Help Sage Theatre - Casino volunteers needed!
Sage Theatre is participating in Cowboys Casino on March 6&7 2025 and looking for volunteers in different shifts in different roles.
Please note : Volunteers are limited to one role at a time. Volunteers who are working in a role cannot act in another role the next day.
Volunteers are needed for the following positions –
- Cashier
- Chip Runner:
- Count Room Supervisor
- Count Room Staff
Boom Baby - a play by Natalie Meisner
28 Feb – 08 Mar | Pumphouse Theatres
In the Patch, everything is measured in dollars and sense. Except… some things are priceless.
About Boom Baby
Award-winning play Boom Baby features Iona, a Nova Scotian who ventures west to work in the oilpatch. Her fragile independence is upended when she unexpectedly finds herself pregnant. She is unsettled by the pregnancy and feels all her options involve serious complications, including offering the child for adoption to an infertile couple who work in management. Can you buy a baby? The intersection of different class cultures in the energy industry meet in this potent, funny and thought-provoking play.
Tickets
At Sage Theatre, we’re committed to accessible theatre through tiered ticket options. With three price levels, you can support our show and our vibrant arts community.
Ticket tiers:
- $60
- $30 – standard ticket price
- $15
Meet the Playwright
Natalie Meisner
Natalie Meisner is a poet and playwright who was born and raised on the Mi’kma’ki / South Shore of Nova Scotia and began her work in the indie theatre and spoken word poetry scenes of Halifax. After studying literature and theatre at Kings/ Dalhousie, she trained as an actor at the National Theatre School then headed west coast for a MFA in Creative Writing at UBC, and Ph.D at the University of Calgary. She has seven full length books in various genres, and served as Calgary/ Mohkinstsis’ 5th Poet Laureate. She is a wife, a mom to two great boys, and a full professor of creative writing at Mount Royal University where she loves helping other writers find their voice.
Production Partner
Later this season
Mary Stuart, By Dacia Maraini
April 21 – May 4, 2025
Motel Theatre
Directed by Javier Vilalta
Freely inspired by the work of Friedrich von Schiller, Dacia Maraini’s Mary Stuart depicts a confrontation between the Queen of Scotland and her cousin, Elizabeth I, Queen of England. But more than a historical drama, it is a conflict between two women that is at stake here. Mary Stuart envies the power her cousin holds; Elizabeth is jealous of the femininity of others. The conflict is also internal, because each person is in struggle with herself, struggling with dreams that thwart her ambitions.
From director Javier Vilalta: “What excites me most is to give two female performers the opportunity to showcase their talents in a staging where gender and politics are explored at length.” The cast includes Lauren Brotman and Norma Lewis.
IGNITE! Festival of Emerging Artists
June 2025
Every year in June, Sage Theatre presents the IGNITE! Festival of Emerging Artists – a multi-disciplinary, 4-day festival of emerging art and artists. It’s big, it’s bold, it’s beautiful! With about 100 artists programmed each year, IGNITE! is a fantastic development, networking, and presentation opportunity for Calgary’s artists.
IGNITE! is a festival dedicated to supporting, mentoring and presenting early career artists of all disciplines. IGNITE! allows artists to embrace risks in a supportive environment while providing resources, a bridge to the professional arts community, and meaningful opportunities for collaboration and community building with their peers.
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