ALCHEMY Festival of Student Work

by Joseph McManus

Monday, March 28, 2022 - 6 p.m.
Friday, April 1, 2022 - 6 p.m.
Saturday, April 2, 2022 - 6 p.m.

Reeve Theatre

When a cow suffers radiation poisoning and becomes Cowzilla, who is to blame, and who will stop this monster? This production is an interdisciplinary combination of the indoor marching arts with a dramatic storyline; featuring gore, massive puppets, and a sing-along section to create a full, audio-visual, interactive experience.

Audience Warnings: Crude humour, gore, loud noises

FREE ADMISSION

by Cosmo Christoffersen

Friday, April 1, 2022 – 6: 15 p.m., 6:45 p.m., 7:15 p.m.
Monday, April 4, 2022 – 7 p.m., 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 5, 2022 – 6 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 7 p.m. 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 6, 2022 – 6 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 7 p.m.

Doolittle Studio (Craigie Hall F206)

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is an immersive experience adapted from the fourteenth century Arthurian poem. Your senses will be engaged as you are invited to interact with the performance and embody your experience of a historically distant text.

Audience Warnings: Please be advised that this show engages with sensory provocation and participants may be touched by performers.

by Canadian playwright Meg Braem

Monday, March 28 - 8 p.m.
Tuesday, March 29 - 7 p.m.

University Theatre

Created by Drama Faculty Christine Brubaker & April Viczko in collaboration with Dr. Glenn Dolphin, Geosciences.

This end of season performance is an exciting collaboration between UCalgary Drama & Geoscience. It explores the lives of Marie Tharpe (1920-2006/ ocean cartographer), Eunice Foote (1819-1898/ atmospheric warming), Dollie Radler Hall (1897-1995/ discovery of oil using seismic energy), and Florence Bascom (1862-1945/ Geoscience educator) four under-recognized female scientists and their discoveries, and how the role of gender influenced their practice and how history recorded - or forgot them.

by Eden Middleton and Directed by Camryn Dawn Hathaway

Monday March 28 – 7 p.m.
Tuesday, March 29 – 6 p.m.
Wednesday, March 30 – 7 p.m.

F. R. Matthews Theatre (Craigie Hall F101)

How has your relationship with your art changed during this time? With your loved ones? With yourself? Hoping You Are Well uses the verbatim voices of University of Calgary Drama students to reflect on community, change and creativity when we are kept six feet apart.

Audience Warnings: Mature content

*Part of the Triple Bill performances

by Alison Bloxham and Stephanie Alexandre

Monday March 28 – 7 p.m.
Tuesday, March 29 – 6 p.m.
Wednesday, March 30 – 7 p.m.

F.R. Matthews Theatre (Craigie Hall F101)

While two sisters take a long road trip through the night to make it in time to their brother’s wedding, they practice their opera skills, analysis family dynamics, and talk about everything in between.  As their trip continues, the tension rises and old memories begin to surface. You’re Driving Me Crazy explores the oscillation between love and rage for those caught together in a confined space.

Audience Warnings: Mature language, strobe, loud noise

*Part of the Triple Bill performances

by Caryl Churchill. Directed by Cali Sproule.

Thursday, March 31 – 7 p.m.
Friday, April 1 – 8 p.m.
Saturday, April 2 – 8 p.m.

Reeve Theatre

Here We Go is a one-act play about the fragility of life by British playwright Caryl Churchill. A funeral party for a man with an adventurous past and a ginger cat that needs a home. Where is he now? Is his heart lighter than a feather? How did he die? And what happens to his friends?

Audience Warnings: Mentions of death by suicide and illnesses

Directed by by Stafford Perry

Thursday, March 31 – 6 p.m.
Saturday, April 2 – 6:30 p.m.
Monday, April 4 – 7 p.m.

F.R. Matthews Theatre (Craigie Hall F101)

The manliest show ever done!! Seriously! Don’t laugh it’s not funny!

This interactive theatre experience explores gender expectations, masculinity, and the impact they have on identity, behavior, and relationships. What does it mean to be The Man? Using a theatre audition as a laboratory we will “tackle” this question together (tackle is a football term- Very manly). Through improv, humour, storytelling, and group facilitation this performance will start a conversation that is needed. Are you man enough!? (you don’t need to be, just come join us.)

Audience Warnings: This performance explores masculine gender norms and pressures and the harms they can cause. It uses offensive language and addresses the topic of gender based sexual violence.

by Jennifer Rachel Weiner. Directed by Randi Edmundson.

Thursday, April 7 – 8 p.m.
Friday, April 8 – 6:45 p.m.
Saturday, April 9 – 6:45 p.m.

Reeve Theatre

BoYz may come and Go, bUt hOrSes aRe 4ever… Twelve-year-old Ashleigh rules the Lady Jean Ladies, South Florida’s most exclusive horse club. News that her family’s stables are being sold and their horses killed for meat throws the Ladies into crisis in this dark comedy of middle school deception and lies.

Audience Warnings: Mature language, mature content, and violence. Trigger warning may include: fatphobia, self-harm, and homophobia.

 by Leanna Brodie. A reading directed by Jenna Turk.

Wednesday, April 6 – 8 p.m.
Thursday, April 7 – 6 p.m.
Saturday, April 9 - 8 p.m.

F. R. Matthews Theatre (Craigie Hall F101)

A young adoptee’s exploration of her multiple origins reveals a lot more than she bargained for. Biological is an examination of motherhood, family, the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves, and the true nature of the ties that bind.

Audience Warnings: *Art can be surprising and provocative and sometimes the stories we tell explore sensitive yet important issues. We advise you to consult with our Box Office staff before purchasing tickets if you have concerns about any particular themes, behaviour, or language. We want you to safely enjoy your theatre experience.

Directed by Meghann Michalsky

Monday March 28 – 7 p.m.
Tuesday, March 29 – 6 p.m.
Wednesday, March 30 – 7 p.m.

F.R. Matthews Theatre (Craigie Hall F101)

Aftermath takes place in a world after everything around us has collapsed. It’s sourced from a place of refuge - a place for new beginnings. This choreography demonstrates the interest in investigating the concepts of unity, habit, and ritual in one’s self and society as we all triumph through chaos.

Audience Warnings: possible strobe lights

*Part of the Triple Bill performances

Directed by Melissa Monteros

Friday, April 8 - 8 p.m.
Saturday, April 9 - 8 p.m.

University Theatre

Dance@Night presents the summative choreographic and directorial work of our senior Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Dance students, through the live performance of students at all levels in the dance program. In addition to these pieces, the Dance Division’s graduating BFA cohort will be performing a new choreographic work by Calgary-based multidisciplinary artist Jessica McMann.

Directed by Julie Harris

Tuesday, March 29 - 8 p.m.

Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, Rozsa Centre

An evening of French baroque vocal music, interspersed with gems from the early Italian baroque. Voices will be joined by harpsichord, organ and theorbo. Guest artist: Ralph Maier, theorbo. Directed by Julie Harris.

Directed by Ralph Maier

Wednesday, March 30 - 8 p.m.

Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, Rozsa Centre

UCalgary Guitar Ensemble presents an evening of music for classical guitar featuring solos, duets, trios, and quartets.

Directed by Gareth Jones and Tyler Hornby

Thursday, March 31 - 8 p.m.

Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, Rozsa Centre

The programme includes: Spirit of Brass by Enrique Crespo, Bells by Ian McDougall, Air from Suite No. 3 by J.S. Bach, Symphony in Brass by Eric Ewazen, and more.

Saturday, April 2 - 4 p.m.

Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, Rozsa Centre | live-stream

Join us for the world premiere performances of works written by students of the University of Calgary’s music composition program as part of the Land’s End Ensemble’s annual Student Composers’ Program.

Directed by Edmond Agopian

Monday, April 4 - 8 p.m.

Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, Rozsa Centre

The Chamber Music Program at the University of Calgary offers a rich and varied experience for qualified performers regardless of instrument.

Directed by Gareth Jones

Tuesday, April 5 - 8 p.m.

Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, Rozsa Centre | live-stream

The University of Calgary Wind Ensemble has earned a reputation as one of the finest University groups of its kind in Canada and one of the principal international leaders in the field.

Directed by Kathryn Parrotta & Jean-Louis Bleau

Friday, April 8 - 8 p.m.

Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, Rozsa Centre | live-stream

The UCalgary Chorus is our largest choir and provides an opportunity for all university students to be involved in a choral experience. The UCalgary Chamber Choir seeks to perform a broad range of repertoire, engage in collaborative projects, and develop partnerships with other artists and ensembles.
 

Interdisciplinary performances:

Cowzilla: Rise of MechaCow, Created and Directed by Joseph McManus and Cadence Sullivan. March 28, April 1 & 2 (FREE), Reeve Theatre
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Created and Directed by Cosmo Christoffersen. April 1, 4, 5 & 6

Drama performances:

Formations, by Megan Braem. Directed by Christine Brubaker. March 28 & 29
Hoping You Are Well, by Eden Middleton and Directed by Camryn Dawn Hathaway March 28, 29 & 30 *Part of Triple Bill
You’re Driving Me Crazy, Created and Directed by Alison Bloxham and Stephanie Alexandre. March 28, 29 & 30 *Part of Triple Bill
Here We Go, by Caryl Churchill. Directed by Cali Sproule. March 31, April 1 & 2
The Man, Directed by by Stafford Perry. March 31, April 2 & 4
Horse Girls, by Jennifer Rachel Weiner. Directed by Randi Edmundson. April 7, 8 & 9

Staged Reading:

Biological, by Leanna Brodie. A reading directed by Jenna Turk. April 6, 7 & 9

Dance performances:

Aftermath, directed by Meghann Michalsky. March 28, 29 & 30 *Part of Triple Bill
Dance@Night, directed by Melissa Monteros. April 8 & 9

Music performances:

Collegium Musicum, directed by Julie Harris. March 29
Guitar Ensemble, directed by Ralph Maier. March 30
Brass and Percussion Ensemble, directed by Gareth Jones & Tyler Hornby. March 31
Clock, Clouds, and Colours: Land’s End Student Composers Concert, April 2
Chamber Music Ensembles, directed by Edmond Agopian. April 4
Wind Ensemble, directed by Gareth Jones. April 5
UCalgary Chorus & UCalgary Chamber Choir, directed by Jean-Louis Bleau & Kathryn Parrott. April 8