New Canadian theatre productions, including plays by acclaimed playwrights Daniel MacIvor and Joan MacLeod, are poised to take centre stage during the upcoming season at Alberta Theatre Projects.

The Calgary theatre company announced its 2012/2013 season on Monday and it includes the company's 27th annual Festival of New Canadian Plays, which runs from March 6 until April 7, 2013. The festival features three productions, including a staging of Joan MacLeod's What to Expect, which will premiere this summer.

The Victoria-based playwright, whose credits include Little Sister, The Shape of a Girl and Invasion, recently won the $75,000 Siminovitch Prize, Canada's largest theatre award. In What to Expect, a troubled teen and a police officer engage in a violent encounter on board the Vancouver SkyTrain.

Other entries in the festival include Petawawa by Jonathan Garfinkel and Christopher Morris, an account of the conflict in Afghanistan with a focus on the families of soldiers from both sides, and The Apology by Darrah Teitel, a humourous tale set in 1814 of a romantic encounter involving author Mary Shelley, her husband Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet Lord Byron and his mistress Claire Clairmont.

MacIvor's new one-man show, Hawksley Workman reimagines Greek tragedy

Daniel MacIvor, who rose to prominence with a series of one-man shows co-written with Daniel Brooks including Here Lies Henry and Cul-de-sac, presents his newest solo production This is What Happens Next. This autobiographical show, also co-written with Brooks, runs from Jan. 22 until Feb. 3. MacIvor also starred in the short-lived CBC sitcom Twitch City.

In an adventurous leap, musician Hawksley Workman stars in The God That Comes, a musical reimagining of Greek tragedy The Bacchae. Workman composed the entire score himself for the show running from March 19 until April 7.

The rest of the line-up includes:

  • Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage (Oct. 9 - 27, 2012)
  • You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Nov. 21 - Dec. 30, 2012)
  • Red by John Logan (April 30 - May 18, 2013)