Our Mission


MISSION

To enrich the lives of our audience and build that audience by producing a season of celebrated contemporary theatre and by taking a national leadership role in the development of new Canadian plays.


VISION

Be acknowledged by our audience as the theatre option of choice, by industry peers as the leading Canadian centre of play development, and by our people as the preferred employer in the arts in Calgary.


VALUES

We believe that Canada’s cultural richness is worth celebrating through the arts, and that our creative endeavors are worth sharing with one another and the world.

We believe that investment in the arts by government, the private sector and individuals is in the public good.

We respect all forms of artistic expression including work that is challenging and risk-taking.

We believe in creating a workforce and environment that exemplifies integrity, teamwork, performance excellence, exploration and innovation, and lifelong learning aspirations.


Organizational Structure

Alberta Theatre Projects employs 18 full time staff, approximately 85 artists seasonally and over 200 casual workers throughout the year. Alberta Theatre Projects uses a dual CEO style of leadership and at its full capacity, our Board of Directors numbers 36.

In addition, Alberta Theatre Projects relies on a volunteer base of over 300 to usher, run our gift shop, sell raffle tickets, work at bingos and casinos and help out at various special events and in the office as required.

Contact the staff here and view our Board of Directors.



Alberta Theatre Projects Fast Facts

  • ATP was founded in 1972 as a children's company specializing in historical plays.
  • ATP's original home was the 198 seat Canmore Opera House at Heritage Park.
  • ATP has received 72 Betty Mitchell Awards since the awards founding in 1998.
  • Our current home, the 412 seat Martha Cohen Theatre, is designed so that not a single member of the audience is further away from the stage than they were in the old Opera House.
  • As of 2009/2010, ATP has produced 342 plays, 242 of them Canadian. (70% Canadian content during our 37 years)
  • As of 2007/2008, ATP has produced 223 world premieres.
  • ATP is a national center for the development of new Canadian plays through our two flagship events the Enbridge playRites Festival of New Canadian Plays and The Banff Playwrights' Colony.

 

Enbridge playRites Festival of New Canadian Plays Fast Facts

  • The Enbridge playRites Festival premiered in 1987, a featured performing arts event of the 1988 Olympic Arts Festival.
  • As of 2008/2009, the Enbridge playRites Festival has produced 99 world premiere plays. 271 subsequent productions of 64 of these plays have appeared across Canada soon after the festival.
  • In 2007, Colleen Murphy's The December Man (L'homme de décembre) won the Governor General's Award for Drama.