10/01/2021
EDMONten is happening tonight and tomorrow October 1 & 2!!!!
6 playwrights and 6 plays read by our ensemble of 4 actors- check out their bios and photos below!
See you at The Grindstone theatre:
https://www.grindstonetheatre.ca/shows/edmonten-oct1/ https://www.grindstonetheatre.ca/shows/edmonten-oct2/
Beth Graham is an actor and a playwright. As an actor, she has worked professionally on stages across Canada and toured internationally. As a playwright, she has been a finalist for the Governor General’s Award for Drama and received the Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award twice. Beth is currently the Lee Playwright in Residence at the University of Alberta. She is thrilled to be reading new work aloud for EDMONten’s ten minute play festival.
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Corben is absolutely thrilled to be joining the second annual EDMONten! Born and raised on Treaty 8, Corben is a MĂ©tis artist working in theatre and film. His work as an actor has been seen at the Citadel Theatre, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Vancouver Arts Club, Fringe Festivals across Canada and many more. He is currently Co-Artistic Director of Concrete Theatre and is also the Founder and Co-Artistic Producer of Edmonton's award-winning Impossible Mongoose.
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Daniela Fernandez (she/her) is an emerging Latinx multidisciplinary artist. She is a graduate of the Grant MacEwan Theatre Arts program. Over the last year, Daniela has been diving into the world of sound, with the support of local designers. In 2020, she was one of the inaugural recipients of the RBC Horizon Emerging Artist Mentorship Program at The Citadel Theatre for Sound Design. This fall Daniela will be sound designing Hiraeth (dir. Rachel Peake) at the Varscona Theatre and also The Fiancée (dir. Daryl Cloran) at The Citadel Theatre. You can also catch her performing on stage in A Christmas Carol this December. She is excited and grateful to have the opportunity to create and share space during such unprecedented times.
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Josh Languedoc is a proud member of Saugeen First Nation and lives as a guest in Treaty 6 Territory as an Anishinaabe playwright, storyteller, teacher, and producer. Some of Josh’s plays include Rocko and Nakota: Tales From the Land (Theatre Prospero, Banff Centre), Feast (University of Alberta, Fringe 2021), CIVIL BLOOD: A Treaty Story (Thou Art Here Theatre) and The Eyes Of Spirits (Rubaboo Festival, Native Earth Performing Arts, Citadel Theatre). Josh also teaches around the Edmonton area with the Citadel’s Foote Theatre School, Edmonton Public Schools, Artstrek, Northern Alberta YMCA, and Workshop West Playwrights’ Theatre. Josh is currently finishing his MFA Theatre Practices at the University of Alberta and works as the Director Indigenous Strategic Planning at the Edmonton Fringe and the Youth Education Coordinator at Workshop West Playwrights’ Theatre.
