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Theatre Ontario is on the Move!
We are excited to announce that we will be moving to our new office effective January 1, 2013. All mail sent after December 31st should be addressed to:
Theatre Ontario
401 Richmond Street West, Suite 350
Toronto, ON
M5V 3A8 We will be sharing our new suite with our current roommates at the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts and Playwrights Guild of Canada, and our sublets from the Arts Network for Children & Youth. Our telephone numbers and email addresses will remain the same. To accommodate the holidays and the move, our offices will close at 5pm on Thursday, December 20th and we will re-open on Monday, January 7th. |
Join us at Showcase 2013
To all artistic directors, freelance directors, casting directors, and agents (signed to the EIC or members of TAMAC) - join us for two days of talent, with over 235 theatre school graduates from across Ontario, as well as the National Theatre School in Montreal, gathering for the 19th annual Theatre Ontario Showcase.
Theatre Ontario's Showcase takes place on Sunday, January 20, starting at 10:30am, and Monday, January 21, starting at 11:00am, at the Jane Mallet Theatre in the St. Lawrence Centre, Toronto.
Read more about Theatre Ontario's Showcase and the full schedule |
New Workshops for the New Year
We have both exciting new workshops and some returning favourites coming up in January and early February.
 Inclusion - Professional Advice for Professional Theatre Companies, with charles c. smith: Part 1 on January 15 and Part 2 on April 16
As part of their creative process, contemporary theatres are working to gain a better sense of creative possibilities and to engage communities in all aspects of their operations. These two sessions will assist theatre leaders in addressing these concerns and coming to understand how to begin to move their practices so that they are open and inclusive. Read more about Theatre Ontario's "Inclusion: Professional Advice for Professional Theatre Companies" workshop
Auditions - Preparation, Etiquette, Expectations, a talk back with Elley-Ray Hennessy, Andrew Lamb, and Renna Reddie on January 16
Join us for this Talk Back Session on: What should you expect at auditions? What do you bring to an audition? Good & bad audition stories; Differences between film, TV, commercials & theatre auditions; Equity versus non-Equity auditions; and crashing auditions - when is it a good idea? Read more about Theatre Ontario's "Auditions" talkback 
Getting Started for Actors on January 30, for actors beginning their professional careers. In this two-hour workshop,  Tim Chapman, Professional Theatre Coordinator answers the most frequently asked questions about the business of acting. Read more about Theatre Ontario's "Getting Started for Actors" workshop
Self-Start: The Basics of Producing on February 6: 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. Read more about Theatre Ontario's "Self-Start: The Basics of Producing" workshop
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Learn and practice the principles of adjudication
The next edition of our "Introduction to Adjudication" course will be running Tuesday, March 12 to Saturday, March 16 during the Western Ontario Drama League Festival in Guelph.
 Under the instruction of Ron Cameron-Lewis, the course covers the principles of adjudication (including public, private/detailed, and written adjudications), evaluation schemes, award selection, and more. Participants will see shows in the Festival, practice "public" adjudications in private with their fellow students. Following the course, students will have an opportunity to practice adjudication skills at a community theatre in their area, and to network with experienced adjudicator mentors.
Read more about Theatre Ontario's "Introduction to Adjudication" course
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Congratulations to the Fall 2012 Professional Theatre Training Program grant recipients
We're excited to announce the latest recipients of training grants through our Professional Theatre Training Program (PTTP). $33,728 was awarded in total in this round. Read about all the Fall 2012 Theatre Ontario Professional Theatre Training Program recipients
The next application deadline for this program is March 1, 2013.
We also want to extend a special thank-you to Franco Boni, our outgoing Chair of the Professional Theatre Training Program Jury. Franco has served on the jury for over a decade with enthusiasm, keen insight, and diligence. Thank you Franco for your service to Theatre Ontario.
This program is funded by the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario.
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Free Grant Writing Information Session in Burlington
In January, we will be hosting our third Grant Writing Information Session with Pat Bradley, Theatre Officer of the Ontario Arts Council. These sessions share information, perspective, and tips about project grants, particularly the OAC's three professional theatre project programs - Theatre Projects, Playwright Residency, and Theatre Creators' Reserve.
Our next session is co-hosted by Theatre Burlington on January 24 at 2pm. Read more about the Grant Writing Information Session for Playwrights and Theatre Artists in Burlington
And we're looking forward to announcing sessions in other Ontario communities in the new year!
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Save the Date for our Summer Courses
Our 2013 Summer Theatre Intensive has been booked for August 11 to 17, returning again to Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo. We're looking forward to offering another exciting line-up of courses and instructors in 2013.
Thanks to everyone who provided feedback about our 2012 courses-your comments are helping us shape our plans for the coming year.
Read more about the Theatre Ontario Summer Theatre Intensive
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Festival 2013 taking shape in Kingston
 Our Festival committee is working hard on plans for Theatre Ontario Festival 2013, running May 15 to May 19 in Kingston. Our Festival Adjudicator will be John P. Kelly and our Festival Playwright-in-Person will be John Lazarus.
Read more about Theatre Ontario Festival 2013
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Deadline to apply for our Talent Bank of instructors is coming up
The application deadline for our Talent Bank of theatre instructors is December 15 - join our roster of skilled theatre trainers and workshop leaders.
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.
Read more about applying to join Theatre Ontario's Talent Bank
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Ontario Off Stage
Curating online theatre conversations from around the province and beyond, including:
- Is there a crisis of space or a crisis of resources in theatre?
- And how do you reconcile being stewards of a new space, while creating theatre about displacement
- A farewell from the Canadian Conference of the Arts
- How arts marketing perpetuates arts stereotypes
- What Terminus at Off-Mirvish Productions means for independent theatre in Toronto
- The Ontario Arts Council's podcast series focuses on theatre programs
- The Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts Stats Report Phase III has been released
- Toasts for the Siminovitch Prize and the Governor General's Literary Awards recipients
Read more about all these items in "Ontario Off Stage" on the Theatre Ontario Blog |
From Our Blog
Anne Mooney, our Community Theatre Coordinator, tours you through Ontario's community theatre festivals with an update on Elliot Lake Amateur Theatre Ensemble and how they're dealing with the aftermath of the Algo Mall collapse. Remember that you can sign up to receive blog posts via your favourite RSS reader, or by email, at www.theatreontario.blogspot.com |
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 Questions? Please contact
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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