Collider Festival

Collider is the Citadel’s New Play Development Festival that celebrates and helps bring to life new stories and scripts for larger stages showcasing a mix of local artists and artists from across the country and beyond. We hope you’ll join us for more exciting work and discussions around New Play Development all year round, and at our Collider Festival June 5 – 7, 2026!

Learn more: https://​citadelthe​atre​.com/​a​r​t​i​s​t​s​/​p​l​a​y​-​d​e​v​e​l​o​p​m​e​n​t​/​c​o​l​l​i​d​e​r​-​f​e​s​t​ival/

Play readings and playwright mixers: FREE

Workshops: $50 +GST

2026 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

FRIDAY JUNE 5, 2026

7:00 PM | Zeidler Hall | FREE
 Reading #1: The first act of two new plays from the Playwrights Lab
 — Act I of THE GREAT CANADIAN MAPLE SYRUP HEIST: THE GREAT CANADIAN MUSICAL. Book by Mhairi Berg, Music & Lyrics by Mhairi Berg & Steven Greenfield
 — Act I of COME HELL OR HIGH WATER by Nicole Moeller 

SATURDAY JUNE 6, 2026

10:00 AM | Citadel Boardroom | $50 + GST
 Musical Theatre Workshop — And Then They Sing: Musical Theatre Bookwriting
 Instructor – Nick Green 

Playwrights Mixer | 6:00 PM | Zeidler Hall Lobby | FREE

Reading #2 | 7:00 PM | Zeidler Hall | FREE
 AN AGATHA CHRISTIE MYSTERY A COMEDY by Col Cseke

SUNDAY JUNE 7, 2026

10:00 AM | David D. Bentley Salon | $50 + GST
 Playwriting Workshop — The Fornes Workshop
 Instructor – Mariló Núñez 

Reading #3 | 2:00 PM | Zeidler Hall | FREE
 CHULA by Alexandra Lainfiesta

Playwrights Mixer | 6:00 PM | Zeidler Hall Lobby | FREE

Reading #4 | 7:00 PM | Zeidler Hall | FREE

DARCY & WICKHAM by Belinda Cornish. Based On The Novel Follies Past, By Melanie Kerr.

These workshops are sponsored by Theatre Alberta as part of Workshops by Request: Hometown Series. Play Development presented by TD Bank Group.