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Auditions are available for individual members of Theatre Ontario on the Auditions page of our website.

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Training

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Festivals

Panamerican Routes | Rutas Panamericanas
Aluna Theatre
Toronto
February 27 to March 9

Toronto Sketch
Comedy Festival
Toronto
March 6 to 16

Western Ontario Drama League Festival
Windsor
March 10 to 14

QUONTA Festival
Sault Ste. Marie
March 12 to 16

New Ideas Festival
Alumnae Theatre
Toronto
March 12 to 30

Association of Community Theatres - Central Ontario Festival
Awards Dinner
Vaughan
April 5

Eastern Ontario Drama League Festival
Awards Brunch
Wellington
April 6

Paprika Festival
Toronto
April 7 to 12

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Staging our Future at Theatre Ontario

Theatre Ontario will soon be launching our new website, featuring easier navigation via drop-down menus, expanded sponsorship opportunities for theatre suppliers, and a searchable database of our Talent Bank of theatre instructors.

We'll also be unveiling our new look, new vision, mission and mandate -- the image of a vibrant and dynamic organization serving a vibrant and dynamic sector.

Indulge your Passion for Theatre and Learning at our Summer Theatre Intensive

Join us August 10 to 16 at Theatre Ontario's Annual Summer Theatre Intensive. Experience a week away from all distractions and immerse yourself in a unique theatrical learning experience. You will learn new skills, meet passionate theatre people, enrich your theatre capacity, and flex your creative muscle!

This year we have five courses:

Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Acting...and Then Some!, with Tom Diamond
More Hot Scenes: Building Acting Technique, with Brenda Kamino
Review your Revue: Creating a Musical Theatre Performance with David Gale & Randy Vancourt
How Do I Make this Play Happen? -- Directing for Beginners, with Thom Currie
Whose Text Is It, Anyway? Adventurous Approaches to Performance, with John P. Kelly

Gary Hall Recognized for Innovation with 2014 Sandra Tulloch Award

We are thrilled to announce that the 2014 Sandra Tulloch Award for Innovation in Arts and Culture has been awarded to Gary Hall, in recognition of thirty-four years of leadership on behalf of artist-run culture, and practical initiatives that include Gallery TPW, Artist-Run Centres and Collectives of Ontario, the CARFAC Copyright Collective, and ArtsBuild Ontario.

The award will be presented to Gary on May 5 at Theatre Ontario's Annual Meeting, and is made possible by the generous sponsorship of Marinucci & Company, Chartered Accountants.

Learn about Gary Hall's legacy of innovation in Ontario arts and culture

Bev Dietrich Honoured for Contribution to Community Theatre in Western Ontario

Congratulations to Bev Dietrich, who has been chosen as the recipient of the 2014 Michael Spence Award for Contribution to Community Theatre. This award is presented by Theatre Ontario from the nomination by Elmira Theatre Company, and on the recommendation of the Western Ontario Drama League (WODL). The award honours individuals for sustained contribution to community theatre, generosity of spirit, involvement, and commitment to community theatre that is legendary within his/her region, helping community theatre flourish. Bev will receive her award on May 18 at the Theatre Ontario Festival Awards Brunch in Sarnia.

Learn about Bev Dietrich's contribution to community theatre

Welcoming New Faces to Theatre Ontario

We're thrilled to welcome two new faces to Theatre Ontario: Katya Senyshyn, our new Development Coordinator, and Roxanne Joseph, our new Fundraising Coordinator.

Katya Senyshyn Roxanne Joseph

We also bid farewell to Aeriol Fitzgerald, who has been our Membership Coordinator for the past year.

Performing Arts in Rural Communities

Theatre Ontario is excited to be part of SPARC-the Symposium for the Performing Arts in Rural Communities, running April 24 to 27 in Haliburton.

Symposium for Performing Arts in Rural Communities

Symposium for Performing Arts in Rural Communities

We have coordinated a panel on Producing Quality Theatre in a Rural Setting, taking place on the afternoon of April 25. The panel includes Harold Arbuckle (Thistle Theatre in Embro), Jack Brezina (Highlands Summer Festival in Haliburton), Lisa Gamelin (Espanola Little Theatre), and Deb Sholdice (Blyth Festival), and will be moderated by Julianne Snepsts (Festival Players of Prince Edward County).

Find out how you can attend SPARC

Congratulations to Independent Theatre Creators International Training Scholarship Recipients

Theatre Ontario and Why Not Theatre congratulate Miriam Fernandes and Colin Bruce Anthes, who have been chosen as the recipients of the inaugural Independent Theatre Creators International Training Scholarship. The Scholarship allows for two emerging artists to train with Anne Bogart and the SITI Company for one month in Suzuki, Viewpoints, and directing and devising new work.

Miriam Fernandes Colin Bruce Anthes

The Scholarship is a partnership between Theatre Ontario and Why Not Theatre, sponsored by Nekison Engineering and Contractors Ltd. and funds have been matched by artsVest Toronto.

Find out more about Colin and Miriam on the Theatre Ontario website

Meet the Youth Advisory Council

Have you been at the Theatre Ontario offices and noticed the pitter patter of little feet and gotten a contact high from our creative energies? Chances are you came into contact with a YAC'er and (drumroll) we are contagious. "But who is a YAC'er and what is the YAC?" you ask with great suspicion. We are the new kid on the block, a committee of young voices, young insight, and lots of enthusiasm!

Find out more about Theatre Ontario's Youth Advisory Council on our blog

Funding Youth Theatre Training Programs

Does your organization want to undertake a unique youth training project, led by professional theatre artists? There is still time to apply for Theatre Ontario's Youth Theatre Training Program (YTTP).

We are inviting applications for the March 17 deadline for YTTP, funded by the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario. YTTP offers financial support to programs anywhere in Ontario, led by professional theatre artists, which deliver accessible training to young people (age 14 to 21) in theatrical skills such as:

Technical production and design;
Theatre administration and producing;
Performance skills and play creation.

Apply for Theatre Ontario's Youth Theatre Training Program

Overcoming the "Starving Artist" Syndrome

As an artist you are super-talented at so many things, but there is a missing link. Something that causes that self-fulfilling prophecy to take over your thoughts and steer you away from success... Something that just hasn't clicked yet. So why is that? The reason is that there is something that you don't know...YET. There is something that your creative mentors and teachers failed to teach you about how to succeed financially in your artistic career.

The good thing is that it's not too late. Join Lisa Phillips, Author, Speaker, Arts & Leadership Educator and Entrepreneur, for a seminar that will dispel the money myth and show you things that you can implement today to ramp-up your success and get you out of waiting tables or that crummy retail job that you hate!

Join us at "Overcoming the "Starving Artist" Syndrome workshop on Sunday, March 30 at 1pm.

Community Theatre Conversations

Community Theatre Discussion Forum in Sault Ste. Marie

Our next Community Theatre Discussion Forums are coming up in in North Bay (April 12) and Peterborough (April 26).

Come learn from your peers and share your experiences.

Join us at a Community Theatre Discussion Forum

Staging Sustainability: Thriving through Innovative Thinking

Staging Sustainability came to Toronto on February 3 and 4. Organized by York University's Centre for Sustainable Staging and ArtsBuild Ontario, the conference was built on "a dream of bringing innovation from around the world to Toronto's theatre community" through a conversation about sustainability in the performing arts. In the opening plenary, Arlene Goldbard defined sustainability with an emphasis on "thriving" -- and indeed many of the stories we heard over the two days of the conference were encouraging.

Brandon Moore writes about Staging Sustainability on the Theatre Ontario Blog

Ontario Off Stage

In "Ontario Off Stage" on our blog, we curate theatre conversations and news from around the province and beyond. Highlights from last month include:

From February 28

#TheSummit - A conversation about representation of women and people of colour in Washington, DC that rippled across the theatrosphere
Arts education won't save us from boring, inaccessible theatre
Congratulations to the nominees for the 2013 Prix Rideau Awards, and to the Canadian Actors Equity Association honours recipients - including past Theatre Ontario Board President Janet Irwin

From February 21

Market Value from the Hamilton Arts Council demonstrates to the public the everyday labour it takes to create art
The Ottawa School of Speech and Drama closes its doors
"Culture and democracy" from #CdnCult Times
What is the right price for art?
How to design an online brochure
Race and representation in American theatre -- and a few ideas that cross the border

From February 7

"Why live theatre is dead to you": CBC's Ontario Today assumes that no one in Ontario theatre has ever had a conversation with a reluctant audience member before
Marketing the new play
Talent scout faces jail time for misleading actors and models
A new GM at Highlands Summer Festival in Haliburton
David Savoy is retiring as AD of Sudbury Theatre Centre

Catch up with News on Our Blog

The Theatre Ontario Blog is our home for news, announcements, analysis, and opinion curated and written by Theatre Ontario.

You can sign up to receive blog posts via your favourite RSS reader, or follow by email, at www.theatreontario.blogspot.com

Notice of our Annual Meeting

Our Annual General Meeting will take place on Monday, May 5 at 7:00pm at the Urbanspace Gallery at 401 Richmond Street West, Toronto.

Full Annual Meeting details -- including proxy forms, candidates for election for the Board of Directors, and proposed amended by-laws, will be published on our website on March 19.

The deadline for nominations for the Board of Directors is March 12. Submit a nomination for the Theatre Ontario Board of Directors

Missed an issue of Theatre Ontario Presents... ? Catch up in our archives.

Questions? Please contact
Brandon Moore

Communications Coordinator, Theatre Ontario

news@theatreontario.org

416.408.4556 x.13

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.