Delicates
​by Fran Kimmel

Fran Kimmel writes and teaches in central Alberta. After graduating from the University of Calgary with a degree in Sociology, she has held an eclectic assortment of jobs including Boys and Girls Club director, youth worker, career counsellor, proposal writer, communications coordinator, instructor, and a 10-year stint as a vice president for a national transition management firm. Fran’s plays have been produced for radio and theatre, and her stories have appeared in literary journals across Canada.  You can learn more about Fran on her website.

Readers:
Derek Olinek as Dutch
Ben Kirtzinger as Landon
​Deborah Van Delden as Florence
Ronen Eagles as Krissy

Her
​by Lori Wald

Lori found a passion for writing, drama, photography and drawing/painting early on in her life. She has found the arts to be an amazing modality for self expression and healing in her own life, so after graduating from the University of Alberta with a Bachelor of Education degree in 2009, she was excited to share her love of the arts with her students and pass on those skills! This is the first year she decided to share one of her writing pieces and turn it into a play through the Breaking Ground cohort. She is very excited…and nervous…to share her work! 
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Readers:
Starlise Waschuk as Jane
​Ash Rose Mercia as Abby
Ronen Eagles as Ella
​Deborah Van Delden as Lucille

Clothing Identity
​by Tracy Duckett

Tracy is an ADHD coach with a B.Ed., M.Ed. and forty years of experience as a teacher and administrator. After retiring from her previous position as a school principal, she has enjoyed more time to share her writing talents in local writer's groups. This is her first foray into playwriting.

Readers:
Suzanne Hermary
​Deborah Van Delden

Fred and Mick's Amazing Adventure
​by Derryn Yeomans

As a longtime writer of poetry, short stories and non-fiction, becoming a playwright was a new challenge for Derryn. She is a three-time playwright for Sylvan Lake Theatre Trail, and hopes to pen her first full-length play this year through the Breaking Ground cohort.
Her piece tonight is a continuation of her Theatre Trail play from this September. She just couldn’t leave those characters without one more adventure!
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Readers:
Nigel Lane as Mick
​Derek Olinek as Fred

Morty's
by Sarain Frank Soonias

Sarain Frank Soonias is a Cree/Ojibwe writer and artist. His work has appeared in ARC Poetry Magazine, Canadian Literature Review, Carousel, Carte Blanche and Filling Station, among others. His debut poetry book, All Wrong Horses on Fire that Go Away in the Rain is available through NeWest Press. He currently lives in Red Deer, Alberta.


Readers:
Ash Rose Mercia as Georgie
​Starlise Waschuk as Leni