We are thrilled to welcome Erin Keating as the new Program Coordinator of Theatre Ontario.  Erin is an arts administrator and playwright who recently relocated to Toronto from the Maritimes.

"I've had a lifelong passion for the arts, none more so than theatre, and made the move to Toronto to become a part of the diverse and robust theatre community this city and province have to offer," said Erin. 

• Accessibility Ontario (AODA) - October 15 at 1pm
• Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act - October 30 at 1pm
• Facebook: A really useful marketing tool - November 20 at 1pm
• Anti-Spam Legislation - December 4 at 1pm

• Building Your Brand as an Artist, with Edward Power
• Social Media as a Professional Tool, with Seb FoxAllen
• We want you... now sign! Contract Law for Actors, with Derrick Chua
• Ask an Agent. Everything you've always wanted to know..., with Alicia Jeffery

You can also register for individual sessions from the Boot Camp.  

Grant Writing Information Session, with Pat Bradley - Looking for tips and must-dos for preparing an application to the Ontario Arts Council? - October 28 at 7pm in London

Audition Talk Back: How to Get It Right, with our panel of Joanne Williams, Elley-Ray, and Andrew Lamb - Preparation, etiquette, and expectations - November 3 at 6pm in Toronto

Grant Writing Information Session, with Pat Bradley - Looking for tips and must-dos for preparing an application to the Ontario Arts Council? - November 18 at 6pm in Barrie 

Financial Basics for Artists, with Vernal Banton - What artists should know! - November 24 at 10am in Toronto 

Do you know someone whose sustained contribution, generosity of spirit, involvement, and commitment within his/her region has helped community theatre flourish? Theatre Ontario is now inviting nominations for the 2015 Michael Spence Award for Contribution to Community Theatre.

This award is presented annually to an individual from the region that is hosting the Theatre Ontario Festival - which in 2015 is central Ontario.

• Opinions on the news that Factory Theatre and Quiptake would be holding their media night at the fifth performance after opening
• Perspectives from the other side of the audition table
• Does Hamilton have a grant-seeking culture?
• Equity in Theatre launches

• Theatre professors committing to teaching one class period per semester on historic women playwrights
• Does the "intern culture" mean that working-class talent is being priced out of acting?
• The ethics of using animals on stage
• Building relationships with student theatre practitioners at Peterborough Theatre Guild
• Backstage at Festival Players of Prince Edward County

• An "ice bucket challenge" for theatre
• Why we need to understand "change management" in the arts
• Mentoring and paying it forward

• Learning to define "success" in a professional theatre career
• Podcasting for theatres, and radio play resources from Playwrights Guild of Canada
• The Ontario Summer Theatre blogger visits the Blyth Festival and Drayton Entertainment's Dunfield Theatre Cambridge

Plus migrations, toasts, and much more. 

Read past issues of "Ontario Off Stage" on the Theatre Ontario Blog