Private company
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Theatre company based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada1
Alberta Theatre Projects ("ATP") is a professional, not-for-profit, Canadian theatre company, founded in 1972 by Lucille Wagner and Douglas Riske, currently based out of the Martha Cohen Theatre in Arts Commons, in Calgary, Alberta. The company is well-known in Canada and internationally for its development of new, Canadian plays and the art of dramaturgy. Founded by Lucille Wagner and Douglas Riske, ATP started as a children's theatre company in 1972 specializing in historical plays and has grown into one of the largest producers of new plays in Canada.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Alberta Theatre Projects ("ATP") is a professional, not-for-profit, Canadian theatre company, founded in 1972 by Lucille Wagner and Douglas Riske, currently based out of the Martha Cohen Theatre in Arts Commons, in Calgary, Alberta. The company is well-known in Canada and internationally for its development of new, Canadian plays and the art of dramaturgy.2
The Last Wife - by Kate Hennig - Sept. 12-30, 2017
To The Light - by Évelyne de la Chenelière, Translated by John Murrell - Oct. 17 - Nov. 4, 2017
E.B. White's Charlotte's Web - Adapted by Joseph Robinette - Nov. 21 - Dec. 31, 2017
Empire of the Son - by Tetsuro Shigematsu - Jan. 16-28, 2018
Constellations - by Nick Payne - Feb. 20 - Mar. 10, 2018
GLORY - by Tracey Power - Apr. 3-21, 2018
From Wikipedia’s article on Alberta Theatre Projects, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
Annually, ATP produces six contemporary plays as part of a season that runs from September to April. Recent productions include Shakespeare's Dog (Leon Rooke, adapted by Rick Chafe), I, Claudia (Kristen Thomson), Toad of Toad Hall (Kenneth Grahame, adapted by Philip Goulding). ATP has also presented work by Canadian companies such as: Theatre Newfoundland Labrador, Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes, Mammalian Diving Reflex, The Old Trout Puppet Workshop, and Crow's Theatre.
Joan MacLeod, playwright for Another Home Invasion which premiered at the 2009 Enbridge playRites Festival of New Canadian Plays, was nominated for a 2009 Governor General's Literary Award. Hannah Moscovitch, playwright for East of Berlin which was one of the ATP cornerstone plays in the 2008/2009 season, was also nominated.
From Wikipedia’s article on Alberta Theatre Projects, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
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