Online Meeting Announcement

Emerald Pig Theatrical Society AGM

EPTS will be holding our AGM on Sunday, February 7, at 11am. Our meeting will be held via the Zoom platform.

Invitations were sent out by email to everyone who participated in one of our shows over the past two years as cast or crew. But times have been strange, and we just want to gently remind members to please check your email if you have not already seen the invitation. If you would like to attend, please reply to the email to get the Zoom link for the meeting. If you cannot find the email, please check those catchalls, like your junk folder, and failing that, feel free to drop us a line via our contact email. If you’re not already a member, but you’d like to be…please get in touch, we’d love to have you!

A message from our President:

As I’m sure you know, COVID has hit community theatre pretty hard. We’ve had to cancel or postpone shows this year. One thing we can’t cancel, though, is our AGM. We were supposed to hold it in September but that couldn’t happen. The BC Societies Act has been temporarily amended to allow groups like ours to delay holding meetings until March, 2021.

If you are interested in attending, and we really hope you would like to, please get in touch and we’ll provide you with the Zoom invitation as well as an Agenda for the meeting.

Thanks, 
Simon Challenger
EPTS President

POSTPONED INDEFINITELY

A Night of the Macabre!

Join us for an evening of 3 short, small cast, socially distanced plays, set at 3 different locations within walking distance from each other. Directed by Emma Graveson.

Admission by donation. Thanks for your support of the arts in our community!

Covid 19 protocols will be in place to protect actors and the audience.

Take in 1 or attend all 3. See them in any order you like. The 3 shows will run simultaneously, and each will start again every 40 minutes, so there is no need to rush to the next showing.

The Telltale Heart, by Edgar Allan Poe
See it at the Maple Ridge Museum
22520 – 116th Avenue

In the Red Light, by Maurice Level
See it at Haney House
11612 – 224th Avenue

Slumach’s Gold and the Widow’s Curse, by CL Young
See it at St. Andrew’s Heritage Church
22279 – 116th Avenue

Workshop Announcement! Scene Work.

Shakespeare’s ‘The Winter’s Tale’

Exploration through Scene Work for Directors and Actors, with Colleen Wheeler.

This weekend workshop will allow actors and directors to examine, through scene work, Shakespeare’s ‘The Winter’s Tale’. The workshop will be lead by one of Vancouver’s foremost actors, seven time Jessie Richardson award winner, Colleen Wheeler. Her long-time association with Vancouver’s Bard on the Beach will add an extra dimension to our understanding of the Bard, and how to play him.

Colleen Wheeler is a long-time member of Bard on the Beach, having been last seen in Coriolanus, for which she received a Jessie nomination. She is the winner of 7 Jessie awards. Other recent Theatre: Timon of Athens (Bard on the Beach); The Party/The Candidate (Citadel); Forget About Tomorrow and The Valley (Arts Club/Belfry). Recent Television and Film: Head of The Snake, Twilight Zone, Altered Carbon, Tully, and Hailey Dean Murder Mysteries. Colleen graduated from the University of Alberta’s BFA (Acting) Program.

When: Saturday October 3 and Sunday October 4 – 12pm to 6pm each day

Where: This is a zoom event with break out rooms. There are very few spaces left, so register soon!

Cost: TBC/ Fraser Valley Zone members – $100 per person or $400 per group.
Non-members $150 per person or $500 per group.

Click here to register online, and someone will contact you regarding payment.

For more information email: emeraldpig@theatrebc.org

COVID-19 Update

For all of our friends, patrons and lovers of Shakespeare, you’ll have realized that we, too, have been adversely affected by the Covid-19 virus. That has meant cancellation of our Bard on the Bandstand presentation of “As You Like It” for this summer. Don’t worry, though. We will be bringing Rosalind, Orlando, Celia, Touchstone and all their companions to the stage next summer in Mission, Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge. It may be re-imagined depending upon what needs to be done to satisfy virus protocols, but we can guarantee you’ll love it! Keep following our page for further updates regarding Bard on the Bandstand, and other Emerald Pig events.

Thanks for stopping by. Stay safe!

Important Announcement

Pitch Night Cancelled

Due to the current Coronavirus pandemic, Emerald Pig Theatrical Society has made the decision to cancel their upcoming Pitch Night until further notice. We regret any disappointment this may cause, however, we feel that while people are taking steps to self isolate in order to slow/prevent transmission of the disease, that this is the responsible course of action.

Thank you for your understanding. Stay safe!

Audition Date Added!

Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Simon Challenger

Emerald Pig Theatrical Society and Bard on the Bandstand are holding 1 additional day of auditions for the upcoming production of William Shakespeare’s “As You Like It“.

When are the Auditions?
Sunday, March 8 – 5pm to 8pm

Callbacks Tuesday, March 10 – by invitation

Where are the Auditions?
Multipurpose Room, Maple Ridge Leisure Centre
11925 Haney Place, Maple Ridge, BC V2X 6G2

Production Run Dates:
July 9 through 11 in Mission
July 16 through 18 in Maple Ridge
July 23 through 25 in Pitt Meadows

Additional Information:

  • Please let us know if you require a specific audition time, otherwise auditions will be first come-first served.
  • Please come prepared with a list of any dates you may not be available to rehearse.
  • Find the sides here.
    Actors may, if desired, prepare a monologue of their own choice in addition to the provided sides.
  • No experience with Shakespeare necessary! We’ll provide you with plenty of assistance to better understand and deliver your lines. Nothing to be afraid of – it’s just like regular acting but with silly talk!
  • There will be some dancing in the production, including the closing number. We have a choreographer who will work with the actors. There won’t be any complicated steps, so no formal dance training or experience is necessary, but is always welcome.
  • Rehearsals will commence on April 5 with a read through of the play. Rehearsals will usually be on Monday and Thursday evenings, and Sunday afternoons – subject to change.
  • This is a Non-Equity, Community Theatre Production.

If you require additional information please contact the Director, Simon Challenger, at schallenger@shaw.ca.

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