'Oil plays'?

[David Ferry]

Well not about oil in the prairies but possibly worth looking at in terms of issues surrounding oil and the impact on oil workers and the environment is "Rig/The Ocean Ranger Disaster" by Nfld authorJoan Sullivan and Rising Tide Theatre Company.

David Ferry
Appledore Productions
416 433 5826
www.davidferryactor.com

On Aug 23, 2013, at 6:27 PM, James Dugan <jdugan at UCALGARY.CA> wrote:

> Downstage Performance Company in Calgary has developed and mounted to great success their play called Good Fences, dealing with the conflict between oil companies and farmers in Alberta over land rights.
> 
> Artistic Director is Simon Mallett, simon at downstage.ca.
> 
> Jim Dugan
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On 2013-08-23, at 12:58 PM, Mark <sonicfiction at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
>> Great question, Karen, and one I'm pursuing too.
>> Some initial finds:
>> 
>> Cultch Theatre's Extraction
>> http://conspiracy.ca/tc_production/extraction/
>> 
>> Emergency Architect Theatre's Highway 63: The Fort Mac Show http://www3.carleton.ca/cove/OilSandsEventMoreInfo.pdf
>> 
>> And maybe
>> Alberta Theatre Projects' Good Fences http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre-and-performance/the-oil-sands-latest-byproduct-cutting-edge-theatre/article545406/
>> http://www.atplive.com/playRites/GoodFences/index.html
>> 
>> I'd like to know of more myself.
>> 
>> Thx
>> 
>> - Mark A. McCutcheon
>> Associate Professor of Literary Studies
>> Athabasca University
>> 
>> On Aug 23, 2013, at 12:10, Karen Fricker <kfricker at BROCKU.CA> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello colleagues,
>>> 
>>> I'm wondering if anyone knows of plays or other theatrical responses to the current Prairies oil boom. I have already discovered Karen Hines' wonderful Drama: Pilot Episode from 2012. Are there others?
>>> 
>>> Many thanks in advance
>>> Karen
>>> 
>>> _________________________
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>>> Assistant Professor of Dramatic Arts
>>> Brock University
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