There is so much more going on at CYPT right now than you can possibly imagine! As we begin to prepare for next season (which we’ll launch in April), we’ve enlisted help from some of our graduating students to make it an extra special season. One of those graduating students is also our YP of […]
Happy New Year! Here at CYPT we’re busily getting ready for our March production of The Lost Prince. Those rehearsals are extra fun right now thanks to the boundless energy and remarkable skill of our youngest cast member, who also happens to be January’s YP of the month! Who is this bundle of fun (or […]
Many thanks to the Electronic Recycling Association of Calgary for donating the wonderful refurbished computer upon which this post is being typed! Our old office computer was suffering a slow death when ERA came to the rescue. They also donated new monitors, keyboards, and mice! For more information about ERA, to donate electronics, or to […]
December’s YP of the month is… Cordell DeRosa!! Cordell has been acting for many years and has done a number of plays with CYPT. This includes A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Wooers’ Woods, and, most recently, The Sleepy Hollow Project. He is currently in grade 11. He enjoys an assortment of different food and loves the sciences. Cordell […]
The Sleepy Hollow Project cast would like to thank Marilyn Lohmann and Accel Project Solutions Ltd. for treating the entire cast to supper at Boston Pizza! In the past 48 hours, the kids have performed the show FIVE times, so they badly needed the energy and the time away from the dark black hole that is the theatre […]
Alex Cookshaw is a long-time member of the CYPT family, and this year, he helped us build a bunch of the props for our production of The Sleepy Hollow Project… and he’s REALLY good at it! Here’s a set of binoculars he made for the show. If you want to see more of Alex’s outstanding […]
Assistant Director and Co-Writer of The Sleepy Hollow Project John Tasker, along with actor Robert Morrison, sits down with Global TV to chat about the show! Just a reminder that The Sleepy Hollow Project opens Thursday November 20, and closes Saturday, November 29! Get your tickets today! Your browser does not support frames. Click here […]
A behind the scenes look at how an actor’s head is cast for The Sleepy Hollow Project. There are all kinds of great reasons to cast an actor’s face in theatre, from mask-making to prosthetics (and beyond). Want to find out why we’re putting Kyle through this? Check out The Sleepy Hollow Project, opening Nov. […]
Welcome to our brand new (or really old, depending on your memory) Young Person of the Month feature. Each month, we’ll recognize one of our young people who is doing fantastic work in a production, camp, or class. November’s YP of the month is… Grace Wilson! Grace is the Assistant Stage Manager of The Sleepy Hollow […]
Congrats to CYPT instructor and director Mike Griffin on his chapter in the upcoming publication of The Routledge Companion to Commedia dell’Arte, coming November 15th! As many of our performers know, Commedia is a style of comedy that uses mask, heightened physicality, and slapstick humor to tell some ridiculous stories. Our 2013/14 production and remount […]
