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Meet Ally Schuurman, the director for Ride the Cyclone

Ally Schuurman may be new to Pine Tree Players, but Ride the Cyclone has been living in her imagination for more than a decade. This fall, Ally directs Pine Tree Players’ musical production of the cult favourite show, bringing with her a deep love for theatre that is bold, strange, funny, heartfelt, and just a little bit twisted. We caught up with Ally to talk about the first time Ride the Cyclone knocked her sideways, what she loves about working with actors, and why community theatre matters.

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Young Artists Take Flight with The Birds

If it’s money that’s keeping your budding young thespian off the stage this summer, there is now no excuse. Consider this the final call for applicants to Artstrek’s summer theatre school in Red Deer. With more than 10,000 alumni working across the globe, this week-long resident camp has run programs for decades and changed lives in the process.

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The Importance of Being Earnest: A Masterpiece of Wit

Sometimes at Pine Tree Players — when you’re not quite off book or up all night sewing costumes — it can feel like every day is “theatre day.” Officially, however, March 27 marks World Theatre Day, and to make theatre even more accessible Pine Tree Players is offering a three-day, 20% discount off its upcoming production, The Importance of Being Earnest.

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Happy World Theatre Day

Sometimes at Pine Tree Players — when you’re not quite off book or up all night sewing costumes — it can feel like every day is “theatre day.” Officially, however, March 27 marks World Theatre Day, and to make theatre even more accessible Pine Tree Players is offering a three-day, 20% discount off its upcoming production, The Importance of Being Earnest.

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Love, On Stage (2018–2025)

Love takes many forms on stage. From fairy royalty to newlyweds, from awkward flirtations to forbidden affairs, intimacy on stage helps tell the story of how characters are connected and what they mean to each other.

This Valentine’s Day, we spotlight intimate moments on stage across eight seasons of productions, honouring the care, choreography, and creativity behind every embrace, kiss, and whispered confession.

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Artist Spotlight: Anastasia St. Amand

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.

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