Beneath the wild catharsis of comedy and loaded with sneaky surprises, next week’s One Act Play Festival (running Feb. 27-March 1) will flip you from whooping with laughter to pondering life’s perplexities. If rehearsals are any indication, the three-play lineup, produced by Pine Tree Players, is provocative, clever and — if that’s not enough — promises to bolster your roster of Dad jokes (no kidding).
Anastasia’s connection to theatre began early, sparked by a junior high school production that made something click deep inside. “I saw a production the grade 8s had created for a ‘Welcome New Students’ night and felt an intense pull to be involved,” she recalls. “I haven’t stopped yet.” That lifelong passion eventually led her to Pine Tree Players, where she first appeared as an actor in the 2018 Canmore Summer Theatre Festival production of Romeo and Juliet, and earlier that same year she was the fight director for I Hate Hamlet.
