Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Theatre opportunity abounds with RuBarb Productions

Evie Koop Sawatzky, artistic director of
RuBarb Productions Inc., and her daughter
Katie pose outside Moose Jaw's first theatre
company's office that will open on Nov. 1.
Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy

By Lisa Goudy


In less than a week, Moose Jaw’s first theatre company will open its box office for the first time.

“The board has such a really huge vision that this will outlive all of us,” said Evie Koop Sawatzky, artistic director of RuBarb Productions Inc. “(The vision is) this will be Moose Jaw’s theatre company and provide opportunities for local professional artists, for artists in Saskatchewan that used to live here or people who have gone away and studied and are looking forward to coming home.”

The non-profit theatre company will open its doors at 321 Main St. N. on Nov. 1.

“What makes this location really excellent is obviously it’s downtown in the tourism part of the city and it’s just a block away from our theatre that we always perform in (at the Moose Jaw Cultural Centre),” she said.

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