Morpheus Theatre
Morpheus Theatreʼs mission is to assist the community, artists, volunteers and students for a lifetime of growth in the theatre by providing education and a variety of production experiences in a welcoming environment.
Morpheus was the Greek god of dreams, and Morpheus Theatre focuses on fulfilling dreams. Whether it be the dreams of young thespians looking to start a career on stage or behind the scenes, or the audience wishing to step into a dream world for a few hours to be entertained. Morpheus tries to make these dreams come true. While what we do is much more simple and everyday than making dreams come true for the people that we deal with—it is an experience they will learn from and remember.
For some this means taking the step from their school and into the larger community. For others it is a chance to learn about the behind the scenes workings of a theatre company. Regardless of the reasons for coming to Morpheus Theatre we try to provide everyone with a chance to learn and be part of the Morpheus family.
We are committed to excellence in producing community theatre by selection and presentation of Shows Worth Seeing that expose audiences and volunteers to a variety of theatre experiences attract audiences, artists and volunteers, are well executed, entertaining or thought provoking and are well received. We generally present four shows a year: a fall Farce, a Holiday Family show, a winter Drama and a Gilbert & Sullivan Operetta in the Spring. You can also find our name associated with other community members with co-productions and One Act Festival submissions as we are passionate about assisting new and established companies flourish in Calgary.
We are dedicated to training in all areas of theatre through high quality, low cost workshops, mentoring opportunities, production experience and classes, including our G&S Junior Youth Programs, which offers youth a chance to learn the same G&S operetta as the mainstage offering, and even perform on the same set. The fun, humour and drama of Gilbert and Sullivan is a great way for youth to be introduced to classical music and we focus on providing a welcoming, low-stress environment that makes everyone feels like family.
Morpheus Theatre is pleased to provide affordable, flexible rehearsal studios, audition, meeting and set painting space for the arts community. We have two locations, the Morpheus Rehearsal Centre located in Parkdale, featuring two rehearsal studios, a boardroom, offices and common areas, and our newly added Morpheus Production Centre located in Highfield, featuring one rehearsal studio, our Sets ʽn Stuff Rental Facility and our set assembly/painting workshop. We are excited to be able to offer rentals of set pieces, props and costumes to our greater community.
