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"A Sense of Danger is Essential to all Theatre"
- Yoshi Oida

Edmonton Actors Theatre is an award winning theatre company dedicated to presenting work that showcases the actor’s art by producing bold, vital, and challenging work that examines the relationship between audience and performer. 

​Formed by Artistic Director Dave Horak in 2012 to focus on the actor’s art, process and training. This award-winning company produces theatre that challenges the performers and the audience and is constantly investigating the relationship between the two.
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Past Productions

Past productions have included Fatboy, produced at the 2012 Edmonton Fringe which garnered four Sterling Award nominations and was  remounted at Theatre Network’s Roxy Theatre in 2014 which also garnered four Sterling nominations (Outstanding Independent Production, Outstanding Actor, Outstanding Supporting Actor, and Outstanding Costumes). Other productions have included Sam Shepard’s Cowboy Mouth, T.S. Eliot’s The Wasteland, and The Bomb-itty of Errors which toured Alberta in the Spring of 2015 as part of Theatre Alberta’s Best of the Fringe series. Burning Bluebeard was produced twice as part of Theatre Network's Performance Series and was the most Sterling award nominated production in the 2015/16 Edmonton theatre season. Most recently, Stupid Fucking Bird, a sort of adaptation of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull was independently produced at The Backstage Theatre as part of the 2016/17 Fringe Theatre Arts at the Barns Series. In May 2018 the company produced the world premiere of Collin Doyle's play Terry and the Dog which garnered Sterling nominations for all three cast members winning three awards for playwriting, outstanding indie production and for Cole Humeny's performance as the troubled son.  

Collaborators

Artists:
Beth Graham
Fred Zbryski
Melissa Thingelstad
Tim Cooper
Mat Hulshof
Ian Leung
​Scott Peters
Nancy Yuen
Melissa Cuerrier
Scott Shpeley
​KazMega
Khiry Tafari
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DJ Baggy Lean
Byron Martin
​Sydney Gross
Jenn Best
Stephanie Wolfe
Richelle Thoreson
Braydon Dowler-Coltman
John Ullyatt
Vincent Forcier
Amber Lewis
Clinton Carew
Elena Porter
Michaela Demeo
Gabriel Gagnon
Stephanie Bahniuk
Rachel Rudd
Mat Simpson
Zoe Glassman
Ben Stevens
Paula Humby
Robert Benz
​Brooke Leifso
Maralyn Ryan
Cole Humeny
Victoria Zimski
Guido Tondino
​Collin Doyle
Companies / Support
  • Theatre Network
  • MacEwan University
  • Edmonton Arts Council
  • Alberta Foundation for the Arts
  • Rabbit in the Yard Productions​
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Awards
* denotes a win 

2017/18 Terry and the Dog
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Outstanding Independent Production*
- Outstanding Director: Dave Horak
- Outstanding New Play: Collin Doyle*
​- Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role: Cole Humeny *
- Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role: Maralyn Ryan
​- Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role: Robert Benz

2016/17  Stupid Fucking Bird
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Outstanding Independent Production*

- Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role: Mat Simpson*
-Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role:​ Melissa Thingelstad*
- Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role: Ben Stevens
- Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role: Robert Benz*
- Outstanding Set Design: Stephanie Bahniuk*
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Outstanding Director: Dave Horak* 

2016/17    70 Scenes of Halloween:
- Outstanding Director - Dave Horak

​2015/16 Burning Bluebeard:
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Outstanding Costume Design: Syd Gross
- Outstanding Lighting Design: Scott Peters*
- Outstanding Set Design: Scott Peters*
- Outstanding Choreography: Richelle Thorson
- Outstanding Supporting Actor: John Ullyatt*
- Outstanding Supporting Actress: Amber Lewis
- Outstanding Director: Dave Horak*
- Outstanding Independent Production* 

2014/15  Fatboy: 
- Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: 
Fred Zbryski 
- Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role​: Ian Leung 
- Outstanding Independent Production
- Outstanding Costume Design : Melissa Cuerrier

2013/14  Bomb-itty of Errors:       
- Outstanding Fringe Performance by an Actor: 
Scott Shpeley 
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*2012/13 - Fatboy:
- Outstanding Fringe Director: Dave Horak *

- Outstanding Fringe Performance by an Actor: Fred Zbryski*
- Outstanding Fringe Performance by an Actress: Melissa Thingelstad
- Outstanding Fringe Production *











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