Company History
Punctuate! Theatre was founded in 2010 and incorporated in 2012. The founding members of Punctuate! first collaborated at the Edmonton International Fringe Festival. The company’s first few productions varied wildly from Howard Barker and George F. Walker to new clown and buffon shows such as Vice Versa and An Evening with Satan.
In 2012, Punctuate! became the resident company at a garage turned theatre called the TACOS Space. Punctuate! utilized the space as a Fringe BOYOV and as a performance venue for their 2012/2013 Punctuate! Performance series, which featured shows from five emerging performing arts companies from across Alberta.
The 2013/2014 Performance Series featured two co-productions with emerging companies and two pieces produced by Punctuate! Theatre. In 2014, Punctuate! received a Sterling award for Outstanding Independent Production for their co-production of East of Berlin with the East/West Collective.
In 2015, Punctuate! Theatre produced George F. Walker’s entire Suburban Motel Series. The series featured a cast of 14 actors, and a total company of over 45 artists. In 2016, they produced Hannah Moscovitch’s This is War, and in 2017, they created and produced Matthew MacKenzie’s new family friendly dino-musical Bone Wars: The Curse of the Pathological Paleontologists.
Production History
2024
First Métis Man of Odesa by Matthew MacKenzie & Mariya Khomutova
Barrie, ON @ Talk Is Free Theatre
Toronto, ON @ Soulpepper Theatre
Ottawa, ON @ The National Arts Centre
First Métis Man of Odesa - The Audio Play by Matthew MacKenzie & Mariya Khomutova on PlayMe Podcast
2023
First Métis Man of Odesa by Matthew MacKenzie & Mariya Khomutova
Kamloops, BC @ Western Canada Theatre
Toronto, ON @ The Theatre Centre
Edmonton, AB @ Citadel Theatre
Vancouver, BC @ The Cultch
Saskatoon, SK @ Persephone Theatre
Winnipeg, MB @ Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre
Freaky Green Eyes Adapted by Emma Houghton
Edmonton @ Backstage Theatre
Pemmican Collective & Punctuate! Theatre Creators’ Cohort 2023-2024
2022
Barvinok by Lianna Makuch (Pyretic Productions in association with Punctuate! Theatre)
Edmonton, AB @ Westbury Theatre
Canmore, AB @ Artsplace
Lethbridge, AB @ New West Theatre
Pemmican Collective & Punctuate! Theatre Playwrights’ Cohort 2022-2023
The Virtual Indigenous Artist Hub 2022 (Punctuate! Theatre in association with Dreamspeakers)
2021
Bears by Matthew MacKenzie
Edmonton, AB @ Citadel Theatre
Pemmican Collective & Punctuate! Theatre Playwrights’ Unit 2021-2022
The Situation We Find Ourselves In Is This (Youtube Live Event) Created by Matthew MacKenzie & Daniel MacIvor
Presented in partnership with Punctuate! Theatre, reWork Productions, Cape Breton University, Boardmore Theatre, and The Theatre Centre
2020
Punctuate! Playwrights’ Unit 2020-2021
The Virtual Indigenous Artist Hub (Punctuate! Theatre in association with Dreamspeakers)
2019
After the Fire by Matthew MacKenzie (with Alberta Aboriginal Performing arts in association with The Theatre Centre)
Alberta Tour - Saddleback First Nation, Maskwacis First Nation, Canmore (artsPlace)
Bears by Matthew MacKenzie (with Alberta Aboriginal Performing Arts)
Victoria @ The Belfry
Toronto @ Factory Theatre
Western Canadian Tour - Wells BC, Kamloops BC, Canmore AB
Blood of Our Soil by Lianna Makuch (Pyretic Productions in association with Punctuate! Theatre)
Toronto @ Tarragon Theatre Extraspace
The Particulars by Matthew MacKenzie
Toronto @ The Theatre Centre
Edmonton @ La Cité Francophone
Three Ladies by Lady Vanessa Cardona (Workshop - Remix the Ritual in association with Punctuate! Theatre)
Edmonton @ Fringe Theatre Adventures Spotlight Series
2018
Bears by Matthew MacKenzie (with Alberta Aboriginal Performing arts in association with The Theatre Centre and Native Earth Performing Arts)
Toronto @ The Theatre Centre
Tour - Saddleback First Nation, Maskwacis First Nation, Calgary (Downstage Theatre), Canmore (artsPlace)
Minosis Gathers Hope by Christine Sokaymoh Frederick (with Alberta Aboriginal Performing arts in association with The Theatre Centre and Native Earth Performing Arts)
Toronto @ The Theatre Centre
Tour - Saddleback First Nation, Maskwacis First Nation, Calgary (Downstage Theatre), Canmore (artsPlace)
Blood of Our Soil by Lianna Makuch (Pyretic Productions in association with Punctuate! Theatre)
Edmonton @ The Westbury Theatre
The Situation We Find Ourselves In Is This (Workshop Presentation) Created by Matthew MacKenzie & Daniel MacIvor
Toronto, ON @ The Theatre Centre
2017
Bone Wars: The Curse of the Pathological Paleontologists by Matthew MacKenzie
2016
This Is War by Hannah Moscovitch
2015
The Suburban Motel Series by George F. Walker
2014
The Silence Project by Julie Ferguson, Liz Hobbs, Elliott James, Andréa Jorawsky, & Sheiny Satanove
Dirt by Ron Chambers
Solo Studies: Translations co-produced with Entrelancement Dance (Performance Series)
East of Berlin by Hannah Moscovtich co-produced with The East/West Collective
2013
A Clown Show Double Bill featuring Sofa So Good by Small Matters Productions & The Lost n' Lost Department by The PIE Factory Collective (Performance Series)
s/kin by The Mindhive Collective (Performance Series)
This Displace by Ainsley Hillyard & Shatter State by Alison Kause presented by the Good Women Dance Collective (Performance Series)
Vice Re-Versa by Andréa Jorawsky, Adam Cope, and Elliott James
2012
An Evening with Satan by Elliott James
The Juvyline Cubangbang Show by Jake Prins presented by The Blue Sky Theatre Emporium (Performance Series)
2011
Judith by Howard Barker
Vice Versa by Adam Cope & Elliott James
2010
The End of Civilization by George F. Walker
Past Company Members
Elizabeth Hobbs
Sheiny Satanove
Andréa Jorawsky
Adam Cope
Elliott James