Opening and closing this week

• Opening
  • CRIPSiE’s Careful runs November 18 and 19 at the Westbury Theatre in the ATB Financial Arts Barns.
    • Check out my preview of the show here!
  • As part of Holy Trinity Anglican Church’s ArtSpirit Festival, there will be a special edition of Script Salon on November 20, including a reading of Crazy Train by David Haas at 2:00 p.m. and a reading of 9 short plays at 7:30. Check out the full schedule on Holy Trinity’s website.
• Closing
  • How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying runs at Campus St. Jean until November 19.
    • Check out my preview of the show with director Adam Kuss and actor Frank Keller.
  • Million Dollar Quartet‘s extended run at the Citadel Theatre comes to a close Ifor real this time) on November 19.

News

• Workshop West invites you to to sponsor a Gay-Straight Alliance to see their upcoming of Darrin Hagen’s Witch Hunt at the Strand, which portrays a terrifying and important time in the history of Edmonton’s gay community.
• Louise has been working on How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying – read about it in her latest blog post.
• Theatre Network’s season opener, Tornado Magnet by Darrin Hagen, continues this week. Check out my review and definitely go see this one!

Reading about less local arts

• Hyperalleric has a really interesting article about the complex relationship between artists and Airbnb. An interesting place to post and share art projects? Yes. Responsible for displacing people and increasingly illegal? Also yes.