Alberta Playwrights Network

Alberta Playwrights Network
Formation 1985
Type Professional association
Purpose Playwriting
Location
Official language
 English
President
 Sharon Pollock
Affiliations Scripts At Work
Website http://www.albertaplaywrights.com/

The Alberta Playwrights Network (APN) is a professional association that was founded in 1985 to develop and support playwrights.[1] It hosts a competition called the New Play Development Program.[2] Gordon Pengilly is a dramaturge for the Alberta Playwrights Network,[3] as is Gisèle Villeneuve.[4] Sharon Pollock was elected president of the Alberta Playwrights Network in 1998.[5] Sandra Dempsey had previously been the president.[6] The Alberta Playwrights Network supported Katherine Koller in writing such plays as The Seed Savers.[7] The association produces a newsletter called Rave Review.[8] The Alberta Playwrights Network has also engaged in playwright exchanges with other associations, including the Saskatchewan Playwrights Centre and the Playwrights Theatre Centre.[9] The Alberta Playwrights Network also presents an annual award with Scripts At Work called the Scripts At Work/Alberta Playwrights Network Award.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Moira Day (2011). Moira Day, ed. "Introduction". West-Words: Celebrating Western Canadian Theatre and Playwriting (CPRC Press): xiii. ISBN 0889772355. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
  2. ↑ Aviva Ravel (1996). Canadian Mosaic II: Six Plays. Dundurn Group. p. 256. ISBN 0889242747. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
  3. ↑ Robin C. Whittaker (2008). Hot Thespian Action!: Ten Première Plays from Walterdale Playhouse. Athabasca University Press. p. 184. ISBN 1897425260. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
  4. ↑ Gilles Cadrin; Paul Dubé; Laurent Godbout (1998). Dictionnaire des Artistes et des Auteurs Francophones de l'Ouest Canadien. Presses Université Laval. p. 326. ISBN 2763775667. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
  5. ↑ Anna Nothof (2000). Sharon Pollack: Essays on Her Works. Guernica Editions. p. 181. ISBN 1550711083. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
  6. ↑ Mary Ross; Ron Cameron (1990). Behind the Scenes: A Canadian Scene Book. Dundurn Group. p. 36. ISBN 0889241945. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
  7. ↑ Katherine Koller (2012). Voices of the Land: The Seed Savers and Other Plays. Athabasca University Press. ISBN 1926836936. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
  8. ↑ Sherrill Grace (2008). Making Theatre: A Life of Sharon Pollock. Talonbooks. p. 298. ISBN 0889225869. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
  9. ↑ Bruce Barton (2010). Developing Nation: New Play Creation in English-Speaking Canada. Theatre Communications Group. ISBN 0887545939. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
  10. ↑ Mark Weber (July 14, 2010). "Author explores plight of Malaysian refugees". Red Deer Express.