WCT - (Re)Imagine Series Program - 2017

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SAgEBRuSH SERIES MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET Book by Colin EsCott & Floyd Mutrux original Concept & direction by Floyd Mutrux

Oct 12 - 21, 2017 On a warm day in Memphis in 1956, ELVIS PRESLEY, JOHNNY CASH, CARL PERKINS, and JERRY LEE LEWIS came together to make music. They ended up making history. Brawling, laughing & jamming, they made some of the greatest rock hits ever!

A CHRISTMAS CAROL By jaMEs MaCdonald

Nov 30 - Dec 12, 2017 On a fateful Christmas Eve in Victorian London, the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is made to see the error of his ways through a timely visit by three spirits… and one very unhappy ghost. A classic tale for all times and all ages, specially created for WCT. from the book by CHarlEs diCKEns

THE BIRDS AND THE BEES

Jan 25 - Feb 3, 2018 By MarK CrawFord A sassy, sexy, modern comedy about beekeeping, turkey farming, and romance. guaranteed to make you laugh out loud, and full of wonderful messages about family, relationships with grown children, and finding true love at any age. A hot way to spend a chilly night.

GLORY

Feb 22 - Mar 3, 2018 An inspirational, triumphant new play based on an incredible true story of our national sport. In the 1930s, the Preston Rivulettes women’s hockey team won an astonishing 300 games, all while fighting through the Depression, prejudice, and personal upheaval. By traCEy powEr

produced in association with alberta theatre projects (Calgary)

CHILDREN OF GOD

Mar 29 - Apr 7, 2018 A gorgeous, powerful musical about an Oji-Cree family whose children were taken away to a residential school. Offering a thrilling blend of ancient traditions and contemporary realities, celebrating resilience and the power of the Indigenous cultural spirit. By CorEy payEttE

an urban ink (vancouver) production. produced in association with the Citadel theatre, in collaboration with naC English theatre in association with raven theatre (vancouver)/the Cultch (vancouver)

PAVILION SERIES THE BEST BROTHERS By daniEl MaCivor

Sep 14 - 23, 2017

A warm-hearted modern comedy with an edge. A free-spirited woman dies, leaving her two middle-aged sons to take care of her funeral arrangements, her personal life… and her feisty Italian greyhound. Learning how to grow up... or, perhaps, to stay young.

ARMSTRONG’S WAR By CollEEn MurpHy

Apr 12 - 21, 2018

Two very different Armstrong’s: 21-year-old Michael, a veteran of the Afghan conflict, and 12-year-old Halley, a plucky girl recently paralyzed. They meet in a hospital room over the course of several months and discover a renewed joy for life.

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