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Thank you to all of our donors!
A big thank-you to everyone who supported us with donations in 2012. Your contribution nurtures theatre artists at every stage of their careers, and supports theatre across the province, through Theatre Ontario.
Our success depends upon the donations of generous theatre lovers like you who share our belief that theatre is critical to the cultural and social vitality of Ontario communities. Your donation creates mentorships, workshops, networks, and resources. Make your donation to Theatre Ontario today!
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Write your first draft and self-edit with confidence
 Playwrights at the idea stage or the editing stage will benefit from two new training opportunities with Theatre Ontario Talent Bank member Lindsay Price.
Sometimes the hardest step in the playwriting process is the first. Where do I find inspiration? How do I develop an idea? What if my idea fizzles out halfway through? Our Playwriting: Idea To First Draft workshop will take you from the idea stage to confidently writing a first draft. This workshop runs Saturday, March 9 from 9am to 4pm. Read more about Theatre Ontario's Playwriting: Idea to First Draft
Plays are not written in the first draft. Plays come to life in rewrites. But re-write how? What if we don't know how to move our work forward? What if we don't know how to critique our own work? What if we aren't sure how to process feedback from others? This workshop offers tools and techniques for playwrights who have a play "under construction." This course runs April 5 to 7. Read more about Theatre Ontario's Playwriting: How to Self-Edit and Critique
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So you need money for your project?
You've got the ideas. You've got the passion. You've got the drive. What you're missing is the almighty dollar.
Grant-writing and fundraising events are no longer your only options when it comes to finding money to get your project off the ground. Welcome to the wonderful world of crowdfunding.
 Join us on Monday, March 25 at 6:30pm for "So You Need Money For Your Project: Crowdfunding for Artists and Arts Organizations", a new workshop with Nancy Kenny that explores funding portals, pros-and-cons, setting goals, and how to make your campaign stand out.
Read more about Theatre Ontario's Crowdfunding for Artists and Arts Organizations workshop
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Canada has a new anti-spam law - is your theatre prepared?
Theatres use email and social networking every day to sell tickets to shows, promote events, solicit for donations and volunteers, and engage with audiences between productions. Canada's new anti-spam law, currently under review and expected to come into force in late 2013 or early 2014, will place considerable restrictions on the sending of commercial electronic messages (which include emails, messages to social networking accounts and text messages.)  Failure to comply with CASL requirements may result in penalties of up to $1 million for individuals and up to $10 million for corporations. Read more about Canada's new Anti-Spam Law on the Theatre Ontario Blog
With some forward planning and thoughtful administration, you may be able to avoid incurring costly unwanted financial penalties. Join us on March 26 at 2pm for "Canada's Anti-Spam Law: What Theatre Practitioners Need To Know" with Sarah Farrell.
Read more about Theatre Ontario's Anti-Spam workshop
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Upcoming Getting Started for Actors and Self-Start for Producers
We're pleased to announce the next dates of our popular professional theatre sessions, led by Tim Chapman, our Professional Theatre Coordinator.
 Getting Started For Actors is on March 27 at 2pm. This session is for actors beginning their professional careers to get the answers to 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 is on April 10 at 2pm. 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! Read more about Theatre Ontario's Self-Start: The Basics of Producing workshop
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Taking your directing to the next level
Do you want the capacity as a director to challenge yourself and move your artistry to the next level? Join us at our Directors Intensive with Autumn Smith, running April 20 to 21.
 This two-day weekend workshop is designed for experienced directors in both the community theatre and professional theatre realms, concentrating on making the work as specific as possible; and exploring how to get what the playwright intended onto the stage in a simple and detailed fashion.
Read more about Theatre Ontario's Directors Intensive
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Learn the skills of theatrical adjudication
 The deadline to apply for our Introduction to Adjudication course is February 11. Learn the principles of adjudication, attend community theatre festival performances, practice adjudicating skills both in private and later at an Ontario community theatre. The course runs March 12 to 16 in Guelph, and is led by Ron Cameron-Lewis.
Read more about Theatre Ontario's Introduction to Adjudication course
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Upcoming workshop opportunities
Spaces are still available in our upcoming workshops:
Proposal Writing, with Wanda Nanibush on Tuesday February 19 at 6:30pm in Toronto - For individuals and organizations applying for funding and sponsorships, learn to write proposals that place readers in a position where they have an overwhelming desire to fund, promote or collaborate with you
Grant Writing Information Session for Playwrights and Theatre Artists, with Pat Bradley on Wednesday, February 27 at 6:30pm in Thunder Bay - Information, perspective, and tips about theatre project grants
Taxes For Theatre Artists, with Sam Marinucci on Thursday, March 7 at 3pm in Toronto - Whether you are employed, self-employed or registered as a small business, this session is an opportunity for you to check your facts, ask questions and share experiences
Grant Writing Information Session for Playwrights and Theatre Artists, with Pat Bradley on Thursday, March 21 at 6pm in Ottawa - Information, perspective, and tips about theatre project grants
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Funding unique youth training programs
Does your organization want to undertake a unique youth training project, led by professional theatre artists? Theatre Ontario's Youth Theatre Training Program (YTTP) may be for you.
We are now inviting applications for the March 15 deadline for YTTP, funded by the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario.
YTTP assists Ontario organizations that wish to undertake projects providing training to youth 14 to 21 in various theatrical skills and disciplines, lead by professional theatre artists.
Read more about Theatre Ontario's Youth Theatre Training Program
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Funding professional theatre mentorships
There's still time to book your appointment with Tim Chapman to review your application for Theatre Ontario's Professional Theatre Training Program (PTTP).
PTTP offers financial support for unique and flexible training with a chosen mentor in any theatrical discipline, except performance.
The application deadline is March 1. PTTP is funded by the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario.
Read more about Theatre Ontario's Professional Theatre Training Program
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Celebrating our 19th Annual Showcase
Thanks to everyone who made our annual Theatre Ontario Showcase a success. Over 235 students took the stage Sunday, January 20th and Monday, January 21st for our presentation of the graduating classes of conservatory theatre programs from across Ontario, and the National Theatre School in Montreal.
Showcase featured two terrific panels - "The Business of Casting" with casting directors Jenny Lewis and Sara Kay from Lewis Kay Casting (CBC series Republic Of Doyle), agent Pam Winter (from Gary Goddard Agency), and Artistic Directors Matthew Jocelyn (Canadian Stage Company) and Allen MacInnis (Young People's Theatre); and "Surviving a Career in Acting / Love Of Acting" with Ted Dykstra, Michael Healey, Mike Ross, and Pamela Sinha.
Thanks also to Sheridan College and Jack Astor's Bar & Grill in the St. Lawrence Market for hosting the Showcase Networking Party.
Read more about Theatre Ontario's Showcase
And thanks to all of our Showcase tweeters - read them on Storify
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Inviting nominations for 2013-2014 Board
We now invite nominations from individuals interested in serving on our Board of Directors who are committed to assisting Theatre Ontario in its mission to develop and support theatre practitioners across the province, by providing resources, networking, training, and advocacy.
Theatre Ontario also invites nominations for Board members who are not necessarily practicing in theatre, but who are passionate about it and may bring other necessary skills and experience to the Board.
The nomination deadline is March 26. Read more about Theatre Ontario's Call For Nominations for the Board of Directors
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Honouring significant contributions to the development of Ontario theatre
 Do you know someone who has made a significant, sustained, unselfish, and involved contribution to Ontario theatre?
We are still accepting nominations for Theatre Ontario's 2013 Maggie Bassett Award. Recent past recipients include Dave Carley, Diana Belshaw, Don Fleckser, Alex Mustakas, and Yvette Nolan.
The nomination deadline is February 28.
Read more about Theatre Ontario's Maggie Bassett Award
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Ontario Off Stage
Curating online theatre conversations from around the province and beyond, including:
- Remembering Susan Douglas Rubes and Jean Roberts
- A "mini-master class" on production photography
- Introducing a new blog, focusing on strategies for becoming an independent creator
- Actors, directors, playwrights - what does rehearsal mean to you?
- From the Ontario Arts Council - a comprehensive analysis of the economic impact of arts and culture on tourism
- New live performance occupational health and safety guidelines for sound levels
- What Our Town can teach us about new play development
- New policies from Canadian Actors Equity Association to facilitate small-scale theatre production
- The City of Toronto directed $22.5 million from the Billboard Tax for arts and culture funding
- Looking ahead to cultural policy stories to watch in 2013
- Crow's Theatre announces plans for a new 200-seat venue in Toronto
- New Executive Director at Theatre Collingwood
Read more about all these items in "Ontario Off Stage" on the Theatre Ontario Blog |
Opening the doors to our new office
Thanks to everyone who came out to our Open House on January 28 - it was terrific to visit with old friends, make new acquaintances, and show off our new office, shared with the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts and the Playwrights Guild of Canada, in Suite 350 at 401 Richmond Street West.
Thanks to Scott Dermody for the photography. |
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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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