We are very excited to launch the second half of our Forging A Way Forward season! A season dedicated to creating work and sharing current dialogue in the face of tremendous challenges. The College has been successfully offering in-person training since September, and is proud to have produced three productions, which have been seen virtually in as many as 38 cities across 3 countries! This season celebrates Canadian voices, while reflecting on the current world around us, and the significant challenges we have faced, met head on, and forged a way forward.

Falsework (March) re-imagines the poetry of a terrible tragedy, but, more importantly, the need to rebuild and rise again.

I Hope My Heart Burns First (March) is a moving and satirically funny look at some of the epidemics that have gone hand-in-hand with COVID in the last year, but have too often gone unnoticed - addiction, homelessness, and directionless youth looking for stability.

The Festival of New Works (April) is the culmination of months of preparation as our year II students add their distinctive voice to the creation process from a place of artistic leadership. This is a highlight in the college’s year, showcasing the variety and wealth of student talent, and the multidisciplinary commitment of our program

Urinetown (late May / early June) is a celebrated contemporary musical, as equally hilarious as it is unsettling, with timely commentary on societal issues such as the environment and the power of large corporations to control the 99%. It also takes a stab at the musical theater genre itself, promising to give us all the cathartic celebration we are so much in need of.

We hope in the coming months to welcome you back into our space – but for now, we thank you for welcoming our live streams into your homes. A year ago, we never would have imagined the immense reach our work could find - work that, at its core, is about creating beautiful, moving and very funny performances that speak to all of our humanity. In-person or from a distance, the power of storytelling is not diminished.

Please join our students in forging a way forward!

Caleb Marshall

Managing Artistic Director

Our Year II students are in the final rehearsal stretch for our 2020-21 Year II plays, and livestream tickets are now on sale. Each production has three performances taking place between March 10th and 13th, 2021. We can't wait to share these virtually with you.

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adapted for the stage and directed by

On June 17, 1958, Vancouver’s Second Narrows Bridge collapsed while under construction. Eighteen men plunged to their deaths, and many others were injured. Falsework provides an elegiac portrait of the many lives affected by the crumpling of that seemingly indomitable structure. Balancing documentary and fiction, this premiere workshop production follows compelling characters through intimate vignettes as families and workers struggle to come to terms with this terrible accident.

Livestream Schedule*

Thursday, March 11th - 7:30pm

Friday, March 12th - 2:00pm

Saturday, March 13th - 7:30pm

by Colleen Murphy

directed by Jessica Van der Veen

A gang of six break into a mansion looking to loot themselves out of a drug debt. Governor General's Award-winning playwright Colleen Murphy has crafted a black comedy full of youthful vigour that pushes resentment, violence, and class to an unavoidable emotional extreme. I Hope My Heart Burns First will take you to the edge of your seat, praying we all miss the head-on collision.

Livestream Schedule*

Wednesday, March 10th - 7:30pm

Friday, March 12th - 7:30pm

Saturday, March 13th - 2:00pm

The college has invested in a four-camera set up to broadcast our performances live. You will have access and angles like you’ve never experienced in theatre before, plus the best seat in the house for every show – your own!

In addition to our online ticket platform, tickets for our productions are available over the phone (250 940 6851) between 1:00pm and 4:00pm Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

Tickets will be available up until to one hour before the performance. Patrons are encouraged to purchase their tickets in advance. All tickets are non-refundable and have no cash value.

We still have space in our upcoming workshop:

Monday February 22, 1:00 - 3:00pm Pacific

You’ve submitted your application and your audition is booked, but now what? Join the College Directors as they provide tips, tricks, and best practices in putting your best foot forward in a virtual audition.

To register, email engagement@ccpacanada.com. Please provide your name, how you heard about the workshop, and whether you are auditioning this year.

We're in the final stretch of our second round consideration application period.

Monday February 22, 4:00pm Pacific

Saturday February 27 – Friday March 5

Let those young performing artists in your life know!

in an unprecedented year, these young artists came together and produced three fantastic productions with some of Canada's most notable female directors. Today, they graduate from our the Applied Performing Arts Diploma program after three years at the College, and we want to wish them all the best wherever their artistic passion leads them.

The 2020-21 Studio Ensemble is:

Jaime Butler

Danica Charlie

Ella Daly

Niah Davis

Emily Dehod

Nathaniel Exley

Josephine Kay

Kianna King

Kelsey Launier

Elan Miller-Jeannotte

Emily Anne Pugsley

Tessa Thompson

Sammy Radelfinger

photos from Working (2018), Yerma (2020), Paradise Lost (2020), and If/Then (2021) by Peter Pokorny.