Catalyst Theatre

Catalyst Theatre
Formation 1977
Type Theatre group
Purpose Original works
Location
Artistic director(s)
 Jonathan Christenson
Website http://www.catalysttheatre.ca/

Catalyst Theatre is a theatre company in Edmonton founded in 1977.[1] Catalyst Theatre creates and tours new work developed under Artistic Director Jonathan Christenson in collaboration with Resident Designer Bretta Gerecke. Since 1997, Catalyst’s artistic team has created original productions that have toured the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and the United States.

Catalyst operates from its own venue, a converted warehouse in Edmonton’s Old Strathcona district, which can seat 140 people. The building, dubbed C103, acts as the home of Catalyst's administrative offices and rehearsal hall, but is typically used by the Edmonton theatre community's thriving independent theatre scene.

Catalyst has received 25 Sterling Awards for its productions of The House of Pootsie Plunket, Songs for Sinners, Elephant Wake, Fusion 2001, The Blue Orphan, Carmen Angel, Frankenstein and Nevermore, and Hunchback. In 2012, Catalyst produced Whisper in association with Studio Theatre at the University of Alberta, which was performed by the school's BFA Acting class of 2012. In the spring of 2013 Catalyst produced another new work called "The Soul Collector" which ran at the Westbury Theatre. Catalyst's newest work, Vigilante, had a workshop production at Keyano Theatre in Fort McMurray in November/December 2013. Inspired by the story of the Donnelly family,Vigilante will make it's World Premiere at the Citadel Theatre previewing March 7, opening March 12, and running until March 29.

Production history

Unless otherwise indicated, all Catalyst productions were directed, written and composed by Jonathan Christenson and designed by Bretta Gerecke.

Board of Directors

Catalyst's Board of Directors consists of:

References

  1. ↑ The Catalyst Theatre

External links

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