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APN is a non-profit, provincial arts service organization and registered charity dedicated to fostering playwriting in Alberta.
Welcome to Alberta Playwrights' Network! APN exists to nurture Alberta playwrights and provide support for the development of their plays. We offer a variety of dramaturgical services, workshops, competitions and special events to our members as well as offering staged readings of new Alberta plays to the general public. We invite you to explore our website and find out all about APN, and don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions. Thanks for visiting!


Latest News:The APN Annual General Meeting was held in Calgary on Sunday, February 7th and a new and energetic board was elected. Welcome and thank you to all who volunteered. Calgary and Edmonton Playwriting Circles are underway. Stay tuned for more details about the Playwriting Circle Readings over the next couple of months.

APN is helping to organize the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas 2010 Conference taking place in Banff, June 28 - July 1st, 2010. The LMDA is a member driven organization open to dramaturgs, playwrights, directors, students, professors or anyone else interested in theatrical creation. We invite our members to become members of this sister organization and come to the conference which will be a stimulating exchange of ideas in a stunning landscape. For more information please visit the LMDA website.

Welcome aboard Michelle Kneale. Michelle is taking on the responsibilities of Resident Dramaturg as Trevor Rueger moves into the Executive Director chair. Michelle can be reached at dramaturg@albertaplaywrights.com.


Scripting a ProvinceScripting A Province: A History of the APN, by Trevor Rueger
& Theatre 100, edited by Shari Wattling


Alberta Playwrights Network and B House Publishing are delighted to announce the publication of the book that was 25 years in the making.

Scripting A Province: A History of the APN documents the past 25 years of this organization, devoted to the development of plays and playwrights in the province of Alberta. Written, researched and compiled by Trevor Rueger, with additional writings by playwrights Eugene Stickland and Conni Massing, the book chronicles both the highs and the lows of the association's past to the present.

Scripting A Province has been published with a second printing of Theatre 100, edited by Shari Wattling. Originally published in 2006, Theatre 100 is a celebratory book honouring 100 pioneers who have been monumental in shaping Alberta's theatrical landscape.

Scripting A Province: A History of the APN/Theatre 100: Celebrating 100 Theatre Practitioners Over 100 Years is available for $19.95 and can be purchased through our office by ordering via email to bookorder@albertaplaywrights.com.




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