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Congratulations to the 2013 Intern Directors at the Shaw Festival
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Apply for our Talent Bank of instructors
Join our roster of skilled theatre trainers and workshop leaders by becoming a member of the Theatre Ontario Talent Bank. We are now inviting applications for Talent Bank membership.
Theatre Ontario's Talent Bank matches organizations (particularly community theatres and educational organizations) with professional theatre teachers and trainers for workshops, adjudications, and short-term consulting contracts. The members of our Talent Bank are proficient practitioners, with a demonstrated ability as a teacher/trainer, and sensitivity and familiarity to the needs and concerns of the trainees in the community and educational theatre sector.
The application deadline is December 15. Read more about applying to join Theatre Ontario's Talent Bank
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Honouring innovation in financial planning and management
The 2012 Sandra Tulloch Award for Innovation in Arts and Culture was presented on October 29 to Heather Young, in recognition of the value, insight and stability she has brought to the planning and management needs of over a hundred individual artists and organizations in the province and beyond.
 The award was presented to Heather at Creative Trust's Sunset Bash. The Sandra Tulloch Award for Innovation in Arts and Culture is presented annually to an individual or a collective whose initiative, activism, leadership, and service has contributed to the development and strengthening of arts and culture in Ontario through innovative and practical initiatives.
Read more about Heather Young and the Sandra Tulloch Award for Innovation in Arts and Culture
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| Do You Want to Make a Difference?
 Is being a Board member of a theatre or cultural organization for you? This is an interactive workshop facilitated by Brenda Barr-Worsnop. Serving on a board is a dynamic and fulfilling way to support the theatre community. This workshop runs on Friday, November 16 at 2pm.
Read more about Theatre Ontario's workshop Do You Want To Make A Difference?
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| Keeping Your Board Healthy
What is going to happen when you don't want the responsibility of running the organization, when all you want to do is create? In this workshop with Cheryl Ewing, learn how succession planning is about strengthening your own skill as a leader while planning for that day when you don't want to bear the responsibility of leadership. This workshop runs on Saturday, November 17 at 10am.
Read more about Theatre Ontario's workshop Keeping Your Theatre/Arts Board Healthy
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The Why And How of a Successful Web Presence
 Are you an actor? Set designer? Production manager? Technician? If you work in theatre and you don't already have one, you've probably asked yourself, "Do I really need a website?" In this workshop, professional web designer, Paul Snepsts shows you why the answer is an emphatic, "Yes you do!" and outlines how you can do it. This workshop runs on Monday, November 19 at 6:30pm.
Read more about Theatre Ontario's workshop The Why And How of a Successful Web Presence on the Theatre Ontario website
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Can you benefit from mentorship?
Talk Back and Mixer re: Professional Theatre Training Program
Looking to further or change your career? Develop a new skill? Mentoring through Theatre Ontario's Professional Theatre Training Program, funded by the Ontario Arts Council, is a valuable way of:
- Learning from experienced professionals
- Benefiting from one-to-one guidance
- Making valuable connections and expanding your network
- Enhancing your career opportunities
- Meet past Professional Theatre Training Program recipients
Tuesday, November 20 at 5:15pm to 7pm. Please reserve.
Read more about Theatre Ontario's Professional Theatre Training Program Talk Back Session and Mixer
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Engaging your theatre community through social media
 Where does your social media content come from? What 'voice' should you use to represent your organization online? What's the latest with live-blogging / live-tweeting? How can online tools and presence assist instead of distract from the work? In this workshop, Michael Wheeler, Artistic Director of Praxis Theatre - a key hub for live performance and online engagement in Canada - investigates the pitfalls and opportunities organizations encounter when they integrate with the internet.
This workshop is on Tuesday, November 27 at 6:30pm.
Read more about Theatre Ontario's workshop Social Media: Live Performance and Community Engagement for your Theatre Community
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Self-Start: The Basics of Producing
If you want to do a show but have never produced professionally before, and if you want to know what questions to ask first, this session is for you! Self-Start is a practical seminar facilitated by Tim Chapman.
This workshop is designed for individuals thinking of producing a show or starting a theatre company, and gives you the opportunity to ask questions and try out ideas, discover the questions you need to ask and answer, learn to organize your thinking and planning, work on scheduling and budget considerations, and find out about available resources and services.
The next Self-Start: The Basics of Producing will be held on Wednesday, November 28 at 2pm. Read more about Theatre Ontario's Self-Start session
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What would you like to ask an agent?
 Interested in learning more about the basics of the agent/performer relationship? Join us at Theatre Ontario's Ask an Agent session with Alicia Jeffrey of The Characters Talent Agency on Wednesday, November 28 at 6:30pm.
Read more about Theatre Ontario's Ask An Agent session
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What is your vision of Canadian theatre in 2017?
The Professional Association of Canadian Theatres (PACT) is convening a national conversation about Canadian theatre. The Dialogue on Theatre asks "What is the vision for Canadian theatre in 2017 that the theatre community can support and work together to create?"
We encourage theatre professionals of all levels of experience and responsibility to join in. This Dialogue is not just for PACT members--theatre instructors, presenters, artists, board members, and audiences are encouraged to participate.
The upcoming roundtable dates are November 12 at 10:00am in Toronto, and November 14 at 1:00pm in Kitchener. Visit the PACT website and the Dialogue on Theatre site for details and RSVP information.
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Getting Started for Actors
Getting Started sessions are for actors beginning their professional careers. In this two-hour workshop, Tim Chapman, Theatre Ontario's Professional Theatre Coordinator answers the most frequently asked questions about the business of acting. Find out about the realities of showbiz, pictures and resumes, Equity and ACTRA, agents and casting directors, auditioning, and maintaining and improving your acting skills.
The next Getting Started for Actors session on Wednesday, November 21 at 2pm is now full, however you can sign up for the waiting list and be among the first to be notified of future dates of Theatre Ontario's Getting Started session.
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Ontario Off Stage
Curating theatre news from around the province and beyond, including:
- On November 13, the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts' Stats Report III will present findings from data gathered in an industry-wide survey of the TAPA Membership for 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 - event information and past reports are available on the TAPA website - and after November 13, you will be able to read the new report
- Apparently nobody wants to buy the St. Lawrence Centre or the Toronto Centre for the Arts, but selling the Sony Centre might be feasible
- A name change at the Stratford Festival highlights the challenges of branding and marketing Shakespeare
- Migrations at Young People's Theatre, Cahoots Theatre Company, and the National Theatre School
- There's an open house at the Toronto Fringe Creation Lab on November 7, a terrific opportunity to find out more about this space for theatre artists
- Announcing recipients of the inaugural Tom Hendry Awards from the Playwrights Guild of Canada--including one recipient who was published in our Grassroots anthology of plays that premiered at community theatres
- Dave Carley's Maggie Bassett Award acceptance speech
- Exploring the use of Twitter for customer service and what theatres can learn
- Toasts to the nominees of the Capital Critics' Circle Awards in Ottawa
Read more about all these items in "Ontario Off Stage" on the Theatre Ontario Blog |
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Brandon Moore
Communications Coordinator, Theatre Ontario 416.408.4556 x.15 We acknowledge the support of the Ontario Arts Council (OAC), an agency of the Government of Ontario, which last year funded 1,681 individual artists and 1,125 organizations in 216 communities across Ontario for a total of $52.8 million. |
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