Workshop Program

Part of Morpheus Theatre’s vision is to support the growth of individuals and the theatre community through the provision of quality and affordable education.

Morpheus Theatre is pleased to provide an annual series of high-quality, affordable workshops. Workshops are geared to community theatre volunteers both from on-stage, and off-stage aspects of production. All workshops are open to the public and are held on weekends. For more details, please visit the links below, or call (403) 246-2999.  To register, click here, and find the workshop you would like in the list (chronological).

These valuable workshops are presented at this low price in the spirit of community theatre.

2024/2025 Workshops

*May 24, 2025 – Set Design with Narda McCarroll

*June 8, 2025 – British RP & Cockney Dialects with Jessica Eckstadt

*This workshop is sponsored by Theatre Alberta with funding from The Alberta Foundation for the Arts as part of the ‘Workshops by Request: Hometown Series’

     

Past Workshops

*Apr 26, 2025 – Auditioning with Bronwyn Steinberg
#Nov 22, 2024 – Taking the “UGH!” Out of Auditions with Marion Abbott on Zoom
*Sept 21, 2024 – Design and the Director with Vanessa Porteous
June 15 & 16, 2024 – Crushing Callbacks with Krista Willott
*June 1, 2024 – Design and the Director with Vanessa Porteous (Postponed due to low enrollment)
May 2 & 3, 2024 – Auditioning for Theatre with Krista Willott
*Feb 11, 2024 – Intro to Theatre Intimacy: Consent and Boundaries with Anastasia St. Amand
*Jan 14 & 21, 2024 – Character Development and Text Analysis with Elizabeth Stepkowski Tarhan
Oct 21, 2023 – Stage Fighting is Acting! with John Knight
Sept 24, 2023 – Intro to Stage Management & Backstage Management Workshop with Krista Willott
May 20, 2023 – Introduction to Stage Management Workshop with Krista Willott
Apr 16, 2023 – Intro to Theatre Intimacy: Consent and Boundaries with Anastasia St. Amand
Mar 12, 2023 – Directing – The White Spaces Between the Black Marks with Vanessa Porteous
Feb 4, 2023 – Introduction to Auditioning Workshop with Jules Orton
Sept 10 OR 17, 2022 – Actors in the Script Workshop with Caroline Russell-King
June 11, 2022 – Overview of Theatre Design with Krista Willott
June 4, 2022 – Building Stage Presence & Fighting Audition Anxiety with Taylor Matheson
May 7 – Jun 28, 2022 – Writing a One Act Play with Caroline Russell-King
March 24, 2021 – “Easy” Improvisation for Everyone with Shawn Kinley
February 24, 2021 – 2020 Tax Filing Tips for Performers with Ray Morden
February 17, 2021 – The Playwright – a Conversation with Stephen Massicotte
January 27, 2021 – Embodied Voice and Text with Laurann Brown
December 12, 2020 – Introduction to Stage Management with Claire Bolton
November 25, 2020 – Creating Character through Voice and Body with Laurann Brown
Nov 24, 26 & Dec 1, 2020 – Set Design Through the Gingerbread House with Kathryn Smith*
October 24, 2020 – Halloween Make-up Workshop: Ghoulish Tips with Lisa Floyd
October 8,15, 22, 2020 – Hat’s Off to You: Milliner Workshop with Christie Johnson
October 5, 2020 – Self-Tape Audition Workshop with Brendan Hunter

October 26 –Your Shakespeare Monologue with Iam Coulter
September 28 –Teen Shakespeare with Iam Coulter

June 8, 2019 – Masks Inside and Out with Steve Jarand
May 19, 2019 – Intro to Directors’ Process with Val Planche
April 7, 2019 – Wealth, Worth & Wallet: Financial Literacy for Performers with Ray Mordon
November 18, 2018 – Swashbuckling 101 with John Knight
September 22, 2018 –Talk like a Brit!with Jane MacFarlane

June 16, 2018 – Workshop with International Mask & Improv Artist Steve Jarand
May 4 – 6, 2018 – Weekend Shakespeare Intensivewith Iam Coulter – SOLD OUT
April 21, 2018 – An Introduction to the Director’s Process with Valerie Planche – SOLD OUT
March 17, 2018 – Michael Chekhov: An Introduction to Inspired Acting with Josephine Christensen – SOLD OUT
February 10, 2018 – Exploring Shakespeare: MACBETH with Iam Coulter
December 9, 2017 – Suzuki Technique with Peter Balkwill of The Old Trout Puppet Workshop
October 21, 2017 – Puppetry for Beginners with Ali DeRegt
June 3, 2017 – A Methodology toward Artistic Unity for Actors & Directors with Richard Michelle Pentelbury
May 20, 2017 – Dance for Theatre Crash Course with Danielle Desmarais (sub Ginette Simonot)
May 6 & 7, 2017 – Clown Weekend Intensive with Alice Nelson
Mar 26, 2017 –  PLAYing Shakespeare with Iam Coulter
Jan 22, 2017 – Mask Acting Workshop with Dean Bareham, Artistic Director of Green Fools
June 18, 2016 – Technique for Stage Speech & Projection with Jane MacFarlane
June 4, 2016 – Directing: From Good to Great with Simon Mallett
Apr 24, 2016 – Stage Movement: Physical Techniques for Telling the Story with Alice Nelson
Mar 19, 2016 – How to Handle Heightened Text with Iam Coulter
Feb 27, 2016 – Singing Basics for Actors with Kim Mattice-Wanat
May 16 & 17, 2015 – Clown Intensive Workshop with Alice Nelson
May 9, 2015 – Text Based Character Study with Val Planche
Apr 24 & 25, 2015 – Dance for Musicals Workshop with Danielle Desmarais
Mar 22, 2015 – Stage Management Workshop: Basics and Beyond with Donna Sharpe
Mar 7, 2015 – Improve Stage Performance and Alleviate Stage Anxiety: The HeartMath® Way with Shamir Ladhani
Feb 27 & 28, 2015 – Stage Combat Workshop with Aaron Conrad & John Knight
Feb 15, 2015 – Intro to Improv Workshop with Karen Johnson Diamond
May 24, 2014 – Character Building Workshop with David LeReaney
May 4, 2014 – Directing Workshop with Kevin McKendrick
April 6, 2014 – Stage Combat Workshop with Laryssa Yanchak

Got an idea?

If you have an idea for a future workshop, or have any comments or questions about the workshop series, please contact Ginette at tickets@morpheustheatre.ca.

*Our workshop program is sponsored in part by Theatre Alberta with funding from The Alberta Foundation for the Arts as part of the ‘Workshops by Request: Hometown Series’.