The Penny Drive Campaign
Give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses... of pennies!
One Yellow Rabbit accepts donations of pennies, dollars, tens of dollars, hundreds, thousands of dollars... any amount, really, you decide!
But right now, as the humble one-cent coin fades out of circulation, we're asking you to consider donating your jars of unwanted pennies. Pull those suckers out of their deep dingy dusty places and put them to work producing leading contemporary cultural performance!
We'll also issue a tax receipt for any donation of $20 and up.
You can bring your bags 'o pennies to the One Yellow Rabbit office in the EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts (#21 221 8th Ave SE, right upstairs from Baraka Cafe). Or, if you prefer to go the electronic route, we're happy to accept donations via CanadaHelps.
Your donation goes directly into our programming and will help blow the lid off this prairie town once again for 2012-2013. Thanks for your support of the One Yellow Rabbit Ensemble and the High Performance Rodeo!
Summer Lab Intensive
June 25 to July 14, 2012 - The Big Secret Theatre will explode with excitement when over twenty creative talents from across North America will attend the 16th annual Summer Lab Intensive. Denise Clarke, the Ensemble and guest artists will work to develop performance creation skills for current and future generations of theatre artists.
Back in the Lab
May 7 to May 19, 2012 - The Ensemble spent 12 days workshopping ideas in the Big Secret Theatre. Good things happened! Stay tuned for information on the production they expect to premier at the 27th annual High Performance Rodeo in January 2013.
Zirtrimmernschnittefrost
In late April, at the invitation of Theatrelabor, Denise Clarke returned to Bielefeld, Germany and directed the Theatrelabor premier of Zirtrimmernschnittefrost (or as we like to call it SMASH CUT FREEZE).
Gilgamesh La-Z-Boy on Tour
February 12-20, 2012
One Yellow Rabbit has just completed another successful international tour to Bielefeld, Germany to perform at the home venue of Theatrelaboour. Enthusiastic crowds enjoyed the One Yellow Rabbit Ensemble as they presented Gilgamesh La-Z- Boy and Sign Language during the week long tour. Read a review from the Bielefeld newspaper by Mira Klose.
This tour was part of an ongoing exchange with Theaterlabor that we've dubbed Doppelgänger, after an article in Swerve magazine that compared the two companies' eerie international similarities. Read it here.
The relationship began with presentations of Theaterlabor's Body Fragments and Absurdesque at the 2009 and 2011 Rodeos, mixed with performances of OYR's The Whaler and Sign Language in Bielefeld. Denise Clarke will be heading back to Germany to work with Theaterlabor on Zertrümmernschnittfrost, a German translation of OYR's 2011 Rodeo show, SMASH CUT FREEZE.
Check them out: Theatrelabor
For the upteenth time, One Yellow Rabbit has been selected as the Best Theatre Company in Fast Forward's annual Best of Calgary awards.
Thanks to all our loyal followers who supported us in the voting. We are pleased and honoured to be recognized for our contribution to the cultural and commercial vibrancy of Calgary. It certainly motivates us to continue producing innovative and original performance theatre including the High Performance Rodeo.
Kudos to our very own Mark Hopkins who was selected among the hardest working Calgarians. We can certainly vouch for him cause the dude never sleeps.
Way to go Mark! Now stop blushing and get back to work.
Paul Thompson is one of the few, and one of the originals – one of the undeniable pioneers of contemporary Canadian theatre. He is an originator of "creation theatre" in Canada, and co-founder of Toronto's Theatre Passe Muraille. You can learn all about Paul's many landmark achievements at www.canadiantheatre.com
Blake Brooker and I met Paul Thompson 25 years ago, during the very early days of One Yellow Rabbit. It was a time of great challenge for our young company, and more than once Paul's generosity and vision steered us through difficult times. I think Paul has enjoyed "godfathering" One Yellow Rabbit through the years.
One Yellow Rabbit's Executive Director Erin O'Connor and I were indescribably proud to be present when Paul was awarded the Governor General's Arts Award at Ottawa's National Arts Centre on May 14, 2011.
Michael Green
CBC Radio's national arts reporter Margo Kelly profiles the award-winning troupe and its influential summer lab for young and emerging theatre artists.
Listen to the 4 minute audio feature here:
Calgary's One Yellow Rabbit theatre troupe.
July, 2010
Calgary's greener pastures.
The theatre community through a Rabbit's eyes
Published July 1, 2010 by Drew Anderson in Urban Living
Michael Green in FFWD Magazine
July, 2010
Your Support is Critical!
One Yellow Rabbit is currently undertaking a Penny Drive.
Donate your stash of pennies to help create leading contemporary theatrical productions such as Kawasaki Exit and Taking Shakespeare. Donations are being accepted at the One Yellow Rabbit office in the EPCOR Centre for the Performing Arts.
One Yellow Rabbit is a registered non profit organization (127095826RR0001). To ensure you and all our patrons receive a quality live theatre experience, One Yellow Rabbit raises money through ticket sales, sponsorships and both personal and corporate donations.
One Yellow Rabbit needs your support!
One Yellow Rabbit donations are processed through Canada Helps, a public charitable foundation providing a donation portal to 80,000 Canadian charities.
To make a secure online donation to One Yellow Rabbit click on the button below.
This a direct link to our page on CanadaHelps.org
For more information On Canada Helps or to make a secure donation please see HERE
Like many other "not-for-profit" organizations, One Yellow Rabbit relies on a trusted core group of volunteers to present a successful season of events and to produce the world famous High Performance Rodeo. We are currently seeking fun loving volunteers for the coming 2012 High Performance Rodeo. If you are interested please jump over to our ONLINE Volunteers form. There are perks!