Call for Submissions
Theatre Alberta – Call for Indigenous-Authored Scripts (AB/National)
Theatre Alberta’s Indigenous Theatre Library Collection initiative is seeking unpublished scripts that have already been produced, be it by a theatre company or more generally in community settings. Their aim is to improve the representation of Indigenous playwrights’ scripts in the Theatre Alberta Library collection. While their Library currently has about 175 scripts by Indigenous playwrights, most of which have been formally published, they are also interested in collecting unpublished plays written by Indigenous playwrights.
Deadline: Ongoing
For more information, click HERE.
Rising Tide Theatre – Call for Script Submissions (NL)
Rising Tide Theatre is delighted to announce an open call for unsolicited script submissions!
Playwrights are invited to submit their work for consideration.
Deadline: Ongoing
For more information, click HERE.
Piccione Arts – Neurodivergent New Play Series (International)
Neurodivergent New Play Series is accepting recurring submissions as they prepare for their 2024-25 Season. All submissions should be for full-length plays between 45 to 180 minutes long and may have received a previous reading or production outside of New York City, as long as they are unpublished. All neurodivergent/disabled writers (autistic, ADHD, dyslexic, OCD, Tourette’s, etc.) at all stages of their careers are encouraged to apply – especially BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and female-identifying writers.
Deadline: Ongoing
For more information, click HERE.
Playzoomers – Call for Submissions (National)
Playzoomers is always seeking short, medium, and full-length scripts that lend themselves to live, online (Zoom) production, with a maximum of 5 or 6 actors/characters. They are interested in straight plays, not musicals.
Deadline: Ongoing
For more information, click HERE.
Imago Theatre – Play and Project Submissions (QC/National)
Imago Theatre is a professional feminist theatre company based in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal, Québec. Its work examines questions about human nature, climate change, politics, power dynamics, and the treatment of women and marginalized groups in our society. If you believe that your script is in line with Imago’s mission, you are welcome to send a synopsis of the play, a 10-pg sample, and a CV, to [email protected].
Deadline: Ongoing
For more information, click HERE.
Diversionary Theatre – Script Submissions (International)
Diversionary is always seeking new, full-length LGBTQIA+ works for consideration. They are currently considering works that have queer characters, themes, or are by queer playwrights. If at least one of these criteria applies to your work, submit away! Playwrights are required to submit a play synopsis, character breakdown, development history of the work, and a sample.
Deadline: Ongoing
For more information, click HERE.
Metro – Call for Play & Playwright Submissions (BC/National)
Metro encourages all playwrights to submit their work for consideration.
Deadline: Ongoing
For more information, click HERE.
ArtSpring – Salt Spring Youth New Creatives (SSYNC) Festival (BC/National)
The Salt Spring Youth New Creatives (SSYNC) Festival is a new annual summer arts event that showcases original scenes, written and performed, by young people aged 13-18. It will take place on Salt Spring Island and is open to students on Salt Spring Island, Vancouver Island, Vancouver, and beyond. The festival provides a mentorship opportunity for young writers and actors to create and receive feedback from professional playwrights/dramaturges/actors/directors in a workshop environment. Students will develop acting/writing skills, build confidence, learn the elements of playwriting/ character development, and explore topics, themes, and issues that are important to them. At the end of the week-long experience, a showcase will occur at ArtSpring Community Arts Center, where youth actors will bring the playwrights’ words to life in a public performance.
Deadline: Open until filled all the spaces
For more information, click HERE.
Playwrights Theatre Centre – Dramaturgical Reading Program (BC/National)
Open to submissions from across Canada, PTC’s Dramaturgical Reading Program is perfect for playwrights who are looking for a structured and critical response to their completed one-act or full-length play. PTC welcomes submissions from playwrights at any stage of their careers. After receiving a completed submission, one of their experienced dramaturgs will respond with a report that includes a detailed analysis of the script, constructive criticism, and questions for consideration. Applicants must have an existing PTC Playwright Membership, and must pay a $125.00 + GST fee for submission.
Deadline: Ongoing
For more information, click HERE.
Intermission Magazine (ON/National)
Are you a theatre artist interested in contributing to Intermission? They publish personal essays, original journalism, interviews, profiles, and audio/video content. Let them help you tell your stories about what happens behind the scenes before the curtain goes up and after it goes down. Pitch them a feature, essay, or opinion piece you want to share with the audiences who want to see your work. Intermission has expanded its content to include publishing short original dramas. They now accept excerpts of longer plays as well as short plays. Their focus is on high-quality writing (in the vein of the New Yorker or McSweeney’s if they featured Canadian theatre writing) They’re looking to hear from Canadians—both established playwrights and new, original voices.
Deadline: Ongoing
For more information, click HERE.
Gloucester Stage Company – Script Submissions (International)
Gloucester Stage Co. is looking for new plays that reflect a cultural competency with cunning, intelligence, and passion. Individual playwrights and agencies in the United States‚ Canada‚ and the UK are encouraged to submit works with well-crafted dialogue and command of dramatic action.
Deadline: Ongoing
For more information, click HERE.
Little Lion Theatre Company – Play Date Call for Canadian Scripts (International)
Little Lion Theatre Company is opening an ongoing submissions process for new work by Canadian playwrights to partake in their new play reading club, Play Date, which is launching in Spring 2023. All scripts that partake in Play Date will receive feedback from LLTC’s collaborators and will be considered for performance in their Stories From Scratch series, or their staged reading events at The Drayton Arms Theatre. Scripts can be at any stage of development for submissions and can be either full-length or short plays. This is a non-paid opportunity.
Deadline: Ongoing
For more information, click HERE.
RCA Theatre – Submissions for Programming for Upcoming Seasons (NL)
RCAT welcomes your submissions in consideration for development or production in an upcoming season. RCAT commission and workshop new pieces of theatre at all stages of their development, program mainstage productions, and presentations and have a long and successful production history with Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA). RCAT partner with other companies and co-produce too!
Deadline: Ongoing
For more information, click HERE.
Dartmouth Players – Play Submissions (NS)
Dartmouth Player’s play submissions are officially open for the 2023-2024 season!
They are especially looking for submissions from local playwrights!
Deadline: Ongoing
For more information, click HERE.
Roseneath Theatre – Script Submissions (ON/National)
Roseneath Theatre has been producing work of the highest quality for children and their families, teachers and communities since 1983. They are open to inquiries from playwrights year-round. To be considered, playwrights are asked to submit a one-two page outline of their play which includes the idea, the target audience, the cast size, the story, press reviews, production history and any other additional details.
Deadline: Ongoing
For more information, click HERE.
Young People’s Theatre – Script Submissions (ON/National)
Learning is at the centre of why and how YPT operates their professional theatre and drama school for children. They seek to have a positive impact on the emotional, social and intellectual development of young people and are committed to reflecting the diversity of this marvellous, still under-construction world that young people live in.
Deadline: Ongoing
For more information, click HERE.
Native Earth Performing Arts – Script Submissions (ON/National)
Native Earth Performing Arts accepts unsolicited script submissions year-round. Please include a bio or writing resume, an outline of the script’s development history, and why you are interested in submitting this play to Native Earth Performing Arts.
Deadline: Ongoing
For more information, click HERE.
Harold Green Jewish Theatre – Script Submissions (ON/National)
Harold Green Jewish Theatre’s founding vision statement is to illuminate humanity through a Jewish perspective, by inviting artists and audiences to participate in live theatre, the meeting place of all the arts. Playwrights who are new to Harold Green should send the first 15 pages of their script, along with a synopsis, and a letter outlining the development history of the play.
Deadline: Ongoing
For more information, click HERE.
Stratford Festival – Script Submissions (ON/National)
Currently the department focuses on (but is not limited to) ambitious, large-cast plays that articulate the great themes of classical theatre, as well as plays that feature a female point of view or reflect the cultural diversity of Canadian life. There are at any given time about twenty-five projects in active development in The Foerster Bernstein New Play Development Program. They do not accept, and won’t read, unsolicited manuscripts. However, the Director of New Plays, Keith Barker, welcomes letters of inquiry about specific projects. Please submit a description of the work, plus any background on development to date.
Deadline: Ongoing
For more information, click HERE.
Great Canadian Theatre Company – Script Submissions (ON/National)
GCTC prioritizes submissions from Canadian playwrights and/or playwrights residing in Canada. The GCTC mandate is to produce theatre that “provokes examination of Canadian life and our place in the world.”
Deadline: Ongoing
For more information, click HERE.
Dancing Sky Theatre – Script Submissions (SK/National)
Dancing Sky is seeking unsolicited manuscripts of full-length, original plays by Canadian writers. If you wish to submit a play, please include a complete manuscript, bio, resume, and any other print supporting materials (e.g. reviews) that might assist your application. Play submissions should be sent to Angus at dancingskytheatre.com
Deadline: Ongoing
For more information, click HERE.
Concrete Theatre – Script Submissions (AB)
Concrete Theatre is an award-winning Theatre for Young Audiences company that brings high-quality educational theatre to schools, communities, and families! Co-Artistic Directors Corben Kushneryk and Tracy Carroll welcome unsolicited scripts appropriate to touring and young audiences, and in line with Concrete Theatre’s mandate.
Deadline: Ongoing
For more information, click HERE.
Green Thumb Theatre – Script Submissions (BC)
Green Thumb Theatre creates and produces plays that explore social issues relevant to the lives of children, youth and young adults. They provide theatre that celebrates the language and stories of today’s generation and culture to stimulate empathy, debate and critical thinking. Green Thumb Theatre accepts script submissions twice annually through the following open intake periods: November 1 – 30 and June 1 – 30. Anyone who submits outside these dates will be asked to resubmit during the next intake period.
Deadline: Ongoing
For more information, click HERE.
Belfry Theatre – Script Submissions (BC/National)
The Belfry Theatre aims to produce plays that open doors to a new world or a new way of looking at the world we know, while telling engaging stories. They accept submissions from Canadian writers year round. Playwrights are asked to submit a synopsis of their play, its history of development, a casting breakdown, and the first two scenes.
Deadline: Ongoing
For more information, click HERE.
Cape Breton University – A Call to Artists for Expression of Interest (NS)
Each month, during the school year, Cape Breton University will host an Artist-on-Campus to join its community of diverse students, scholars and artists. We welcome expressions of interest from artists working in any media, modality or genre who are interested in participating in our dynamic interdisciplinary campus community. The CBU Artist-On-Campus committee encourages applications from Indigenous and racialized artists. In this innovative program, artists are on the CBU Campus for a 1 to 2 day term to share their creativity with diverse members of our campus. The idea is to have the artist doing their work as students, faculty, staff, visitors pass by and, hopefully, engage with the artist in some way while they work.
The successful candidates will be compensated according to CARFAC recommendations.
Expressions of Interest are accepted on an ongoing basis. EOIs shall include the following:
- a letter of interest, including a very brief overview of potential project ideas within the parameters outlined above.
- a current CV
Deadline: Ongoing
Expressions of Interest or questions can be sent to: [email protected]
The PLEDGE Project (National)
PLEDGE (Production Listing to Enhance Diversity and Gender Equity) is a searchable and filterable database comprised of large-cast (6 or more characters) plays by Canadian women.
Pledge was developed as a means to provide educators (and others) with a resource to find and produce work by women on university and college stages, where currently only 18% of the plays produced are written by women. That statistic plummets further when it comes to plays by Indigenous women, women of colour, women with disabilities, trans folks, and non-binary or gender nonconforming creators.
Playwrights who would like their work included in PLEDGE can fill out the following form for each piece of work they’d like included on the site and can email me with any images they wish to add to the listing or with any questions they might have.
Deadline: Ongoing
You can visit the Pledge website here: https://www.pledgeproject.ca
Writing Retreats & Residencies
Hideout Residencies (PEI)
The Hideout offers retreat and vacation space to writers, creative folk, and visitors from across Canada and around the world. The Hideout is located on the scenic South Shore of PEI, a few minutes outside the village of Victoria-by-the-Sea.
The Hideout Cottage and The Tryon Suite are available for select dates in the shoulder season each spring and fall for low-cost, self-directed residencies. Writers and other residents should plan to work on a project or engage in practise for a minimum of one week (6 nights). Residents will arrive on a Saturday afternoon and depart the following Friday morning. Both units feature queen-sized beds and bedding, self-catering kitchens, wifi access, yoga mats and props, space to write and practise, outdoor space, and access to trails and bicycles. Because of the rural nature of The Hideout, residents should normally plan to have their own vehicle for the duration of their stay.
Deadline: Ongoing
For more information, please click and/or email [email protected].
Satori Artist Retreat (PEI)
Satori Artist Retreat is a quiet place to paint, write, create, rejuvenate. On Panmure Island, PEI, you can breathe and reconnect with your creative self. Contact [email protected] or [email protected] for more information.
Deadline: Ongoing
Employment
Saint John Theatre Company – Campaign Coordinator (NB)
Saint John Theatre Company is looking for a Campaign Coordinator for their upcoming capital campaign. This is a paid contract position for 18-24 months. Full-time with some flexibility in how that’s defined. Some work-from-home component but regular on-site presence needed
Job will remain open until filled.
For more information and to apply, click HERE.
Saint John Theatre Company – Outreach Coordinator (NB)
Saint John Theatre Company is looking for an enthusiastic Outreach Coordinator to join their team. If you have exceptional organizational skills, they want to hear from you! This is a full-time position with flexibility in how that is defined. On-site presence required.
Job will remain open until filled.
For more information and to apply, click HERE.
Charlotte Street Arts Centre – Call for Instructors (NB)
The Charlotte Street Arts Centre is seeking passionate instructors for morning and evening in-person classes beginning in March/April and September/October 2024.
They welcome interest in the areas of drawing, painting, photography, mixed media, music, poetry, storytelling, and more. Classes are typically held in our Community Room and run for 6 weeks with each session being anywhere from 1.5 to two hours in length.
Job will remain open until filled.
Please contact Matt Carter at [email protected] to learn more details.
Two Planks and a Passion Theatre – Arts Programmer (NS)
Through The Cultural Human Resources Council and the federal government’s Young Canada Works program to help build careers in heritage, Two Planks has a new internship available for an arts administrator focussing on community programming. You must fit the criteria of the YCW program (30 or under, a university or college graduate) and be able to live and work in the area until March 31, 2024.
Job will remain open until filled.
For more information and to apply, click HERE.
The Shakespeare Company – Artistic Producer (AB)
The Artistic Producer shall be based in Calgary and report to the Board. This is a critical strategic leadership role in executing the mandate of the organization.
Job will remain open until filled.
For more information, click HERE.
Interested applicants, please send a cover letter and a brief (<300 words) vision for tackling the challenges facing our classical theatre company to Robb Fergusson at [email protected] with the subject line: TSC Artistic Producer Application.
Citadel Theatre – Director of Fund Development (AB)
Reporting to the Executive Director, the Director of Fund Development will be responsible for leading fund development and revenue-generating functions both strategically and operationally by developing and implementing a comprehensive fundraising plan that includes major gifts, corporate and foundation giving, planned giving, and special events. The Director will build upon relationships with current supporters while developing new networks in support of The Citadel Theatre’s priorities. This Director will identify and cultivate major gift prospects, as well as corporate and foundation donors, and plan and execute special events that engage donors and raise funds for the organization, through strategies that align with their mission and values.
Job will remain open until filled.
Interested applicants, please send your resume and cover letter to [email protected].
Professional Development
Staging Better Futures / Mettre en scène de meilleurs avenirs (SBF/MSMA) partnership – Introduction to Equitable Theatre Criticism Free Online Course (Online/National)
Introduction to Equitable Theatre Criticism is a new online teaching resource available to educators, students, theatre artists, professionals, organizations, and members of the public interested in learning more about responding to contemporary theatre and performance as critics and/or arts journalists. The intention of this free, open-access, six-module course is to lower barriers to participation in theatre criticism for members of equity-seeking groups who are currently underrepresented in the field. The course is available free of charge on the open web, and also available for educators to adopt into Learning Management Systems.
Created by theatre critic and Brock University adjunct professor Dr. Karen Fricker, theatre artist Nathaniel Hanula-James, and cultural critic Jose Solís, the course is an affiliated project of the Staging Better Futures / Mettre en scène de meilleurs avenirs (SBF/MSMA) partnership.
For more information, click HERE.
Playwrights’ Workshop Montréal – Digital Dramaturgy Clinic (QC/National)
Do you have a performance piece you have been working on for some time, with concepts you want to fold into your work but do not know how to accomplish technically or digitally?
This digital dramaturgy “first-aid” program offers creators a one-time session (up to 2 hours) with tech and digital specialists to discuss their creation and the technical questions they might have.
The Digital Dramaturgy Clinic is an ongoing program, artists in need of assistance should contact Emily & Andrew at [email protected] with a short synopsis of their work and the question they wish to address so that the session can be prepared in advance.
Further consultation can be scheduled if appropriate. This program is set up to help you identify the expertise and technology you need to realize your vision.
One North Clown & Creation – Creation 2024 Workshop Series (ON)
One North Clown and Creation is a performing arts training initiative located in Sudbury, Ontario, following in the footsteps of The Clown Farm (formerly the Manitoulin Conservatory for Creation and Performance), and the incredible work of its founder John Turner. At One North Clown and Creation, the foundational skills and training of Pochinko Clown are utilized to develop and expand the creative playgrounds of all who participate. This season marks the biggest expansion of online and in-person offerings. Check out the link below for more information on all 2024 workshops!
Deadline: Registration Open Until Full
For more information, click HERE.
Toronto Arts Foundation & Neighbourhood Arts Network – Mentor in Residence Program (ON)
The Mentor in Residence program is a FREE initiative that assists Toronto artists working in all disciplines by providing mentorship support in career planning, project development and entrepreneurial skills through virtual consultation sessions with industry professionals. Core mentors are listed on the program website for applicants to review and select before applying.
Deadline: Registration Open Until Full
For more information, click HERE.
Canada Council for the Arts – Representation and Promotion (National)
The Representation and Promotion component of Arts Across Canada program funds travel linked to promotion and the development of new markets for artists and artistic works from Canada. These grants are available to Canadian registered or incorporated arts organizations that represent artists and regularly seek out new opportunities in the Canadian arts market. You can apply any time before your departure date for the Representation and Promotion component of Arts Across Canada.
Deadline: Ongoing
For more information, click HERE.
Write on the Clock – FREE Writer’s Drop-In (BC)
Looking for company while you write? Write on the Clock is a virtual meeting place hosted by Liesl Lafferty and Olesia Shewchuk for writers to gather, work alongside one another, and be held accountable to their goals. These FREE drop-in rooms occur every Thursday 10:00am – 12:00pm PT (1:00pm – 3:00pm ET), and participants must register in advance.
Deadline: Ongoing
For more information, click HERE.
Canada Council for the Arts – Creating, Knowing and Sharing – Small-Scale Activities (National)
The Small-Scale Activities component of the Creating, Knowing and Sharing Program funds activities that will advance applicants’ artistic career or practice. This may include acquiring materials for artistic production, engaging in career or artistic development activities or benefitting from specific expertise, advice or training from a professional artist or cultural carrier. This component is open to First Nations, Inuit and Métis individuals, artistic groups, collectives and organizations working in all disciplines.
Deadline: Ongoing
For more information, click HERE.
ArtsLink NB – Experts On Call (NB)
Artists and arts organizations: Could you use some help using digital tools to get your message out? Take the opportunity to consult our experts. Experts On Call is designed to provide artists and arts organizations with resources and access to digital experts to book online training appointments. There are four experts on our Experts on Call network, with expertise in areas such as Digital Marketing, SEO, UX and Web Accessibility, or Google Analytics. Each organization is given an allowance of two training appointments per calendar month, which you can use however you wish. Each training appointment is one hour.
Deadline: Ongoing
For more information, click HERE.
Canadian Musical Theatre Database (National)
A new online catalogue of Canadian musicals and an industry networking hub is up and running. The Canadian Musical Theatre Database welcomes submissions from artists and producers, and promotes itself as ‘a free, one-stop shop for people to find musicals by and about Canadians, to seek out other creators of musical theatre for collaboration, and to find producers’.
Awards
A Guide to Writing Prizes for Canadians (National)
CBC Books has rounded up a list of literary prizes Canadians are eligible to enter.
To learn more, click HERE.
NB Literary Promotion Grant (NB)
The program provides grants to assist in covering some of the costs of large-scale projects/activities/initiatives that encourage broad-based knowledge and awareness of the literary arts within the community.
There are three broad objectives that this Initiative is intended to serve:
• To create an environment where New-Brunswickers are encouraged to integrate books and the joy of reading into their daily lives;
• To improve access to books and foster reading;
• To support the province’s Book Policy.
There is no deadline for this program. Please submit an application at least three weeks prior to the start of your project. Projects should take place between April 1, 2022 and March 31, 2023.
Full details and application form at the GNB website.
Announcements
ArtsNL: Call for Board Members – Independent Appointments Commission (NL)
The Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council (ArtsNL) is seeking new representatives in Music, Theatre, and Dance. Expressions of interest being sought from professionals who possess the background, experience and skill-set identified in the board profile and who can bring unique perspectives to the table. Financial expertise and/or literacy will be considered an asset. Consideration will also be given to a variety of demographic factors to ensure the board is representative of the population they serve, including geographic representation from Labrador.
For more information, click HERE.
Playwrights’ Workshop Montréal – Call for Board of Directors (QC)
PWM is on the search for new members to join its Board of Directors. The Board’s mission is to support the growth of PWM and deepen the impact of its programs. They work to provide oversight, specialized expertise, and guidance to the organization and its leaders.
The Board of Directors is composed of 7 to 15 directors, one-third of whom are artists. The Board meets 6 times a year, every two months. Including committee involvement, the expectations of time required are approximately 2 to 4 hours a month.
Those interested should reach out to the Managing Director, Alan Wrenshall, at [email protected].
For more information, click HERE.
CAPACOA – Visitor Visa Guidelines for Performing Arts Organizations and Visiting Artists (National)
Are you planning to present an international artist? CAPACOA is pleased to introduce new Visitor Visa Guidelines as well as a Visitor Visa Assistance Service. These initiatives are designed to support both presenting organizations and international artists in navigating the often complex visa application process, including managing potential visa delays.
Read the guidelines.
PACT – Greenlight (National)
Led by the PACT Environmental Stewardship Committee, Greenlight is a green spotlight on companies’ and individuals’ sustainability initiatives in our theatre industry.
A compliment to the Green Award, this is a chance for folks to shout out initiatives large and small that PACT members and colleagues are taking towards making their operations, programming and theatre creation more climate-conscious and sustainable. PACT hopes that by sharing examples and ideas that are actively happening, other companies will feel motivated and empowered to take steps toward environmental stewardship and climate action.
No initiative is too small! If you would like to shine a green light on your company, or another company, individual or program that you are aware of simply email [email protected] with a short description of the activity.
For more details, click HERE.
The Black Pledge – Black Artist and Arts Worker Check-In (National)
The Black Pledge is reaching out to Black artists and arts workers who work in live performance. They want your thoughts and input and want to stay connected. Fill out this form/survey: Black Pledge – Artist & Artsworker Check In (via Google Forms) and feel free to forward it to other Black artists and arts workers.
Artsnb Blog – Call for artists (NB)
Have you received an artsnb grant for which you have recently submitted a final report? Would you like to be featured on the artsnb blog? They are looking for artists for the “Featured artist” blog series (a paid opportunity to promote your work!).
Send an email to [email protected] to get started.
Balancing Act – Website Launch (National)
Balancing Act, a national initiative to support parents and caregiving in the arts, announces the launch of their new website!
Featuring a trailblazing resource portal showcasing the work of 76 strategy partners from theatre, opera, dance, circus, and comedy across Canada. The portal is a destination for free, accessible, and downloadable ‘how-to’ guides for integrating on-site care, childcare support, and flexible work, as well as templates for care policies and compassion fund programs.
You can access the resource portal by signing up for a free Basic Membership, or Balancing Act invites you to empower your organization by becoming an Elevated Member.
As well as access to the resource portal, Elevated Membership benefits include bespoke consultation and workshops that enable organizations to explore and formalize their own culture of care.
For more information, click HERE.
Government of Canada – Federal Tourism Growth Program Launched (National)
On Nov. 20th, the Hon. Soraya Martinez Ferrada, Federal Minister of Tourism, announced the launch of the Tourism Growth Program (TGP) as part of the previously announced Federal Tourism Growth Strategy. With $108 million in federal funding, the TGP will be delivered by Canada’s seven regional development agencies over three years, starting in 2023-24. The regional development agencies will deliver the program funding directly to businesses and other organizations.
The TGP will support Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities, small and medium-sized businesses, and not-for-profit organizations in developing local tourism products and experiences. Tourism projects will align with the Federal Tourism Growth Strategy in supporting sustainable tourism, outdoor experiences, Indigenous tourism, seasonal expansion, and tourism in rural and remote areas, with the goal of diversifying regional economies and supporting economic growth.
Information for Atlantic Canada can be found HERE.
The Creatus Project – Tales of the Theatre: Participation for Professionals of All Ages Infographic (Digital)
The Creatus Project believes no matter what age, older adults can and should participate in the arts. And not just any arts, but high-quality, innovative, and contemporary arts. They developed an infographic through a series of forums and creative exploration in collaboration with an intergenerational team of professional artists. It aims to help you or your organization to understand the barriers facing senior artists in the performing Arts and potential community, creative and administrative solutions.
You can check the infographic, by clicking HERE.
Labrador Creative Arts Festival – Script Database (NL)
Did you know that since nearly the very beginning of the Labrador Creative Arts Festival in 1975, they’ve been preserving the scripts from every performance? They have nearly 500 scripts in the LCAF Scripts Database on our website now!
Whether you graced the stage as a talented actor, contributed behind the scenes, or enjoyed the performances from the audience, they believe that every person who has been part of the festival over the years holds a special place in their rich history. By preserving these scripts, they aim to honour the creativity and dedication poured into the productions.
LCAF invites you to check out the Script Database on our website and relive the magic of these performances!
To view the database, click HERE.
Mass Culture – The New Launch of Artifex (National)
Mass Culture / Mobilisation culturelle recently announced an update on Artifex by Laurence Dubuc, Mass Culture’s first Postdoc Researcher, and Mary Elizabeth Luka at University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) over the past year.
Artifex enables the arts community to be better connected, using the diverse resources available to support better understanding of the arts, its impact and its future. It allows us to step away from gatekeeping and rather break down barriers, allowing access to (currently) 424 amazing resources, including a vast array of publicly available arts and culture research materials.
Share your resources and be part of the Artifex Arts Database, a vibrant hub that connects talents from around the world! Join us in building a global community, showcasing your work, and inspiring others with your creativity.
To view the database, click HERE.
CJSR FM- Interview Guests (AB)
Are you a theatre-maker in Edmonton? Do you have a show going up? Do you want to promote it? Contact Theatre Seen! Let people know about your show! Theatre Seen on CJSR 88.5 FM is seeking radio interview guests who want to promote their live shows!
Send an email to [email protected].
PGC – Call for Recommendations (National)
PGC is collecting recommendations for cultural consultants in order to create a resource for our members. Cultural consultants can help playwrights when they are creating new work that may involve characters or story elements that are outside of their lived experiences. Cultural consultants are important collaborators and help ensure that the stories we tell are grounded in truth, whether that be in our writing, or in the act of production.
Any information shared in this form will remain confidential until the individuals recommended have provided permission to be included on our list. Before completing this form, please make sure that you have some form of contact information for the people you are recommending.
Access the form HERE.
National Arts Centre – Transformation Talks Podcast (Digital)
Stages of Transformation platform recently added five new episodes to Transformation Talks audio series, hosted by Santiago Guzmán and Miki Wolf. Among these new talks, artists discuss how the importance of understanding oneself in ‘We Are Each Other’s Wealth’ and journeys to abolition as theatre artists in ‘It’s More Achievable (and Less Scary) Than We Think’. Curated by Nikki Shaffeeullah and Mpoe Mogale, Stages of Transformation is an ongoing project of research, creative exploration and conversation investigating abolition movements and transformative justice frameworks and how they apply to our work in the theatre sector.
With Stages of Transformation, you can experience a collection of articles, audio, video, visual art, panels and podcasts on justice and theatre.
You can listen to the episodes HERE.
TNB’s podcast Behind The Play – Jenny Munday – In Her Own Words (Digital)
In 2017, TNB recorded an interview with Jenny Munday for the Theatre New Brunswick archives. Divided into eight short episodes (2-6 minutes in length), this series will feature highlights from that conversation touching on Jenny’s time with Theatre New Brunswick and Mulgrave Road Theatre, the early days of The Comedy Asylum, touring the province with TNB, and several other fun and interesting tales as well as a few words of wisdom. Jenny Munday served PARC for 20 years, serving as our inaugural Artistic Director.
Jenny passed in 2021 after a battle with cancer.
To subscribe and listen to the episodes on Spotify click HERE.
To subscribe and watch the episodes on Youtube click HERE.
Prismatic Arts Festival Presents – The TALK International, Our Movements in-Season (Digital)
The Mi’kmaq Lunar Calendar speaks to what is happening ecologically on Mi’kma’ki (Mi’kmaq Territory). Each new moon offers lessons about what is shifting both around us and within us simultaneously, on the land we belong to. What does it mean to decolonize time and honour our relationships to natural cycles? How is this impacted by climate change, and how are Indigenous artists responding to changes while balancing ancestral innovation with contemporary vision? We’re having this conversation internationally to explore a variety of experiences Indigenous artists are having through practising sovereign cultural connections within a supply and demand economy.
Watch it HERE.
A Canadian Copyright Act amendment came into effect on December 30, 2022, which extends the term of copyright protection in literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works from 50 years to 70 years after the end of the year of the author’s passing. The term extension will not be retroactive, so any works whose copyright expired on or before December 31, 2021, will remain in the public domain.
Member Consultations on the Manifesto of Goodness – PACT (National)
The Manifesto of Goodness, devised by two working groups of PACT board members, staff, and members at large, is our commitment to engaging in good practices in the creation and sharing of theatre. This new document is meant to serve as a touchstone for PACT and its members to measure our actions and impacts against our values, to foster greater accountability, and to help build a better theatre sector.
The manifesto has reached its second draft and has been reviewed by PACT board and staff. We’re now looking for feedback from the membership to ensure that the document expresses our shared values in a clear and meaningful way.
This series of consultations are open to PACT Members and Colleagues and will take place by region, with an extra session for those who can’t attend at their designated time.
Learn more HERE.
Digital Dramaturgy Initiative Website (Digital)
MAP partnered with Playwrights’ Workshop Montréal, Playwrights Theatre Centre, and Blyth Festival to undertake the Digital Dramaturgy Initiative (DDI), designed around the expansion of digital literacy for those who work in the field of new play development in Canada. The DDI culminated in three residencies (Montréal April 2021, Winnipeg June 2021, and Vancouver September 2021). Across all of its stages, knowledge sharing was one of the throughlines of the project, and in this spirit we are very pleased to share the DDI website, intended as an educational resource and archive. Click on the link and explore!
Canada Council for the Arts (CCA) Strategic Innovation Fund
CCA has announced an investment of $200+ million from 2021 to 2026 to respond to the arts sector’s aspirations to ‘build back better’. The grants are intended to develop a stronger and more equitable, inclusive, and sustainable arts sector, and are available to artists and arts professionals, cultural connectors, artistic groups and collectives, and arts organizations. Lots of new granting categories and possibilities all under the heading of Strategic Innovation Fund.
PGC Call for Cultural Consultant Recommendations
The Playwrights Guild of Canada is collecting recommendations for cultural consultants in order to create a resource for their members. Cultural consultants can help playwrights when they are creating new work that involves characters or story elements that are outside of their lived experiences. If you would like to recommend someone, or bring yourself forward for consideration, you can find the recommender’s form on the PGC website. Any information shared will remain confidential until the individuals recommended have provided permission to be included on the PGC list.
Petra Books: Free Copies of Tom Finn’s Westsiders for Adaptation (National)
Publishing house Petra Books is proud to offer PARC Members interested in adaptation a free copy of Westsiders, a short story collection by Tom Finn. This book of stories from and about Old Corner Brook provides sketches of social life and brings familiar characters and voices to life. The included story “Short’s Long Day” was previously adapted for the stage by PARC Company Member Theatre Newfoundland and Labrador!
If you’re interested in acquiring your own copy of Westsiders for adaptation purposes, you can contact Peter Geldart at Petra Books. A physical copy will also be kept on hand in the PARC Script Library, located on Mount Allison University’s campus.