Mount Allison Drama Studies Program

Come see An Inspector Calls! Reservations available!

Need prod hours? Come in Sunday!

Audition for An Inspector Calls!

Come join us for our annual season launch! Social hosted by the Drama Studies Society to follow

Congratulations to drama's Paul A. Del Motte — appointed President-Elect of the Canadian Institute for Theatre Technology's National Board of Directors.

Del Motte has been the wizard behind the lighting and sound at Mount Allison drama productions for 36 years as production manager in the Drama Studies program, as well as a lecturer.

Now he is lending his considerable experience, talent, and expertise to CITT/ICTS, which seeks to support professional theatre across the country.

Full story: https://mta.ca/about/news/mta-drama-production-manager-appointed-president-elect-national-board-mon-11222021-1100

Live Bait Theatre Summer Job - Environmental Theatre Project Coordinator Internship - DEADLINE APRIL 21

Live Bait is looking for someone who is passionate about theatre and the environment and wants to work with them to create a show for children and to work on other theatre projects.

If you are interested (and to apply) visit https://www.mta.ca/Community/Student_services/Career_Services/Students/Available_Internships/Summer_internships/ or for questions contact Live Bait at [email protected]

PLEASE NOTE - the deadline to apply is April 21, revised from a previous date.

Congratulations to all our students finishing their final year, first year, and everything in-between. Good luck on exams, you’ve got this!

Although we can’t gather in person, we’re celebrating the Class of 2021 virtually:

▸ LAST LECTURE — April 29

The Class of 2021 will be honoured virtually at the seventh annual Last Lecture. Recognizing graduates for their contributions to the Mount Allison and Sackville communities, a number of grad awards will be announced.

▸ CONFERRING OF DEGREES — May 17

Mount Allison will confer degrees for the Class of 2021 on Monday, May 17. The broadcast will see approximately 400 graduands receive their degrees in absentia.

Details: https://www.mta.ca/convocation/

After a year of fantastic online shows, we are thrilled to be opening our first in-person show (and the last of this year’s season), Fun Home, tonight!

If you’re a current MtA student, faculty, or staff, you can come join us for this wonderful and moving musical from April 8th-10th! Check out the event page for more info!

Limited seating, tickets available at mta.ca/theatre/tickets

JOB OPPORTUNITY (Festival by the Marsh)
Paid Summer Stage Manager Internship in Sackville!

Festival by the Marsh is back – and we are looking for a Stage Manager and Theatre Practitioner who will stage manage and possibly act (or not) in the Festival by the Marsh's outdoor production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" which will be performed the week of August 9 at Fort Beausejour. Stage Management of the play will take up at least three quarters of the Intern's time. They will also assist with workshops for young people, and assist with other administration and theatrical duties (including helping to organize costumes and props, researching topics, and other activities) for this summer festival.

Preferred qualifications include:
- Competent stage manager
- Stage management or related experience preferred
- Some knowledge of Shakespeare and his plays would be useful
- Dependable
- Works well with others
- Other theatre related or administrative skills would be a benefit

Deadline for applications is March 18. To apply, visit https://www.mta.ca/Community/Student_services/Career_Services/Students/Available_Internships/Summer_internships/

For more information on this position, or other summer positions with Festival, email [email protected]

We’re excited to announce our new Crake Drama Fellow for the 2021-2022 year! Valmai Goggin! Please join us in welcoming Valmai who will join us in Sackville later this summer.

Originally from Nova Scotia, Valmai has been professionally based in Calgary for over a decade, and has worked across Alberta as a Director, Dramaturg, Producer, and Educator. She holds an MFA in Directing from the University of Calgary and a BA in English and Drama from Mount Allison University. Her MFA thesis explored the staging and performance of memory in Michel Tremblay’s Albertine, in Five Times. Most recently, she was Associate Artistic Producer at Lunchbox Theatre, with a focus on new play development. As a proud Maritimer and Mount Allison alumna, Valmai is delighted to be returning to Sackville as the 2021-2022 Crake Fellow.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
We are excited to welcome our new Resident Designer, Julia Kim!

Julia is a Set and Costumes Designer with experience in theatre and dance. She graduated from Ryerson University with a BFA (Hons.) in Performance Production in 2015. She’s been working primarily in Southern Ontario, designing for independent theatre productions in Toronto as well as working as an assistant designer at Stratford Festival and Shaw Festival. In 2020, she was nominated for the Pauline McGibbon Award.

Selected Design Credits include: set and costume design for A (Musical) Midsummer Night’s Dream, Driftwood Theatre (2019); Cannibal, Next Stage Festival; Scrap Paper Theatre (2019); Judas Noir, Obsidian Theatre & BDB Productions (2018); Shaw Festival Director’s Projects (2016); set design for Pass Over, Obsidian Theatre Company (2019); costume design for Portia’s Julius Caesar, Hart House Theatre (2019), Resonance, Human Body Expression (2019).

Julia is excited and looking forward to her new adventure as the Resident Designer for the Mount Allison Drama Studies Program and Motyer-Fancy Theatre.

Please join us in welcoming Julia to Mount Allison! We are looking forward to having her as part of our team, and the amazing contribution she’ll make to our students, our program, theatre, and the community.