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Playwriting: Idea to First DraftSaturday, March 9 Toronto Introduction to AdjudicationMarch 12 to 16 Guelph (SOLD OUT) Grant Writing For Individual Theatre ArtistsThursday, March 21 Ottawa So You Need Money For Your Project: Crowdfunding for Artists and Arts OrganizationsMonday, March 25 Toronto Canada's Anti-Spam Law: What Theatre Practitioners Need To KnowTuesday, March 26 Toronto Getting Started For ActorsWednesday, March 27 Toronto Social Media Connecting With an Online AudienceThursday, March 28 Blyth Playwriting: How To Self-Edit and CritiqueFriday, April 5 to Sunday, April 7 Toronto PTTP Talkback and MixerMonday, April 8 Toronto Self-Start: The Basics of ProducingWednesday, April 10 Toronto Directors IntensiveSaturday, April 20 to Sunday, April 21 Toronto Ontarians With Disabilities Act: Are You Meeting Accessibility Standards?Tuesday, April 23 Toronto Read more about:
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Welcome to our new Theatre Ontario team members
We're pleased to welcome Aeriol Fitzgerald and Bruce Pitkin to the team at Theatre Ontario. Aeriol is our new Membership Clerk, connecting with our members about our services, and processing orders and renewals. Bruce is our new Outreach Coordinator, liaising throughout the professional, community, and educational theatre sectors in the province.  
We say farewell to Zainab Amadahy and Janiece McIntosh who have been with us for the past year.
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Intensive theatre training opportunities
Theatre Ontario's Summer Theatre Intensive is an opportunity for you to experience a week away from all distraction, and immerse yourself in a unique theatrical learning experience. Come learn new skills, meet passionate theatre people, and flex your creative muscle!
We have another terrific lineup of courses to choose from, featuring a mix of exciting new opportunities and returning favourites:
- Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Acting, with Tom Diamond
- Staging the Story: The Why and How of Directing, with Maja Ardal
- Instant Theatre: The Art of Improvisation, with Herbie Barnes
- You Got The Part! Audition and Rehearsal Techniques for the Actor, with Thom Currie
- Where There's a WILL, There's a WAY - A Path to Acting with Shakespeare, Text Study, and Performance, with Jack Wetherall
The Summer Theatre Intensive runs from Sunday, August 11 to Saturday, August 17 in Waterloo. Read more about Theatre Ontario's Summer Theatre Intensive |
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Connecting with an audience online
 Looking to establish or improve your web presence? Not sure which social media strategies are appropriate for your theatre? We're bringing two of our popular workshops to southwestern Ontario in a one-day event Social Media Connecting With an Audience Online, co-hosted by the Blyth Festival on March 28. In the morning, Paul Snepsts presents The Why and How of a Successful Web Presence, and the in afternoon, Michael Wheeler presents Social Media and Online Community Engagement. Full-day registration includes lunch, compliments of Huron Small Business Enterprise Centre.
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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. But the deadline is fast approaching!
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. YTTP is funded by the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario. The deadline is March 15.
Read more about Theatre Ontario's Youth Theatre Training Program
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PTTP Talkback and Mixer
Looking to further or change your career? Develop a new skill? Mentoring through Theatre Ontario's Professional Theatre Training Program (PTTP), 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
You will have the opportunity to network with: - Laura Nanni - Current Rhubarb Festival Director. Laura received a PTTP grant in November 2007 to train in artistic direction and producing with Franco Boni at the Theatre Centre in Toronto.
- Peter Pasyk - Recently named Urjo Kareda resident at Tarragon Theatre. Peter received a PTTP grant in April 2009 to train in directing with Kim Blackwell at 4th Line Theatre in Millbrook.
- Tanisha Taitt - Director, arts educator, and playwright. Tanisha received a PTTP grant in April 2011 to train in lighting design with Kimberly Purtell.
- Tim Chapman - Professional Theatre Coordinator at Theatre Ontario. Tim administers the PTTP and will moderate the evening. Tim also received a PTTP grant in 1980 to train in arts administration with Mallory Gilbert at Tarragon Theatre.
Monday, April 8 at 5:30pm to 7pm. Please reserve. Register for Theatre Ontario's PTTP Talkback and Mixer
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Are you meeting accessibility standards?
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Celebrating community theatre in Ontario
With the regional community theatre festivals finishing over the next month, we'll soon know the four theatre companies travelling to Kingston for Theatre Ontario Festival 2013, co-hosted with Domino Theatre and the Eastern Ontario Drama League. Our adjudicator is John P. Kelly and the playwright-in-person is John Lazarus. Tickets go on sale on April 8. Read more about Theatre Ontario Festival 2013
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Advocating for theatre in Ontario
We all had the date marked on our calendar. Arts Day at Queen's Park was going to bring together artists and arts administrators with Members of Provincial Parliament to meet and talk about the value of arts in Ontario and the work of the Ontario Arts Council (OAC). Unfortunately, Dalton McGuinty's resignation as Premier and the prorogation of Queen's Park changed our plans. Brandon Moore writes on our blog about advocating for theatre, arts, and culture in Ontario |
Inviting nominations for our Board
We 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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Ontario Off Stage
Our biweekly column curates online theatre conversations from around the province and beyond. Highlights from the past month include:
- Nominees for Ottawa's Prix Rideau Awards
- Civil Debates from Praxis Theatre and The Theatre Centre - Topic #1 "Be it resolved that the Creative Cities theories serve to reinforce dominant class structures" (March 15) and Topic #2 "Be it resolved that Boards of Directors have the right and responsibility to overrule the Artistic Direction of a theatre company." (April 1)
- Does artist exceptionalism create a barrier that discourages non-artists from attending or engaging your work?
- The New Play Exchange: Replace play submissions with crowd-sourcing
- Art is not sold by the foot - the experience isn't better or worse depending on the length of the show
- A profile of Heather Young, last year's recipient of the Sandra Tulloch Award for Innovation in Arts and Culture
- New ADs at Factory Theatre and Necessary Angel Theatre
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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Crowdfunding is more than just picking a site, putting in your brilliant project, sending out a tweet, and watching all that glorious moulah roll in.
Join us on Tuesday, April 23 at 2pm for "Ontarians With Disabilities Act: Are You Meeting Accessibility Standards?" with Sarah Farrell. 