Okotoks' very own theatre troupe is back with a trio of top-tier productions.
The Dewdney Players are hosting three one-act plays — August Heat, Mother Figure and The Demon — at the Rotary Performing Arts Centre over the next two weekends.
"They range from quite a silly comedy to a supernatural kind of drama to supernatural thriller," said longtime Dewdney Players member Ed Sands. "We rarely get any kind of that supernatural stuff going on."
August Heat is a supernatural play adapted from a short story written by W. F. Harvey in 1910.
Mother Figure is the first of a 1974 five-play anthology by Alan Ayckborn titled Confusions.
The Demon is a supernatural thriller based on Martin Downing's 1993 book.
The one-acts are the Dewdney Players' entry into the Alberta Drama Festival Association Foothills Regional One Act Play Festival, a fest featuring theatre groups from Okotoks, High River, Canmore and Strathmore.
"These one-act play festivals are going on across the province," said Sands. "And then one play is picked from the region to compete in the provincials and that's going to be up in Grand Prairie this year in May.
"So Dewdney Players has been to provincials about three times in the past and we've won the festival, won the provincials at least once, and we've won best actor, best actress, best director, best production and things like that."
The upcoming one-act shows will be staged March 7-9 and March 14-16. Tickets are available on its website.
