @SmallMattersP @SkirtsAfire
Ian Jackson, Subscribe or Like
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Congrats to all the nominees! And to Darrin Hagen again, for his work on WWPTs UNSUNG: Tales From the Front Line. Darrin also conducted all the interviews with our health care subjects and used the material to create moving and utterly truthful one person performance pieces. 👏❤️

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Score Play/Musical
Romeo Candido/Prison Dancer
@citadeltheatre @prisondancer
Hawksley Workman/Almost a Full Moon
@citadeltheatre
Simon Abbott&Byron Martin, Jason Kenney’s Hot Boy Summer
@Grindstoneyeg
Farhad Khosravi, Anahita’s Republic (AuTash)
Darrin Hagen/Unsung
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Congratulations to our SUBSCRIBE OR LIKE Outstanding Sound Designer Darrin Hagen! His work is EVERYWHERE in this season. We are thrilled for him. ❤️

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Outstanding Sound Design
Aaron Macri, Alina @Pyretic_Prod
Dave Clarke, The Royale @citadeltheatre
Daniela Fernandez, A Hundred Words for Snow @NLTyeg
Darrin Hagen, Subscribe or Like @WorkshopWest
Darrin Hagen and Morag Northey, The Innocence of Trees @Theatre_Network

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Thank you for the twitter love @lizonstage ! The show works itself into one's mind and being and lives there for a while. We love it when art does this :)

[Liz Nicholls @lizonstage]

Can't stop thinking about this new social media thriller, in a digital world where 'real' isn't an either/or choice: Liam Salmon's Subscribe Or Like at @WorkshopWest, a 12thnight REVIEW, https://t.co/ZiHanbdO1l #yegtheatre #yegarts #yegwhere

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Our ferocious actors Gabby Bernard & Geoffrey Simon Brown visited Global Edmonton this morning to discuss Subscribe or Like--what it's about, what you can expect, the joys of the show & the audience response to @salmliam 's play. What a great interview!
https://t.co/cd3EXCGFBr