EDMONTON SCRIPT SALON
A MONTHLY PLAY READING SERIES
Since 2014, SCRIPT SALON has showcased some of the most talented theatre creators in Alberta. On the second Sunday of each month we feature a new play by an Alberta playwright read by professional actors at Holy Trinity Anglican Church.
Over 58% of the plays read by Script Salon have gone on to full productions elsewhere.
WHEN: The Second Sunday of Every Month at 7:30PM (unless otherwise noted)
WHERE: Holy Trinity Anglican Church 10037 84 Avenue, Edmonton
Free Admission – Refreshments – Playwright Talk Back - Parking is free
Sponsored and Supported by The Playwrights Guild of Canada and The Alberta Playwrights' Network.
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To submit a play for consideration, please send the script (90 minutes max) to edmontonscriptsalon@gmail.com.
Script Salon Plays
2024
JANUARY 14: Workshop West Theatre Indigenous Playwrights Circle: Josh Languedoc, Bret Jacobs, Monica Gate, Sheldon Stockdale
FEBRUARY 11: Jan Taylor, Almost Therapy
MARCH 17: 2023 APC Novitiate Prize Winner, Shaun Crawford, The Colour of Goodbye
MARCH 31: Springboards Cabaret with WWPT
2023
JANUARY 8: Francis Damberger, Drowning Man
FEBRUARY 12: Nicole Moeller, Old Mule
MARCH 12: 2022 APC Sharon Pollock Award winner, Ellen Close, Life Below
MARCH 26: Springboards Cabaret with WWPT
APRIL 16: 9th Anniversary Playwright Readings PGC
Trevor Schmidt, Lady Porn
Althea Cunningham, The System
Neil Grahn, The Two Battles of Popemegabo
Reed McColm, The Road to Diddly Squat
Calla Wright, Wasteland Wonderland
Jan Taylor, Getting Therapy
Holly Turner, Dust
Lianna Makuch, Barvinok
Andrea House, Salsa Lesson
MAY 7: Conni Massing, Dead Letter
MAY 14: Louise Casemore, Blow Your House Down
JUNE 11: Cat Walsh, Polo
AUGUST 6: Fringe Script Tease (**The following were produced at the 2023 Edmonton Fringe Festival)
Trevor Schmidt, Lady Porn
Grace Fitzgerald, Manatee
Katie Yoner & Dana Lee Hoffman, Rat Academy
David Ellis Heyman, Bathsheba and the Books
Shawn Marshall, Flicker
Ellie Heath, Fake ‘n Bake
Ash Mercia, Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk
Mhairi Berg, Morningside Road
AJ Hoorshkin, Train One to Coal Valley
Trevor & Darrin, Puck Bunnies
SEPTEMBER 10: Ryan Roth, Fishing with Leeches
OCTOBER 15: Katherine Koller, The Percussionist
NOVEMBER 12: Harley Howard-Morison, Redd Meats
DECEMBER 10: Cheryl Jameson, The Best Little Newfoundland Christmas Ever
2022
FEBRUARY 13: Liam Salmon, What made you think of the grass?
MARCH 13: Tereasa Maillie, How to Make a Metis
MARCH 19: Katherine Koller, Abby’s Place
MARCH 27: Springboards Cabaret with WWPT
APRIL 10: Lianna Makuch, Alina
MAY 8: 8th Anniversary Playwright Readings PGC
Sara Campos-Silvius, Moonie & Maybee Dig up a Grave
Lebogang Disele, The Space Between
Vern Thiessen, Shakespeare’s Will
David van Belle, Love is Magic
Holly Lewis, The Three Sisters
Linda Wood Edwards, Chilicoot Pass
Darrin Hagen, Edmonton Queen/Metronome
Louise Casemore, Put Your Lips Together
JUNE 12: Linda Grass, After Eve
AUGUST 7: Fringe Script Tease (**The following were produced at the 2022 Edmonton Fringe Festival)
Blaine Newton, The Kyleness of Kyle
Stephen and Seth, Conjoined: A New Musical
Jessy Ardern, The Big Sad
Trevor Schmidt, Destination Vegas
Darrin Hagen, The Pansy Cabaret
Liam Salmon, Fags in Space
Z Parsons-Lozinski, The House that F*cks
SEPTEMBER 11: Alexandria Rose Fortier, Just the Two of Us
OCTOBER 16: Collin Doyle, Summer Solstice
NOVEMBER 13: Leslea Kroll, Kingfisher Queens
DECEMBER 11: Peter Adamski, Gish Gallop
2021
JANUARY 10: BIPOC AB readings
Makram Ayache, The Hooves Belong to the Deer
Lady Vanessa Cordona, La sangre llama (Call of the blood)
Dale Lee Kwong, Ai Yah! and Master Oogam’s Blessing
Mukonzi Musyoki, Chanzo
Michelle Todd, Raising Perogies
MARCH 14: 2020 APC Novitiate Prize Recipients
Katherine DeCoste, Many Hollow Mercies
Michelle Robb, Tell Us What Happened
APRIL 11: 7th Anniversary Playwright Readings PGC
Blaine Newton, Skin Deep
Liam Salmon, Local Diva
May Kharaghani and Eric Rice, The Dance
Althea Cunningham, Sunkiss to Death
Belinda Cornish, Hiraeth
MAY 16: Ken Williams, Paris, SK
JUNE 13: Kompany TYA Shorts
Judith Clark, Troll’s Wish
David Sklar, The Revil
Brett Dahl, Bee-Beautiful
SEPTEMBER 12: Dana Wylie, The Makings of a Voice
OCTOBER 17: Heather Morrow, Alex and Michael and Hannah
NOVEMBER 14: Zack Siezmagraff, Other Duties as Assigned
DECEMBER 12: James Hutchison, Masquerade
2020
JANUARY 12: Clare Mullen, Next Sunday
FEBRUARY 9: Au Tash Theatre, Anahita’s Republic
MARCH 8: 2019 APC Novitiate Prize Recipient, Andrew Torry, The Miracle Queen
SEPTEMBER 13: PGC/PlayConnect/CC
Josh Languedoc
Conni Massing
Ellen Chorley
Cat Walsh
Beth Graham
Mieko Ouchi
DECEMBER 13: James Hutchison, Under the Mistletoe
2019
JANUARY 13: Jessy Ardern, Kit & Joe
FEBRUARY 10: 2018 APC Novitiate Prize Recipient, Christine Lesiak, Space Between the Stars
MARCH 10: Blaine Newton, The Bodice Ripper
APRIL 14: Gerald Osborn, Bonobo Bacchanale & Hearth and Homer
MAY 12: Trevor Schmidt, Robot Girls
JUNE 9: Kompany TYA Shorts
Heather Morrow, Birds of Paradise
Jen Peebles, Maggie’s Wish
Andrea Ritter, Hatch
JULY 14: Liam Salmon, Subscribe or Like
AUGUST 11: Fringe Script Tease (**The following were produced at the 2019 Edmonton Fringe Festival)
Trevor Schmidt, Check me Out
Katherine Koller, Hope Soup
Blaine Newton, The Thin Grey Line
David Haas, Where Heroes Lie
Matthew Gusul, The Anal Stage
Gerald Osborne, Gossamer Feast
Giorgia Severini, Border Breakdown
Jessy Ardern, Queen Lear is Dead
Christine Lesiak, For Science
SEPTEMBER 8: Bevin Dooley, In Camera
OCTOBER 6: Reed McColm, Hole in the Sky
NOVEMBER 10: Mieko Ouchi, Burning Mom
DECEMBER 8: Conni Massing, Oh! Christmas Tree
2018
JANUARY 14: Blaine Newton, The Thin Grey Line
FEBRUARY 11: Darrin Hagen, The Prime Minister and the Empress
MARCH 11: Conni Massing, Fresh Hell
APRIL 8: 2017 APC Novitiate Prize Recipient, Becky MacDormand, Dark Am I, Yet Lovely
MAY 13: Reed McColm, The Wrong People Have Money
JUNE 10: Kompany TYA Shorts
Carolyn Ziegler, #contamination
Josh Languedoc, Rocko and Nakota: Tale from the Land
Hitomi Suzuta, A Hare-Raising Ordeal
Kali Weber, Perception
JULY 8: Matthew Gusul, Virgin on the Prairies
AUGUST 12: Fringe Script Tease (**The following were produced at the 2018 Edmonton Fringe Festival)
Leslea Kroll, Wellspring
Gerald Osborn, Bed Bug Bossanova
Blaine Newton, The Five Stages of Death
Michele Vance Hehir, One Polaroid
Makram Ayache, Harun
D.Cheoros/LW Edwards, The Great Whorehouse Fire of 1921
Andrea House, Sweethearts of the 49th
Chris Bullough, Rig Pig Fantasia
Jonah Dunch, Ahunwar: the Devil’s Long Nap
SEPTEMBER 9: Katherine Koller, Hope Soup
OCTOBER 14: Collin Doyle, The Takeoff
NOVEMBER 11: David Haas, Stains
DECEMBER 9: Carolyn Ziegler, The Goalie
2017
JANUARY: Vern Thiessen, Pugwash
FEBRUARY: Collin Doyle, Slumberland Motel
MARCH: Andrea House, Chasing Willie Nelson
APRIL 2: 2016 APC Novitiate Prize Recipient, Bevin Dooley, Deadstock
MAY 7: David van Belle, Velvet Revolution
JUNE 4: Darrin Hagen, 10 Funerals
JULY 2: 2017 APC Grand Prize Winner, Michele Vance Hehir, The Blue Hour
AUGUST 6: Gordon Pengilly, Flesh & Ghost
SEPTEMBER 3: David Haas, The Visitor
OCTOBER 1: Althea Cunningham, Sweet ‘N Nice
NOVEMBER 5: Cat Walsh, Feast of All Saints
DECEMBER 3: Rod Macpherson, Logic
2016
JANUARY: David Cheoros & Linda Wood Edwards, Locovore
FEBRUARY: 2015 APC Grand Prize Winner, Ken Cameron, The Blogfather
MARCH: The Mommy Monologues
Nicole Moeller
Dana Rayment
Conni Massing
Michele Vance Hehir
Cat Walsh
Annette Loiselle
Katherine Koller
Beth Graham
Mieko Ouchi
Andrea House
APRIL: Karen Hines, All the Little Animals I have Eaten
MAY: Blaine Newton & Leslie Greentree, Oral Fixations
JUNE: Gerald Osborn, Gossamer Feast & Epic Tragedy
JULY: Reed McColm, Together Again for the Next Time
AUGUST: Gerald St. Maur, The First Law & Solstice Mutiny
SEPTEMBER: Paul Matwychuk, Bloodhound
OCTOBER: David Haas, Crazytrain
NOVEMBER: Leslea Kroll, Wellspring
Rod MacPherson, Naked Tourists, Sacred Mountain
NOVEMBER: HTA Shorts
David Belke, The Apothocary’s Tale
Collin Doyle, Prediction
Nicole Moeller, Powder
Conni Massing, Fresh Hell
Katherine Koller. Food is Love
Holly Turner, Dust
Blaine Newton, The Unkindest Cut
Heather Morrow, Pure Oxygen
DECEMBER: Conni Massing, Oh! Christmas Tree
2015
JANUARY: 2016 APC Grand Prize Winner, Chris Craddock, Irma Voth
FEBRUARY: Gerald St. Maur, Bend in the Road
MARCH: 2014 Discovery Prize winner, Ryan Reese, Before the Night Takes Us
2014 APC Grand Prize Winner, James Wade, Helmut’s Big Day
APRIL: Myrna Kostash, The Gallows is Also a Tree
MAY: David Belke, The Deliberate Death of Sherlock Holmes
MAY: PGC Shorts
Lyle Victor Albert, Lazy Boy
David Belke, Connotation
Chris Craddock, Twinkle
James de Felice, A Yard of Dreams
Darrin Hagen, The Last Picnic
Katherine Koller, Waterfall
Stewart Lemoine, Vague Harvest
Reed McColm, The Mediation
Heather Morrow, My Boyfriend’s Cat
Blaine Newton, The Theatregoers
JUNE: David Haas, Pacific Time
JULY: Blaine Newton, Curtain Call
AUGUST: Vern Thiessen, The Parables
SEPTEMBER: Katherine Koller, Riverkeeper
OCTOBER: James de Felice, Ladder to the Moon
NOVEMBER: Darrin Hagen, The Glory, the Fury
DECEMBER: Reed McColm, Together Again for the First Time
2014
APRIL: 2013 APC Grand Prize Winner, Katherine Koller, Last Chance Leduc
MAY: Blaine Newton, The Five Stages of Death
JUNE: Darrin Hagen, Go West Young Man
JULY: David Belke, The Hesitation Pitch
AUGUST: Heather Morrow, The Ugly Princess
SEPTEMBER: Beth Graham, Eudoxie and Jeanne
OCTOBER: Richard Gishler, At the Starlite
NOVEMBER: Nicole Moeller, The Preacher, the Princess and A Crow
DECEMBER: Conni Massing, Matara
