Date Posted: Wednesday, May 17, 2023
After over 20 years as singer and songwriter, Ellen Braun is turning to a new chapter in her career. Starting Thursday night with Each & Every Song, she brings a new one-woman 90-minute theatrical production to Calgary audiences. With music incorporated throughout the set, there is bound to be a good time out.
“I have always been a songwriter. I started calling myself one in my 20s. Now I am in my late 40s,” Braun says. “It is a journey I’ve been on my whole life.”
Ellen Braun is a Canmore-based singer and songwriter who performs as a solo act as well as in the band Trundled.
Braun did not have a goal of ever writing a play. According to her, it just happened. “One day I felt compelled to write a one-woman show. I sat down over a weekend and wrote it,” she says.
She had always enjoyed seeing musicals and theatre.
The music and monologue put together for the piece are a way of accessing and a way to connect to the audience.
“The play is based on my life,” Braun says. “They are in snippets and follow a trajectory from knowing my purpose to losing slightly of it. It is about having obstacles get in the way, and living with purpose for what we’re meant to do.”
Each & Every Song is presented by DIY Theatre in Calgary and will be performed May 18 to May 21 at the Work Nicer Railroad Yard location at 1206 20 Ave SE. For tickets and more information, visit www.diytheatre.org