Each year Calgary-ACTS sponsors the CAT Awards – Calgary’s “Community Theatre Awards”, and yes it is happening this year as well, only virtually!

We know that many people in our community had beloved projects cancelled or put on hold, and we have all felt this disappointment and loss. I personally had 2 exciting projects put on standby, and know keenly how it feels. It is heartening to know that many companies are committed to producing their postponed shows, whenever we are allowed to safely do so.

About 60% of the community theatre shows scheduled for this season DID have the opportunity to present their work, and we still want to celebrate them! Nominations for the CAT Awards are accepted from theatre audiences and the Calgary-ACTS Adjudication team for all eligible Community Theatre Productions in the Calgary area. Now is a great time to come together as a community, reflect on the wonderful work that has been done and honour our outstanding productions!

If you saw a great performance this year, we encourage you to nominate an artist to recognize their work.  (That includes off-stage production artists as well!) Click on the following link to honour our volunteers!  www.calgary-acts.com/nomination.php

Names of all the actors, directors, designers and other production members can be found in the following links:

For Lend Me a Tenor, click here: https://www.morpheustheatre.ca/?portfolio=lend-me-a-tenor
For Miracle on 34th Street, click here: https://www.morpheustheatre.ca/?portfolio=miracle-on-34th-street
For The Graduate, click here: https://www.morpheustheatre.ca/?portfolio=the-graduate

Productions presented by other companies:

Cappuccino Musical Theatre – The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Confederation Theatre – Looking, and The Good Game
Dewdney Players – Plaza Suite, and Clue: the Musical
Front Row Centre Players – The Addams Family, and The Boy From Oz
Imagine Performing Arts – The Woman in Black
Nose Creek Players – Frankenstein, and The Christmas Heist
Scorpio Theatre – Night of the Living Dead Live!, and The Burning Pestle
Simply Theatre – Glengarry Glen Ross, and California Suite
Strathmore Theatre Players Guild – Aladdin: a Pantomime
Torchlight Theatre – Prescription: Murder   

Ginette Simonot

Operations Manager, Morpheus Theatre

“The theater is the only institution in the world which has been dying for four thousand years and has never succumbed. It requires tough and devoted people to keep it alive.” ― John Steinbeck, Once There Was a War

Morpheus Theatre is seeking experienced and passionate directors for our 2020/2021 season! 

Applicants are asked to submit a letter of interest and a resume with related theatre experience/background to info@morpheustheatre.ca. Applicants do not need to submit for a specific show.

We also invite the community to make proposals for shows to be produced during our 2020/2021 season.

We are looking for WELL-KNOWN SHOWS with HIGH AUDIENCE POTENTIAL that fall within our four show categories (Farce, Holiday, Contemporary, Gilbert & Sullivan).  Ideally, the shows will appeal to a wide family audience (primarily 12 and up, although under 18 is not the target audience).

Please email letters of interest by January 31, 2020 to Sean Anderson, Artistic Director, Morpheus Theatre at info@morpheustheatre.ca

Welcome to Morpheus Theatre’s 25th Anniversary “Silver Season”!

As we are about to launch into the craziness of another theatre season, we would like to thank all of you – patrons, volunteers, and supporters – for engaging with us in our shared passion of creating Shows Worth Seeing.  We know your time is valuable, and we thank you for sharing it with us.

We would like to congratulate all recipients & nominees of this year’s Cat Awards! The community came out to celebrate in style the dedication and passion of all community theatre volunteers on August 24 at the Rozsa Centre. Special Congratulations goes to our Shakespeare in Love team who received the award for Outstanding Production of a Play and acting awards for Caleb Gordon and Trevor Matheson in their respective categories! See the complete list of recipients HERE.

Also a HUGE thank you to everyone that made our Annual Booksale Fundraiser over the Labour Day long weekend a success!  We raised almost double the usual amount!  Thank you thank you thank you!

UPCOMING EVENTS!

Sept 9, 7:00 pm –Annual General Meeting  for Morpheus Theatre (at the Morpheus Rehearsal Centre 3512 5 Avenue NW)

Sept 17, 21, 22 – AUDITIONS for MIRACLE ON 34th STREET – Calling all performing artists!  Morpheus Theatre is proud to present this Christmas Classic! When Kris Kringle, a nice old man from a retirement home gets a job working as a Christmas Santa at Macy’s, his honest and generous spirit unleashes waves of good will throughout New York City, and a hint of magic in the heart of a very practical little girl. Share this perennial holiday favorite with the entire family this season!

SEPTEMBER 27 – OCTOBER 5 – LEND ME A TENOR–  It’s the biggest night in the history of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company! The world-famous Tenor, Tito Merelli, is set to appear as the star of the opera at the gala season opener but he arrives late, and through a hilarious series of mishaps, he is given a double dose of tranquilizers and passes out. In a frantic attempt to save the evening and fool the audience, Tito is replaced by Max, an assistant with little stage training… But when the real Tenor suddenly awakens and gets into costume, the chaos of mistaken identities, mixed signals and misunderstandings has everyone scrambling! Buy tickets HERE

Sept 28 –Teen Shakespeare with Iam Coulter – Back to School Shakespeare – for TEENS! A crash course for teens on diving into Shakespeare plays in ways that are dynamic, playful and totally desk free! Get a jump-start on understanding some of Shakespeare’s most well-loved plays before they come up in your classroom. Participants will interact in playful ways that: awaken the emotional, imaginative and physical worlds of the play, explore heightened language, rhetorical devices and verse structure, inspire personally connected and intellectually dynamic performances.

EARLY OCT – AUDITIONS for THE GRADUATE – sign up coming soon!

Oct 12 – G&S JR Theatre School Begins! Both Classes are full once again.  Thank you for your support.

SEASON TICKETS are still on sale. Help us reach 400 for our 25th! Information on our shows & packages HERE

WORKSHOPS – A full season of awesome workshops is in the works! Information HERE

SPACE RENTAL – Morpheus is proud to offer a variety of arts spaces at reasonable rates.  More information HERE!