TheatreXtra

TheatreXtra TheatreXtra is a student-run theatre company at the University of Lethbridge.

TheatreXtra is a student-centric theatre production program, with a mandate to encourage innovative processes for development and/or rehearsal of a theatre production, provide opportunities for students to extend the skills acquired through Drama courses and previous experience, and help prepare students for participation in projects like fringe festivals, emerging arts festivals, and independent

productions. The current TheatreXtra team is as follows:
General Manager: Steele Prefontaine
Artistic Producer: Kade Carter
Technical Director: Xavier Michaud

Our Winter 2027 Production is Bluebirds by Vern Thiessen, directed by Cidelle Crawford!“Bluebirds, by Governor General’s...
04/14/2026

Our Winter 2027 Production is Bluebirds by Vern Thiessen, directed by Cidelle Crawford!

“Bluebirds, by Governor General’s Award-winning Alberta playwright Vern Thiessen, tells the true story of three Canadian Army Medical Corps Nursing Sisters: Katherine Maud Macdonald, Margaret Lowe, and Gladys Mary Wake.
Christy, Maggie, and Bab gave everything and were largely forgotten. Their lives, in the author’s words, cross time and space, and the theatrical setting of this story lives in the minds, memories, and hearts of these three women.
In this production, the Nursing Sisters are supported first by each other, but also by the spirits of the men they healed, ancestors, and angels from the other side - as I believe we all are buttressed through the crucibles of our own lives”

Keep your eye out for info on joining this team!

Now announcing the Fall 2026 show: Strange Country, written by Steele Prefontaine and directed by Morgan Hill! “Buried d...
04/14/2026

Now announcing the Fall 2026 show: Strange Country, written by Steele Prefontaine and directed by Morgan Hill!

“Buried deep in the golden, rolling hills of South Saskatchewan lives the Leduc family. Isolated from the wider world and each other, Emile, Aimee-Belle and their daughter, Odette have been forever changed by the quick death of the Leduc’s oldest daughter, Clementine. Eleven years after her passing, Clementine has returned home–unchanged from the day she was last seen, wanting to be accepted back into her family. Over the course of the night, the Leduc’s must decide where to go from here. This prairie gothic drama explores grief and a family at odds when confronted with the unnatural and unexpected. You are now entering Strange Country.”

Production team to be announced soon, and keep an eye out for auditions in the Fall!

That’s right! TheatreXtra is accepting submissions for BOTH their Fall 2026 and Winter 2027 shows! Check your email for ...
02/27/2026

That’s right! TheatreXtra is accepting submissions for BOTH their Fall 2026 and Winter 2027 shows! Check your email for more information on how and what to submit, and as always, DM us or email [email protected] with any questions. Looking forward to seeing your work!

Congrats to the team of Drinking Bird on an incredible run!!! The Drinking Bird By Reign DyerCASTBird: Tavia JennerCoole...
02/08/2026

Congrats to the team of Drinking Bird on an incredible run!!!

The Drinking Bird By Reign Dyer

CAST

Bird: Tavia Jenner
Cooler: Matthew DeNittis
Punch-in/Client/Answering Machine Mom/Candice Dragin: KC Chase
Swivie: Rachel Jensen
Paperweight: Jocelyn Smith
Boss: Nikko Hunt

CREATIVE TEAM

Director: Carter Popielarz
Assistant Director: Reign Dyer
Fight Coordinator: Pat Chan
Costume Designer: Steele Prefontaine
Lighting Designer: Owen Gaston
Set Designer: Taelyn Clark
Sound Designer: Isaac Burford

PRODUCTION TEAM

Stage Manager: Kacie Hilliard
Light Board Operator: Meg Bacso
Sound Board Operator: Theo Thatcher-Silveira
Technical Director: Sara Taggart
Technical Director Elect: Gen Matsuzaka
Artistic Producer: Spencer Johnson
Artistic Producer Elect: Ruby Gaudet
General Manager: Brooke Jenkins

Photos by: Jess Syratt (.syratt.photography)

Is that… a Bird? Drinking?Congrats to the cast and crew of The Drinking Bird on their opening night! You still have 3 mo...
02/05/2026

Is that… a Bird? Drinking?
Congrats to the cast and crew of The Drinking Bird on their opening night! You still have 3 more chances to catch this incredible show, so head over to the box office TODAY!!! The Drinking Bird has shows February 5-6 at 7:30 and February 7 at 1:00, in W420.

The Drinking Bird opens in just over a week! Get your tickets right now!!!
01/26/2026

The Drinking Bird opens in just over a week! Get your tickets right now!!!

That’s right, auditions for next semester’s TheatreXtra show are NEXT WEEK! You can sign up now through the link you rec...
11/19/2025

That’s right, auditions for next semester’s TheatreXtra show are NEXT WEEK! You can sign up now through the link you received in an email — email [email protected] or dm us if you have any questions! Hope to see you there!

Our Winter 2026 production is The Drinking Bird by Reign Dyer, directed by Carter Popielarz! “The Drinking Bird is an ab...
10/27/2025

Our Winter 2026 production is The Drinking Bird by Reign Dyer, directed by Carter Popielarz!

“The Drinking Bird is an absurdist comedy that follows Bird. Bird works in quality assurance and over time the monotony of their job and life has caused Bird to become complacent. Too complacent. The sky is the limit, as they say, and Bird is content on the ground. See, Bird no longer has desires or aspirations for anything. No desire to climb the corporate ladder or explore other career paths. They don’t cook, clean, or go out. Bird has no aspirations to do anything remotely productive, until they find themselves transported to their office, but everything is… off: the rooms, the people, the customers. Employees are getting punched, HR won’t stop talking about their romantic life in specifically vague detail, and the Boss is a judgmental sociopath. Everyone is either rude, invasive, or way too open about their personal lives and Bird can’t grasp any of it and doesn’t want to, until a revelation that things need to change. Bird needs to change.”

Keep an eye on your inbox for audition announcements!

All aboard!! Last call for auditions for our fall show of This Styx! Check your Uleth email or email theatre.xtra@uleth....
09/11/2025

All aboard!! Last call for auditions for our fall show of This Styx! Check your Uleth email or email [email protected] for more details!

TheatreXtra is still looking for a lighting designer for our Fall 2025 show: This Styx! No experience? No problem! Send ...
08/26/2025

TheatreXtra is still looking for a lighting designer for our Fall 2025 show: This Styx! No experience? No problem! Send in your interest and resume (of any theatre experience) to [email protected]. For more info on the show, check out our show announcement!

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Lethbridge, AB
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