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Celebrating community theatre in Ontario
Our first two 2013 Festival entries have been chosen: Windsor's Theatre Intrigue will present Orphans by Dennis Kelly on May 16 (representing the Western Ontario Drama League), and Espanola Little Theatre will present Norm Foster's Looking on May 18 (representing QUONTA in northeastern Ontario.)
The Association of Community Theatres--Central Ontario and the Eastern Ontario Drama League choose their entries the weekend of April 6-7, and will be posted on our website as soon as they are known. Festival tickets go on sale on April 8.
Read more about Theatre Ontario Festival 2013
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PTTP Talkback and Mixer
We're still accepting reservations for our PTTP Talkback and Mixer on April 8 at 5:30pm.
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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Meet the new members of our Talent Bank
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. We are pleased to welcome our new Talent Bank members for 2013:
- Susan Bourne, adjudicator
- Laurie Fyffe, instructor of administration/audience development and creative writing
- Charlotte Gowdy, instructor of acting, directing drama, improvisation, and physical theatre
- Jack Grinhaus, instructor of acting, directing drama, and movement
- Ingrid Hansen, instructor of children's theatre, dance, and puppetry
- Janet Kish, instructor of acting and directing drama
- Colin Legge, instructor of acting
- Alexandra Lent, instructor of children's theatre
- Joanne Mitchell, instructor of children's theatre
- Autumn Smith, adjudicator, and instructor of acting, children's theatre, and directing drama
- Steven Thomas, instructor of directing drama, directing musicals, and directing opera
We are also pleased to welcome Luciano Iogna to the category of instructors of creative writing, and to introduce our re-vamped Play Polisher category.
Anne Mooney writes about our new Talent Bank members on the Theatre Ontario Blog
Read more about Theatre Ontario's Talent Bank
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Directing with an Ear to the Page
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Conversations on community theatre
Theatre Ontario is launching a series of community theatre forums to provide a platform for discussion. The objective of these sessions is to gain insight into the key challenges and areas of opportunity that face community theatre in Ontario. Topics will include audience development, membership engagement, and workshop/education needs.
Our first session, in partnership with ACT-CO, the Association of Community Theatres--Central Ontario, is on April 22 in Aurora and will be facilitated by Executive Director Carol Beauchamp, and Lucy White, Executive Director of PACT, the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres.
The second will be held at Theatre Ontario Festival in Kingston on May 18, facilitated by Carol, and Deb Sholdice, General Manager of the Blyth Festival and Theatre Ontario Board member.
Future sessions in southwestern, eastern, and northern Ontario are planned. Read more about Theatre Ontario's Community Theatre Discussion Forums
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Dialogue on Design
Are you mystified about dealing with designers? Join Associated Designers of Canada Executive Director Sheila Sky and professional designers Patrick DuWors and Julia Tribe for a discussion on communicating with designers -- from contracting through to opening night. Find out what types of information help make the design process go smoothly and promote fluid collaboration as the project evolves in rehearsal. Theatre Ontario's Dialogue on Design is on April 29 at 10am.   
This session will help producers and directors (and all who interact with the designers, including stage managers and production managers) create the communications channels that foster great working relations and bring out the best in the creative team. It might even save you money! Read more about Theatre Ontario's Dialogue On Design workshop |
Apply to be an Intern Director at Shaw
Applications are now open for the 2014 Neil Munro Intern Directors Project at the Shaw Festival. Each season, the Shaw Festival hires two Intern Directors. They look for promising professional directors at a point in their career where an extended residency with a company like the Shaw Festival will be of benefit to their professional development. Applicants should have a good amount of professional experience but will not have had an opportunity to work on the scale of production that is characteristic of the Shaw Festival.
Since its inception in 1988, the project has been sponsored annually by Sun Life Financial and Theatre Ontario.
The application deadline is June 28 at 5pm.
Read more about the Neil Munro Intern Directors Project at the Shaw Festival on the Theatre Ontario website
Who are the Intern Directors in 2013? Find out on the Theatre Ontario website |
Under New Management: The impact of the new Not-for-Profit Corporations Acts
 Do you know how the new not-for-profit corporation acts are going to affect your theatre company? With new laws for both provincially-incorporated and federally-incorporated not-for-profits, theatres may find they need new letters patent and by-laws, and may have other significant administrative requirements to meet. Learning about these changes can ease the transition process and help to ensure that your organization is fully compliant with either the new Federal or Ontario Act--while failure to comply could have significant impact on how your organization will operate: its governance, its charitable registration, or its activities. Read more about the new Not-for-Profit Corporations Acts on the Theatre Ontario BlogAnd don't forget our workshop with Sarah on "Ontarians With Disabilities Act: Are You Meeting Accessibility Standards?", running April 23 at 2pm. Read more about Theatre Ontario's Ontarians with Disabilities Act workshop |
Improve your financial literacy at our free workshop
Artists play an essential role in our communities, yet according to StatsCan, artists are among the lowest income earners in Canada. Learning some basic skills will enable you to take control of your finances and make the best possible money decisions.
Join us on May 13 at 10:30am for a free session with Tessa-Marie Schillingford, author of Controlling the Debt Monster, to discuss setting financial goals, managing on a low & erratic income, making a spending plan, dealing with debt, all about credit including credit cards, smart banking, and planning for retirement.
Read more about Theatre Ontario's Financial Literary: What Self-Employed Artists Should Know workshop
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Diversity, Pluralism, and Inclusion in Theatre
 We're pleased to welcome charles c. smith to our Annual Meeting on May 25 to lead a forum on diversity, pluralism, and inclusion in theatre. charles is the Project Lead for Cultural Pluralism in Performing Arts Movement Ontario, a Research Associate with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Artistic Director of 'wind in the leaves collective', and a lecturer on Cultural Pluralism in the Arts at the University of Toronto - Scarborough.
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. This interactive panel will explore these ideas from different perspectives. The panelists are: - Ravi Jain, Artistic Director of Why Not Theatre
- Yvette Nolan, former Artistic Director of Native Earth Performing Arts
- Soheil Parsa, Artistic Director of Modern Times Theatre Company
- Beatriz Pizano, Artistic Director of Aluna Theatre
For details of our Annual Meeting, please read the Notice of Meeting on the Theatre Ontario website |
Workshops for emerging professional theatre artists
We're pleased to announce the upcoming dates of our popular professional theatre sessions, led by Tim Chapman, our Professional Theatre Coordinator.
 Getting Started For Actors is on Wednesday, May 15 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
We also have a few spaces available in our Self-Start: The Basics of Producing session 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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New programs from ArtsBuild Ontario
Theatre Ontario encourages you to take part in ArtsBuild Ontario's new program offerings. We have contributed to the development of these programs through our role on the ArtsBuild Advisory Committee. These include:
- Managing For Energy Efficiency And Sustainability
- Online Carbon Footprint Measurement Tool
- Learn About Sustainable Practice in the Arts with Ian Garrett
- Energy Savings Assessments
Read more on the ArtsBuild Ontario blog |
Ontario Off Stage
Our biweekly column Ontario Off Stage curates online theatre news and conversations from around the province and beyond. Highlights from the past month include:
- The Stratford Shakespeare Festival is experimenting with gaming as a way of bringing new audiences to the theatre
- "Things I wish I had been told in theatre school"
- The new live performance health and safety guidelines for Working at Heights is now available on the Ontario Ministry of Labour website
- Festival adjudicator John P. Kelly talks about Irish theatre
- Equity Night in Ottawa
- Marion de Vries is the new Artistic Director at the Blyth Festival
- Nathan Medd is the new Managing Director at the National Arts Centre-English Theatre
- Krista Jackson receives the Gina Wilkinson Prize
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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Autumn Smith writes on our blog about the role of the director, and her own personal exploration of directorial vision and the rehearsal room. 
