Theatre Network

Happy Canada Day from all of us at the Roxy! 🇨🇦⁠
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Today, we’re sharing this piece by Brandy Saturley, featured in the this past year.⁠
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At the Roxy, we’re grateful for the artists, storytellers, makers, audiences and community members who fill our spaces with imagination, conversation and connection.⁠
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Art has a way of helping us see this place (and each other) a little differently.⁠
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Wishing you a Canada Day filled with creativity, reflection and community. ❤️⁠
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Today’s Artist Feature: Andi Fitzgerald!

Andi is a dancer, instructor and choreographer based on Treaty 6 territory in Amiskwacîwâskahikan. She has had training in various types of dance including: jazz, tap, ballet, modern, hip hop and musical theatre. Andi continues to train and study dance by attending different dance classes, dance conferences and professional development. Andi has attended conferences and classes throughout Canada, as well as Las Vegas and New York. She has also been an adjudicator for the Kalyna festival.

Andi graduated from the University of Alberta with her Elementary Education Degree and a Fine Art Minor where she specialized in dance.

Andi has taught dance classes for the City of Edmonton, continues to teach with Dance Studio’s throughout Edmonton and also teaches dance classes for Orchesis Dance Society (ODS). She is also currently an instructor with Campus and Community Recreation at the University of Alberta. She has had experience in choreographing for different shows, events and for a local music artist. She was a Co-Artistic Director with Orchesis Dance Society for almost 5 years, and has recently been appointed Executive Director of ODS.

Andi is grateful to have had and continue to have opportunities to work with and perform with many brilliant choreographers.

You can watch Andi’s Dance Variety show “Unexpected Transformation” on the following days in the Nancy Power Theatre at The Roxy:

Friday, June 12th @ 6:00PM
Saturday, June 13 @ 12:00PM
Sunday, June 14th, @ 3:00PM

Today’s Artist Feature: Sarah Dolman!

Sarah Dolman (she/her) is a dancer, choreographer, director, and arts administrator originally from Vancouver Island, BC. Now based in Edmonton, AB, she is a recent graduate of BA Drama honors program at the University of Alberta, and believes, through her movement practice, that theatre is a catalyst for collaboration, self-discovery, and body-positivity. Sarah is classically trained in all dance styles, including tap, ballet, contemporary, and hip hop, but also values improvisation and finding new ways to see staging and technical theatre. Select credits include: Executive Director (New Works Festival, 2025), President/Vice President/Risk Management Officer/ASM (MOD Contemporary Dance Company, 2023/24/25/26), Director/"The Piano Lesson" (NWF, 2026).

"Vanitas" is a type of still life painting representing the morality and transcendence of life, pleasure, and death.
This piece is an exploration of the human body as a brush on a canvas, and the various colours of life one goes through. By creating a painting live onstage, this dance asks the audience what the point of art is within our lives: What and who do we create for? And, what is worth leaving behind when we are gone?

See Sarah in Dance @ Nextfest program 3: Dance In Progress, on June 9th at 5:00pm and June 11th at 4:00pm in Lorne Cardinal Theatre.

Get your Nextfest festival pass here ⬇
www.theatrenetwork.ca/nextfest/
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Today’s Artist Feature: Lexi House!

Lexi is a Mi’kmaq student and artist from Fort McMurray. She recently completed a Bachelor of Native Studies at the University of Alberta, and is headed to Victoria in the fall to pursue a Master’s in Indigenous Governance. You may have seen her as Stacie in “According to the Chorus” at the Walterdale, as well as the St. Albert Dinner Theatre’s “Murder’s in the Heir” as Nancy. “The Bin” is her playwriting and directorial debut — it is a deeply personal play that draws on her experiences growing up in Treaty 8 territory.

“The Bin” follows Goose, a nursing student who joins her friends at their cabin for reading week. When things take a turn from the worst, Goose relies on the aid of her more-than-human relatives to make it home safely. A gory, surreal love-letter to Treaty 8 and those who call it home.

"The Bin" will be playing on the following days in Lorne Cardinal Theatre:

Fri Jun 5 @ 5 PM
Wed Jun 10 @ 7:00 PM
Sat Jun 13 @ 5:30 PM
Sun Jun 14 @ 3 PM

Get your Nextfest festival pass here ⬇
www.theatrenetwork.ca/nextfest/

Today’s Artist Feature: Amy Lee!

Amy Lee is a Canadian actor and artist from Toronto, Ontario. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from OCAD University. As an actor and artist, Amy does not limit herself to a particular medium; she enjoys exploring different personas. Amy is strongly pursuing an acting career in film, television, and the performing arts.

Amy Lee previously screened at Nextfest in 2021 with her animated film "Sara Has A Fever."

Amy Lee is the director, producer, writer, animator, and actor of the 2026 animated film “晴天 Sunny Day.” In the film, Amy is the voice actor for the character Lucy.

"晴天 Sunny Day" is an animated short film that depicts a multi-generation Chinese Canadian family. The story in the film is inspired by Amy's own family, and culture through language and food.

You can watch the screening of "晴天 Sunny Day" at the Nextfest Film Showcase on June 7th at 8:00PM in the Nancy Power Theatre.

Get your Nextfest festival pass here ⬇
www.theatrenetwork.ca/nextfest/