Alberta Drama Festival Association (ADFA)

The 2021 Cypress Regional Festival is tentatively scheduled for May 14-15 at the Medicine Hat High School. For details and to get in touch with the Regional Director, visit https://adfa.ca/cypress.

Feeling a bit nostalgic? Reminiscing about past festivals? Check out our brand new website, featuring photos and award recipients from both Regional and Provincial Festivals! Visit each Regions page and the Provincial page for a nice throwback: https://adfa.ca.

The deadline to submit your one-act to the Edmonton Regional Festival is coming up! Register before January 17, 2021. For more information about the Festival, conditions to submit, safety precautions, and more, visit https://adfa.ca/edmonton.

The Edmonton Region has extended its submission deadline to January 17, 2021! **Only 2 spots left** Is there a one-act play you have always wanted to produce? Need an outlet for your own new play? We’ll provide the venue, the audience and the professional adjudication; you provide the talent! The winning play goes to the Provincial Festival May 28-29, 2021. Entrants must be based in the City of Edmonton. Under the present pandemic conditions, we strongly suggest the following... conditions to help ensure the safety of participants and patrons: The number of performers should be limited to three people. Cast and crew (including playwright, director, stage manager and tech) must not consist of more than seven people in total. Though multiple entries are permitted, we require that cast and crew members not be involved in more than one show in the 2021 festival. Social distancing guidelines of 2 meters (6 feet) will be required on stage. La Cité Theatre Tech has provided us with the safety protocols being used in the theatre. If you wish to know about these please contact us. For more information or to request a registration package, contact Cassie at 780.278.2830 or [email protected], or visit https://www.adfa.ca/edmonton.

Edmonton Region Stage Struck! 2021: CALL FOR ENTRANTS What: ADFA Edmonton Region Adult One-act Play Festival When: April 16-17, 2021 Where: La Cité Francophone, 8627 rue Marie-Anne-Gaboury (91st Street), Edmonton... Is there a one-act play you have always wanted to produce? Need an outlet for your own new play? We’ll provide the venue, the audience, and the professional adjudication; you provide the talent! The winning play goes to the Provincial Festival May 28-29, 2021. Entries being accepted now. Only 3 spaces still available! For more information visit https://www.adfa.ca/edmonton. To request a registration package, contact Cassie at 780.278.2830 or [email protected]. The submission deadline is December 21, 2020.

Website announcement! Our brand new website, www.adfa.ca, is now up and running! Check it out! We are still working out a few kinks. Spot something odd? Email [email protected] and let us know.

Website announcement! We are excited to be in the process of revamping our website. Unfortunately, due to processing, our website is unavailable at this time. We are working on getting it back online as soon as possible. In the meantime, feel free to reach out to us here with any questions you might have. Stay tuned for updates!

ADFA UPDATE After several difficult months that have involved a lot of adaption, waiting, and learning, Alberta Drama Festival Association is happy to announce that we are moving ahead with the 2021 Regional Festivals and Provincial Festival! Each region will go ahead with planning a festival within the limits of public health guidelines and the requirements of the venues.... The Provincial Festival is scheduled for May 28-29, 2021 in Camrose (Big Valley Region). Stay tuned for updates and more information! To find your region and representative, visit www.adfa.ca.

We are thrilled to welcome the new representative for ADFA North Zone: Jenny Price! Thank you for lending your time and talents to the Alberta Drama Festival Association! Thank you to previous rep Hanna Fridhed, who will stay on as the Secretary of the Board and general member of the North Zone planning committee.

2020 Regional and Provincial Festivals cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreak. As we continue to monitor the updates and advice from our government and public health authorities, and given the rapidly changing developments regarding COVID-19, the ADFA Board of Directors has made the difficult decision to cancel all 2020 Regional Festivals as well as the Provincial Festival, previously scheduled for May 22-23. We take the safety and health of our volunteers, artists, patrons, and ...community very seriously. We urge everyone to follow recommended guidelines from local health authorities, Health Canada, and the Alberta Health Services. We would like to thank all our volunteers and artists who have been working hard on their productions for this year’s one-act festival season. If you have questions regarding your region’s festival, please contact your local representative at www.adfa.ca.