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ABOUT

Dewdney Players is a community theatre group based in Okotoks, Alberta.

We usually stage two full-length family-rated productions per year, as well as entering at least one play in the Alberta Drama Festival Association's annual Foothills Region One Act Play festival. Our current membership is around 50, and our members range in age from early teens to "over 55."

 

We welcome newcomers no matter what your experience and skill level. And you don't even have to act - if lights, scenery, costumes, props, direction, production, makeup, or even marketing are your forte, that's fine by us! If you prefer to watch rather then participate, then check out our upcoming shows page.

NON PROFIT

Dewdney Players Group Theatre is a non-profit community theatre group, registered under the Societies Act, in 1987. We are dedicated to enhancing cultural life in the Foothills, through production of musical theatre, comedic, dramatic and original composition.

Dewdney Players is grateful for the support of the Alberta Lottery Fund, through the Community Initiatives Program, Community Lottery Board #47 and the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission for funding for capital equipment purchases and the Alberta Foundation for the Arts for operating support.

OUR HISTORY

 

Click here for details from our first 30 years of theatre.

 

1982 to 2012

2013

Spring - One Act Plays

  • "Breakfast With Willy"

  • "Traces of Memory"  r

  • "Julia" 

Spring - "Present Laughter"

Fall - "The Wild Guys" 

2014

Spring- "Bring on Spring" One Act Plays

  • "Playtime"

  • "Heart in the Ground" - Award Winner Regional and Provincial Festival

Spring  - "Odd Couple" Female Version

Summer - "Robin Hood"

Fall - Culture Days - "Love Letters"

Fall - "Black Comedy" & "Act III"

2015

Winter - "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"

Spring - "Chimera" - One Act Plays

  • Hardstuff

             Runner up one category

  • Act III

             Winner of Outstanding Original Alberta-Authored Stage Play

  • A Poster of the Cosmos

             Overall award winner at Regional and Provincial Festivals

  • "Sure Thing"

              Runner up in all categories at Regional Festival.

Spring - "Curious Savage"

Fall - "Calendar Girls"

2016

Winter - "Cinderella" 

Spring -  "The Innovation Awakens"- One Act Plays

  • "Trail Mix and Chips"

  • "Anything For You"

  • "Batbrains"

  • "Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen"

Spring - "The 39 Steps"

Summer - "The Trial Of The Big Bad Wolf

Fall - Alberta Culture Days

  • "Post Its"

Fall - "It's A Wonderful Life"

2017 

Winter - "Lafferty's Wake"

Spring - One Act Plays - A Fistful Of Thespians​

  • "A Little Box of Oblivion

  • "Coffee With Gabe"

  • "The Christmas Tree"

  • "Smitten"

  • "Post-Its (Notes on a Marriage)"

Summer - "Snow White"

Fall - "Arsenic and Old Lace"

Dewdney Players first came into existence in September 1982, although it didn't register itself under the Societies Act until 1987.

Since 1982, the group has gone from strength to strength, providing theatrical entertainment to the community in many forms.

This history is very much a work in progress, so if you're a past Dewdney Player? We need your help! We are missing bits and pieces of our history. If you can help fill in the blanks, notice something that should be changed or have a photo of a past production please send it to us.

HELP US FILL IN THE BLANKS:

2018

Spring - One Act Plays - #Seriously

  •  "A Thespian's Fantasy"

  •  "Alien Boy"

  •  "You Never Say the Scottish Play"

Spring - "The Lion in Winter"

Summer - "Alice@Wonderland"

Fall - "War of the Worlds - The Panic Broadcast"

2019 

Winter - "Wizard of Oz"

Spring - "Macbeth"

Fall - "Plaza Suite"

2020

Spring - "Clue - The Musical"

2021

Spring - "Fairy Tales Go To Court" - online for Town of Okotoks

Spring - "Tragedians Anonymous"  - online

Summer - "Anne of Green Gables"

Fall - " I Take This Man"

2022

Winter - "Cereal Offenders"

Spring - One Act Plays - 'An Evening of One Act Plays & Music'

  • 'Every Brilliant Thing'

  • 'I'm Herbert'

  • Music by Dwight Forseth

Fall - "The Full Monty

2023 

Spring - One Act Plays - 'An Evening of One Act Play & Music'

  • 'Able Cable'

  • Music by Brettyn Rose & Dwight Forseth

Spring - "Twelfth Night"

Fall - "Bullshot Crummond"

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