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Voices of the Land: The Seed Savers and Other Plays are plays about transformation in the western Canadian landscape: prairie, lake and woods. An element of the natural world is present in each play, not only as setting, but as character, sometimes voiced by the human characters, sometimes not, but always present. These plays, which range from romantic comedy to drama, and from one-act to full-length, show...
Nan Fewchuk, Karl Thordarson and Adam Charbonneau in Magpie; Photo by Janet Shum
“Magpie” is my third play to be produced at FemFest, following ”Cowboy Boots and a Corsage” in 2003 and “Abby’s Place” in 2006. These three plays share roots as original radio drama scripts for the CBC, which I later adapted for the stage. An audio clip from the 1995 CBC national broadcast of “Magpie”...
“Art Lessons” is a short story first published in Alberta Views, Sept 2011. It is one of a cycle of stories tentatively titled Kaleidoscope about the development of a young girl, from childhood to adulthood, as an artist. Her first fiction, “Art Lessons” is featured in the September issue of AlbertaViews.
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A stellar line-up of work has just been announced for FemFest 2011, our ninth annual festival celebrating female playwrights. We are particularly excited to be welcoming international guest artist Zena Edwards from England. She will perform her new work Traveling Light, conduct a workshop exploring the intersection of poetry and drama, and meet with emerging artists. In addition we will be welcoming touring shows...
by: Fawnda Mithrush VUE weekly
Francois Chevennement admits he was stunned to find out that most lifelong Edmontonians have no idea where the famed Strand Theatre once stood.
“Everyone knows about it in the States, but no one in Edmonton here knows that we had the Strand,” he says, noting that some of the world’s greatest vaudeville artists once performed right there, on Jasper Avenue:...
Inspired by an unsolved case in 1920s Edmonton, Murder at the Strand is an elegant, compelling story ballet set in the energetic era of vaudeville. Meet the suspects, study their motives and solve the crime!
Two performances only! June 4 at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The June 4th evening performance includes a reception complete with light fare and silent auction.
Choreography: Francois Chevennement and Laurence...
Food is Love will be produced at King’s Shorts Festival in Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia, in June 2011.
Now in its fifth year, King’s Shorts Festival brings eight new plays to the stage. Food is Love is directed by Lynda Hanshaw.
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Short Plays on Health Ethics
On Feb 2, 2012, Katherine Koller gives a talk on her Short Plays on Health Ethics at the Arts-Based Research Studio, University of Alberta. Share It Hide Sites
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Voices of the Land: The Seed Savers and Other Plays
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Magpie at FemFest
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Art Lessons
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FemFest 2011: Staging Inspiration
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Vue Weekly – Resurrecting the Strand
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Murder at the Strand
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King’s Shorts Festival
Katherine Koller lives in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and writes for radio, stage and screen. Her one-acts, including Cowboy Boots and a Corsage, have been produced at the Edmonton Fringe Festival, on CBC radio, and across the country.
Some of her full-length plays concern the pressures of science and technology on family relationships, often with the land or some element of nature playing a character part. Coal Valley: the Making of a Miner (2005) is included in The Alberta Advantage, published by Playwrights Canada Press. The Seed Savers (2009) received its premiere at Workshop West Theatre.
Katherine teaches in the Department of English and Film Studies at the University of Alberta.