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Workshop Program<\/h1>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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. \u00a0To register,\u00a0click here<\/a>, and find the workshop you would like in the list (chronological).<\/p>\n

These valuable workshops are presented at this low price in the spirit of community theatre.<\/p>\n

2025\/2026 Workshops<\/h2>\n

Mar 21, 2026 – Music Literacy Crash Course with Natalie Ehrenholz<\/strong><\/p>\n

*Apr 11, 2026 – Auditioning with Clare Preuss<\/strong><\/p>\n

*Apr 25, 2026 – Intro to Character Development with Daniela Vlaskalic – POSTPONED<\/strong><\/p>\n

*May 30, 2026 – Intro to Directing with Kathryn Smith<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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*This workshop is sponsored by Theatre Alberta with funding from The Alberta Foundation for the Arts as part of the \u2018Workshops by Request: Hometown Series\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n

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Past Workshops<\/h2>\n

Sept 13 & 20, 2025 – Music Literacy for Beginners with Natalie Ehrenholz<\/strong>
\n*June 8, 2025 – <\/strong>British RP & Cockney Dialects with Jessica Eckstadt
\n*May 24, 2025 – <\/strong>Set Design with Narda McCarroll
\n*Apr 26, 2025 – <\/strong>Auditioning with Bronwyn Steinberg
\n#Nov 22, 2024 – <\/strong>Taking the “UGH!” Out of Auditions with Marion Abbott on Zoom
\n*Sept 21, 2024 – <\/strong>Design and the Director with Vanessa Porteous
\nJune 15 & 16, 2024 – <\/strong>Crushing Callbacks with Krista Willott
\n*June 1, 2024 – <\/strong>Design and the Director with Vanessa Porteous (Postponed due to low enrollment)
\nMay 2 & 3, 2024 – <\/strong>Auditioning for Theatre with Krista Willott
\n*Feb 11, 2024 – <\/strong>Intro to Theatre Intimacy: Consent and Boundaries with Anastasia St. Amand
\n*Jan 14 & 21, 2024 – <\/strong>Character Development and Text Analysis with Elizabeth Stepkowski Tarhan
\nOct 21, 2023<\/strong> – Stage Fighting is Acting! with John Knight
\nSept 24, 2023<\/strong> – Intro to Stage Management & Backstage Management Workshop with Krista Willott
\nMay 20, 2023 – <\/strong>Introduction to Stage Management Workshop with Krista Willott
\nApr 16, 2023 – <\/strong>Intro to Theatre Intimacy: Consent and Boundaries with Anastasia St. Amand
\nMar 12, 2023 – <\/strong>Directing \u2013 The White Spaces Between the Black Marks with Vanessa Porteous
\nFeb 4, 2023 – <\/strong>Introduction to Auditioning Workshop with Jules Orton
\nSept 10 OR 17, 2022 – <\/strong>Actors in the Script Workshop with Caroline Russell-King
\nJune 11, 2022 – <\/strong>Overview of Theatre Design with Krista Willott
\nJune 4, 2022 – <\/strong>Building Stage Presence & Fighting Audition Anxiety with Taylor Matheson
\nMay 7 – Jun 28, 2022 – <\/strong>Writing a One Act Play with Caroline Russell-King
\nMarch 24, 2021 \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0“Easy” Improvisation for Everyone with Shawn Kinley
\nFebruary 24, 2021 –<\/strong> 2020 Tax Filing Tips for Performers with Ray Morden
\nFebruary 17, 2021 – <\/strong>The Playwright – a Conversation with Stephen Massicotte
\nJanuary 27, 2021 – <\/strong>Embodied Voice and Text with Laurann Brown
\nDecember 12, 2020<\/strong>\u00a0– Introduction to Stage Management with Claire Bolton
\nNovember 25, 2020<\/strong>\u00a0– Creating Character through Voice and Body with Laurann Brown
\nNov 24, 26 & Dec 1, 2020 – <\/strong>Set Design Through the Gingerbread House with Kathryn Smith*
\nOctober 24, 2020<\/strong> – Halloween Make-up Workshop: Ghoulish Tips with Lisa Floyd
\nOctober 8,15, 22, 2020<\/strong> – Hat\u2019s Off to You: Milliner Workshop with Christie Johnson
\nOctober 5, 2020<\/strong> – Self-Tape Audition Workshop with Brendan Hunter<\/p>\n

October 26\u00a0\u2013<\/b><\/strong>Your Shakespeare Monologue\u00a0with Iam Coulter
\nSe<\/strong>ptember\u00a028\u00a0\u2013<\/b><\/strong>Teen Shakespeare\u00a0with Iam Coulter<\/p>\n

June 8, 2019 – <\/strong>Masks Inside and Out\u00a0with Steve Jarand
\nMay 19, 2019 –\u00a0<\/strong>Intro to Directors’ Process with Val Planche
\nApril 7, 2019 \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Wealth, Worth & Wallet: Financial Literacy for Performers\u00a0with Ray Mordon
\nNovember 18, 2018 –\u00a0<\/strong>Swashbuckling 101<\/a>\u00a0with John Knight
\nSe<\/strong>ptember\u00a022, 2018\u00a0\u2013<\/b><\/strong>Talk like a Brit!<\/a>with Jane MacFarlane<\/p>\n

June 16, 2018 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>Workshop with International Mask & Improv Artist Steve Jarand<\/a>
\nMay 4 \u2013 6, 2018\u00a0\u2013<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0Weekend Shakespeare Intensive<\/a>with Iam Coulter –\u00a0SOLD OUT<\/strong>
\nApril 21, 2018 <\/strong>– An Introduction to the Director’s Process<\/a>\u00a0with Valerie Planche –\u00a0SOLD OUT<\/strong>
\nMarch 17, 2018\u00a0<\/strong>– Michael Chekhov: An Introduction to Inspired Acting<\/a>\u00a0with Josephine Christensen –\u00a0SOLD OUT<\/strong>
\nFebruary 10, 2018 –<\/strong> Exploring Shakespeare: MACBETH<\/a> with Iam Coulter
\nDecember 9, 2017<\/strong>\u00a0–\u00a0<\/strong>Suzuki Technique<\/a> with Peter Balkwill\u00a0of The Old Trout Puppet Workshop
\nOctober 21, 2017<\/strong>\u00a0–\u00a0Puppetry for Beginners<\/a>\u00a0with Ali DeRegt
\nJune 3, 2017<\/strong>\u00a0– A Methodology toward Artistic Unity for Actors & Directors<\/a> with Richard Michelle Pentelbury
\nMay 20, 2017<\/strong>\u00a0– Dance for Theatre Crash Course<\/a> with Danielle Desmarais (sub Ginette Simonot)
\nMay 6 & 7,\u00a02017<\/strong>\u00a0– Clown Weekend Intensive<\/a> with Alice Nelson
\nMar 26, 2017\u00a0–\u00a0 <\/strong>PLAYing Shakespeare<\/a>\u00a0with Iam Coulter
\nJan 22,\u00a02017<\/strong>\u00a0– Mask Acting Workshop<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0Dean Bareham, Artistic Director of Green Fools
\nJune 18, 2016<\/strong>\u00a0– Technique for\u00a0Stage Speech & Projection<\/a> with Jane MacFarlane
\nJune 4, 2016<\/strong>\u00a0– Directing: From Good to Great<\/a> with Simon Mallett
\nApr 24, 2016<\/strong>\u00a0– Stage Movement: Physical Techniques for Telling the Story<\/a> with Alice Nelson
\nMar 19, 2016<\/strong> – How to Handle Heightened Text<\/a>\u00a0with Iam Coulter
\nFeb 27, 2016<\/strong>\u00a0–\u00a0Singing Basics for Actors<\/a>\u00a0with Kim Mattice-Wanat
\nMay 16 & 17, 2015<\/strong>\u00a0– Clown Intensive Workshop<\/a> with Alice Nelson
\nMay 9, 2015\u00a0– Text Based Character Study<\/a> with Val Planche
\nApr 24 & 25, 2015 – Dance for Musicals Workshop <\/a>with Danielle Desmarais
\nMar 22, 2015\u00a0– Stage Management Workshop: Basics and Beyond<\/a> with Donna Sharpe
\nMar 7, 2015\u00a0– Improve Stage Performance and Alleviate Stage Anxiety: The HeartMath\u00ae Way<\/a>\u00a0with Shamir Ladhani
\nFeb 27 & 28, 2015 – Stage Combat Workshop<\/a> with Aaron Conrad & John Knight
\nFeb 15, 2015\u00a0– Intro to Improv Workshop<\/a> with Karen Johnson Diamond
\nMay 24, 2014\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Character Building Workshop<\/a>\u00a0with David LeReaney
\nMay 4, 2014\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Directing Workshop<\/a>\u00a0with Kevin McKendrick
\nApril 6, 2014\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Stage Combat Workshop\u00a0with Laryssa Yanchak<\/p>\n

Got an idea?<\/h2>\n

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<\/a>.<\/p>\n

*Our workshop program is sponsored in part by\u00a0Theatre Alberta with funding from The Alberta Foundation for the Arts as part of the \u2018Workshops by Request: Hometown Series\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-187","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nWorkshops - Morpheus Theatre<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.morpheustheatre.ca\/?page_id=187\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Workshops - Morpheus Theatre\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.morpheustheatre.ca\/?page_id=187\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Morpheus Theatre\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-21T21:57:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.morpheustheatre.ca\/morph_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/TALOGO_RGB-copy-1030x584.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.morpheustheatre.ca\/?page_id=187\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.morpheustheatre.ca\/?page_id=187\",\"name\":\"Workshops - 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