Heartland Region
Festival History
2023 Heartland Region One Act Festival
Central Alberta Theatre was proud to present the Heartland Regional One-Act Festival in the Nickle Studio from April 21-22, 2023.
The festival held a Preview performance on Friday, April 21st, followed by the official adjudicated show on Saturday, April 22nd, 2023.
Three productions where presented during Heartland Regional Festival, including two new works* by local playwrights (indicated by an asterisk):
Red Deer Players will be presenting “Emotional Baggage,” by Lindsay Price and directed by Red Deer Players and CAT Member Wanda Oler.
“Reception” is written by Sarain Soonias and directed by Jeremy Brooks.*
“A Plant Called Kyle McKinney” is written and directed by Aaron Vanderweg.
2019 Heartland Region One Act Festival
The 2019 Heartland One Act Festival Celebrate! will take place at the Ol'Moose Hall in Innisfail on Saturday April 27th.
The festival will again feature an adjudicator who will provide feedback to all entrants and will choose a winning one act. A guest artist will be featured for our awards for best performances, best one act and best original work. The winning one act will then participate in the provincial festival that will be held in High River Alberta May 3rd and May 4th 2019. Come out and support local central Alberta talent! Let’s Celebrate!
Kathy Fisher Outstanding Performance in Hearing Aid by Pete Barry
Brian Bailey Outstanding New Work New Menu by Brian Bailey
Liz Bennett Outstanding Performance in Dead True by Geoff Rose Michael
Kathy Fisher and Rick Jackson Outstanding One Act Hearing Aid by Pete Barry
Prior Years
In May 2018, ADFA Heartland Region celebrated their second Regional Festival in many years. We know there are amazing and dedicated theater groups and local playwrights in the region that would love to showcase their talents at this regional festival. The 2019 festival will take place at the Ol'Moose Hall in Innisfail and is tentatively booked for both Friday April 26th and Saturday April 27th. The festival will again feature a professional adjudicator who will provide feedback to all entrants and will choose a winning one act. Groups who enter the ADFA Heartland Region One Act Play Festival should be aware, if chosen as the winning one act, will need to make themselves available to participate in the provincial festival that will be held in High River Alberta May 3rd and May 4th 2019. Original works are encouraged to be entered and performed.
Please spread the word and encourage all interested actors, directors, playwrights in the region to contact the ADFA Heartland Regional Representative Christine Chalaturnyk. Applications for our festival are open and welcomed! Please see the ADFA webpage for forms, rules and regulations etc.