ONstage Openings for the week of November 29

In Eastern Ontario:
Nov. 30, Inspecting Carol at Ottawa Little Theatre
Dec. 2, Maggie's Getting Married at Domino Theatre (Kingston)
Dec. 2, A Child's Christmas In Wales at Belleville Theatre Guild
Dec. 3, Nunsense: The Mega-Musical at Mississippi Mudds of Carleton Place

In Northeastern Ontario:
Dec. 1, Aladdin at Sault Theatre Workshop

In South Central Ontario:
Dec. 2, The Importance Of Being Uncle Roscoe at Mississauga Players

In Southwestern Ontario:
Dec. 2, A Christmas Carol at Elgin Theatre Guild (St. Thomas)
Dec. 2, Charles Dickens Writes A Christmas Carol at Lost & Found Theatre (Kitchener)
Dec. 3, The Odd Couple, Female Version at Theatre Woodstock

In Toronto:
Nov. 30, Little Women: The Musical at Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts
Dec. 1, Munsch Express at George Brown Theatre School
Dec. 2, Ethan Claymore at Scarborough Theatre Guild

In Central Ontario:
Dec. 1, One Step Forward at Talk Is Free Theatre (Barrie)

For all the theatre current playing across Ontario, and information for theatres on how to add/update your listing, visit the ONstage show listings on the Theatre Ontario website.

7 Days In Ontario Theatre

What’s Happening?

• Attention Must Be Paid: Travis Bedard wrote a very thoughtful piece about the American theatre experience as an artist in Austin, Texas for whom “not a one of my megalomanical inclinations…lands on the Great White Way” and how to have a conversation with the public when only “Broadway” matters; I think this speaks to a lot of Ontario theatre artists who resist the notion that Toronto theatre is the only theatre that matters
• Meet www.offbookmarket.com – a market for playwrights and theatres to connect
• Picasso Pro will have its inaugural audio-described performance as part of the Sun Life Financial Performing Arts Access Program at the world premiere of Ken Gass’s ‘Bethune Imagined’ at Toronto’s Factory Theatre on November 30
• At this week’s meeting of the Live Performance Advisory Committee in Health and Safety, the guidelines for performer flying and aerial stunts was the main topic of discussion; reading about what’s happening on the Broadway production of Spiderman made it seem like a particularly timely discussion

From The Bulletin Board

• As mentioned last week, today is the deadline for Factory Theatre’s OAC Creators Reserve; Theatre Passe Muraille’s deadline is November 29; Great Canadian Theatre Company’s deadline is December 1
• Nightwood Theatre is holding its Master Class: Projections in Theatre with Kim Collier and Jamie Nesbitt on November 28 for directors and theatre creators who have an interest in exploring the relationship between the projected image and live theatrical experience
• The application deadline for Nightwood’s “Write From The Hip” for emerging female playwrights, 18-29, is December 3

Check out these items, and many more on The Bulletin Board on the Theatre Ontario website

Call For 2011 Sandra Tulloch Award For Innovation In Arts And Culture

Theatre Ontario is now inviting nominations for the 2011 Sandra Tulloch Award for Innovation in Arts and Culture.

The Sandra Tulloch Award for Innovation in Arts and Culture is presented annually to an individual or a collective whose initiative, activism, and leadership has contributed to the development and strengthening of arts and culture in Ontario through innovative and practical initiatives.  While Theatre Ontario administers this award, it recognizes achievements in all artistic and cultural disciplines.

The nomination deadline is February 15, 2011.

Full award criteria, history, and nomination information can be found on the Theatre Ontario website.

Congratulations to the Fall 2010 PTTP Recipients

Theatre Ontario is pleased to announce the latest recipients of training grants through Theatre Ontario’s Professional Theatre Training Program (PTTP).  From 25 applications, $39,000 was awarded in total to the following recipients:

• Cole Alvis to train in production management with Doug Morum at Native Earth Performing Arts (Toronto)
• Joanna Barrotta to train in arts administration with Michael Rubenfeld at Summerworks and Camilla Holland at Tarragon Theatre (Toronto)
• Dawn Crysler to train in production management and technical direction with Carrie Costello and Gavin Fearon at Carousel Players (St. Catharines)
• Sarah Conn to train in directing with Nadia Ross at STO Union Theatre (Ottawa)
• Kelli Fox  to train in directing with Gina Wilkinson at Shaw Festival (Niagara-on-the-Lake)
• Ravi Jain to train in artistic direction with Franco Boni at the Theatre Centre (Toronto)
• Julia Lederer to train in directing  with Alisa Palmer for a Theatre Columbus/Tarragon Theatre  co-production (Toronto)
• Aynsley Moorhouse  to train in dramaturgy with Iris Turcott at Factory Theatre (Toronto)
• Megan Paquette  to train in production management with Alistair Hepburn at Canadian Stage (Toronto)
• Emily Pearlman to train in dramaturgy with Brian Quirt at Great Canadian Theatre Company (Ottawa)
• Megan Watson to train in directing with Vikki Anderson at Theatrefront (Toronto)
• Aaron Willis to train in producing with Andy McKim and Kendra Fry at Theatre Passe Muraille (Toronto)

The next application deadline for this program is March 1, 2011.

This program is funded by the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario.

Read more about the Professional Theatre Training Program on the Theatre Ontario website.

Training new adjudicators

In 2010, Theatre Ontario ran its first “Introduction to Adjudication” course in over twenty years.  Due to popular demand, we are bringing the course back for 2011.

Lead by Ron Cameron-Lewis, who work as an adjudicator is well-known around the province, the course  combines a mix of theory, personal experience, and practical application.  Held in conjunction with the 2011 Theatre Ontario Festival in Richmond Hill in May 2011, it culminates with the opportunity to practice adjudication skills at one of Ontario’s community theatres.

As one of last year’s participants said, “the course gave a clear indication of what adjudication is, and whether or not it’s something I want to pursue.”

For more information, please visit our “Introduction to Adjudication” page on the Theatre Ontario website.

ONstage Openings for the week of November 22

In Central Ontario:

Nov. 24, A Christmas Carol at Northumberland Players (Cobourg)

Nov. 25, Anne at Theatre Orangeville

In Eastern Ontario:

Nov. 25, A Christmas Carol at Ourtown Theatre (Gananoque)

Nov. 26, Murder By The Book at Dundas County Players Theatre (Winchester)

In Northwestern Ontario:

Nov. 25, Plaid Tidings at Magnus Theatre (Thunder Bay)

In South Central Ontario:

Nov. 25, Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Stage West Theatre (Mississauga)

Nov. 25, Noises Off at OnStage Uxbridge

Nov. 26, Beauty And The Beast at Theatre Burlington

Nov. 26, Our Town at Players' Guild of Hamilton

Nov. 26, The Saloon Keeper's Daughter at Theatre Aurora

In Southwestern Ontario:

Nov. 24, Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Grand Theatre (London)

Nov. 25, Glorious at Galt Little Theatre (Cambridge)

Nov. 25, Romeo And Juliet at Lost & Found Theatre (Kitchener)

Nov. 25, Sleeping Cinder White at Kitchener-Waterloo Little Theatre (Waterloo)

Nov. 26, Anne Of Avonlea at Elora Community Theatre

In Toronto:

Nov. 22, Studies In Motion: The Hauntings Of Eadweard Muybridge at Canadian Stage

Nov. 23, Ryerson Dances at Ryerson Theatre School

Nov. 24, The Laramie Project at ACT II Studio Theatre

Nov. 25, The Silicone Diaries at Buddies in Bad Times

Touring:

Starting Nov. 22, Shakespeare Alive! and Shakespeare Shorts from Toronto’s Shakespeare In Action

For all the theatre current playing across Ontario, and information for theatres on how to add/update your listing, visit the ONstage show listings on the Theatre Ontario website.

7 Days In Ontario Theatre

What’s Happening?

• The Canadian Theatre Critics Association announced a panel on “Non-Traditional Casting and Criticism” on November 21 and Tony Nardi started writing another letter
• The Children’s Activity Tax Credit passed in the Ontario legislature; instruction in the dramatic arts is one of the approved activities
• The Ontario Arts Council announced that English-speaking artists who live on the Quebec side of the border in the National Capital Region are now eligible to apply for OAC grants
• The Seniors Artists Research Project investigated the circumstances, situation, needs and interests of Canadian senior artists; the findings were startling, but perhaps not unexpected
• The people who hand out the Wasserstein Prize in the U.S. decided that this year there were no outstanding plays by emerging female writers; as you might expect, there was some disagreement and a modest proposal

From The Bulletin Board

• Playwrights Canada Press launches A Foster Christmas (an anthology of Norm Foster’s Christmas plays) on November 20 at TheatreBooks, with “holiday treats and a fireside reading”
• And go back TheatreBooks on November 24 to hear Catherine Banks read from her work as part of Playwrights Guild of Canada’s “Meaningful Words” series
• Toronto’s Factory Theatre has its OAC Theatre Creators Reserve grant deadline on November 26
• 4th Line Theatre in Millbrook is inviting OAC Theatre Creators Reserve grant applications; deadline is January 14

Check out these items, and many more on The Bulletin Board on the Theatre Ontario website

TO Toasts

• To John Koensgen, Theatre Ontario Board member, winner of the Audrey Ashley Award for major contribution to Ottawa theatre from the Capital Critics Circle
• To Patricia Fraser, Artistic Director of The School of Toronto Dance Theatre, who was awarded the inaugural Robert Johnston Award by the Cultural Careers Council of Ontario for exemplary practices in human resources in the arts and culture sector (PDF)
• To Playwrights Canada Press, who won two Governor General Literary Awards; Robert Chafe for Drama for Afterimage (where PCP swept the nominations) and Linda Gaboriau for Translation of Wajdi Mouawad’s Forests

And remember you can catch up with all of our news in our monthly e-newsletter Theatre Ontario Presents...  The November issue is now available in the archives.

ONstage Openings for the week of November 15

In Toronto:
Nov. 19, Oliver! at Etobicoke Musical Productions
Nov. 19, Laura at Bloor West Village Players
Nov. 20, Binti's Journey at Theatre Direct Canada

In Central Ontario:
Nov. 18, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever at Wasaga Community Theatre

In Eastern Ontario:
Nov. 18, A Christmas Carol at Upper Canada Playhouse (Morrisburg)
Nov. 18, The Gingerbread Lady at Bay of Quinte Community Players (Quinte West)

In Northeastern Ontario:
Nov. 19, Sex Please, We're Sixty at Theatre Cambrian (Sudbury)
Nov. 19, Shakespeare's R & J at Thorneloe University (Sudbury)

In South Central Ontario:
Nov. 17, Jenny's House Of Joy at Markham Little Theatre
Nov. 18, The Sleeping Beauty at Peel Panto Players (Brampton)
Nov. 18, The King And I at Oshawa Little Theatre
Nov. 18, Twelve Angry Women at The Curtain Club (Richmond Hill)
Nov. 19, Into The Woods at Georgetown Globe Musical Productions

In Southwestern Ontario:
Nov. 17, Peter Pan at Drayton Entertainment—St. Jacobs Country Playhouse
Nov. 19, The Wizard Of Oz at Theatre Ancaster

For all the theatre current playing across Ontario, and information for theatres on how to add/update your listing, visit the ONstage show listings on the Theatre Ontario website.

7 Days In Ontario Theatre

What’s Happening?

• Arts Day at Parliament Hill was on November 4: catch up on perspectives of the day from Shannon Litzenberger and Micheline McKay
• Kim Collier’s Siminovich Prize for Direction acceptance speech is now available for your reading pleasure, and it is indeed a pleasure
• Alumnae Theatre in Toronto is “playing  itself” in the upcoming film If I Were You, and members got to attend a preview screening last weekend

From The Bulletin Board

New!

• OAC Theatre Creators Reserve calls from fu-GEN Asian Canadian Theatre Company (deadline is November 15!) and Tarragon Theatre (deadline is January 31)
• Nightwood Theatre’s “Write From The Hip” program for female playwrights 18 to 29 is inviting applications, deadline is December 3

Coming Up

• November 13: Artists Work-Life Balance workshop at the Artists Health Centre
• November 13-14: Fall 2010 Workshop Series at 4^th Line Theatre in Millbrook: playwriting with Alex Poch-Golden, Adult Acting with Diane Reis, and Youth Acting with Lisa Marie DiLiberto
• November 14: Eating For Optimum Health at the Artists Health Centre
• November 15: Toronto Fringe Festival lottery deadline

Check out these items, and many more on The Bulletin Board on the Theatre Ontario website

Festival 2011 Tickets Available On November 15

Theatre Ontario is pleased to announce that tickets for the 2011 Festival in Richmond Hill will be going on sale Monday, November 15.

The annual Theatre Ontario Festival is a showcase of outstanding community theatre productions chosen from regional festivals across the province.  The Festival brings together theatre lovers from all over Ontario, and is an excellent learning experience, with adjudications, workshops, networking and play readings by Canadian writers.  It's also a celebration of community theatre, with awards recognizing outstanding achievements and lots of parties!

Visit the Theatre Ontario website for more information about Festival 2011

2010 Sandra Tulloch Award for Innovation in the Arts awarded to Winston Morgan

Theatre Ontario is thrilled to announce the 2010 Sandra Tulloch Award for Innovation in the Arts shall be presented to Winston Morgan.

Winston Morgan has stage managed in Canada for twenty-seven years and had the opportunity to work in a variety of situations including small, medium and large theatres across Canada, as well as festival and commercial productions. Winston presently works at the Toronto International Film Festival Group as Venue Manager. He has also been involved with the Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival, Madness and Arts International Festival, Dubai International Film Festival, Workman Theatre Arts and has taught Stage Management sessions at Ryerson University, Humber College, York University, George Brown College and the National Theatre School.

Winston is being recognized for his significant contribution to the growth of stage managers by creating learning materials, and affordable networking and professional development opportunities for stage managers at every stage of their career to upgrade their skills and to learn the necessary technical, organizational and human resource skills to improve their craft.

The award will be presented to Winston on November 22nd.

Read more about the Sandra Tulloch Award for Innovation in the Arts

ONstage Openings for the week of November 8

A variety of theatre opening this week, some marking Remembrance Day, some recognizing the Christmas holidays just around the corner.  Remember that you can now use our website to search for listings wherever you are in Ontario.

In Southwestern Ontario:
Nov. 12, Ho-Ho-Home For The Holidays! At Oh Canada Eh? Productions (Niagara Falls)

In Toronto:
Nov. 9, Routes at Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People
Nov. 9, The Year Of Magical Thinking at Tarragon Theatre
Nov. 10, Kosher Lutherans at TEATRON Toronto Jewish Theatre
Nov. 10, Wide Awake Hearts at Tarragon Theatre
Nov. 10, The Admirable Crichton at George Brown Theatre School
Nov. 12, Equus at Hart House Theatre
Nov. 12, Hedda Gabler at Alumnae Theatre Company
Nov. 13, Bethune Imagined at Factory Theatre

In Central Ontario:
Nov. 10, Hello, Dolly! at Owen Sound Little Theatre
Nov. 11, Lucky Stiff at South Simcoe Theatre (Cookstown)
Nov. 11, Irving Berlin's White Christmas at Victorian Operetta Society (Cobourg)
Nov. 13, Ballet Jorgen's Cinderella at Meaford Hall

In Eastern Ontario:
Nov. 9, Vimy at Great Canadian Theatre Company / National Arts Centre, English Theatre (Ottawa)
Nov. 10, The Attic, The Pearls And Three Fine Girls at Theatre Kingston
Nov. 12, Annie at Orpheus Musical Theatre Society (Ottawa)
Nov. 12, The E.OD.L. One-Act Festival, hosted by Ottawa Little Theatre

For all the theatre current playing across Ontario, or for information for theatres on how to add/update your listing, visit the ONstage show listings on the Theatre Ontario website.

7 Days In Ontario Theatre

TO Toasts

• Congratulations to director Kim Collier who was awarded the $100,000 Siminovich Prize in Theatre; and to Anita Rochon who was chosen by Ms. Collier as protege for the $25,000 prize.  Michael Wheeler wrote some nice thoughts about both of them.
• The Premier's Awards for Excellence in Education recognize outstanding teachers.  Know any superb elementary or secondary school arts educators worth recognizing?  The application deadline is January 31.
  

New On The Bulletin Board

• Directors Lab North is a new initiative for emerging, mid level and established career directors that need a "safe space to explore and connect with like-minded peers."  Based on the leaders' experience as alumni of the Lincoln Centre Theatre Directors Lab in New York City, they are attempting to create their own version of the Lab in Toronto.  Application deadline is February 4.
• Nightwood Theatre in Toronto is holding a master-class on November 28 with Kim Collier and Jamie Nesbitt on "Projections In Theatre" for directors and theatre creators who have an interest in exploring the relationship between the projected image and live theatrical experience.  I know I've heard of Kim Collier somewhere...
• Theatre Passe Muraille in Toronto is inviting applications for their OAC Theatre Creators Reserve.  All applications are welcome, but funding priorities are collaborative creation projects, emerging artists, and multidisciplinary theatre creators; deadline is November 29.
• The NAGs Players of Toronto are seeking a director for their panto Treasure Ireland.
• New workshops at the Artists Health Centre: Work-Life Balance on November 13 and Eating For Optimum Health on November 14.  20% discount for Theatre Ontario members.

Check out these items, and many more on The Bulletin Board on the Theatre Ontario website

ONstage Openings for the week of November 1

We're very excited that our new website features search capability for our ONstage show listings.  With a couple of clicks, you can find all the upcoming theatre in your area.  Here is what's opening this week:

In South Central Ontario:
Nov. 3, You'll Get Used To It--The War Show - Newmarket Stage Company
Nov. 5, Rabbit Hole - Durham Shoestring Performers, Oshawa

In Southwestern Ontario:
Nov. 4, Cabaret - Theatre Tillsonburg

In Toronto:
Nov. 1, 6th Annual Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival - Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival
Nov. 4, Steam Heat: A Fosse Celebration - Curtain Call Players
Nov. 4, Egad, The Woman In White - NAGs Players

In Central Ontario:
Nov. 4, Wingfield's Folly - Meaford Hall
Nov. 4, All Singing, All Dancing - Port Hope Festival Theatre

In Eastern Ontario:
Nov. 4, Office Hours - Seaway Valley Theatre Company, Cornwall
Nov. 5, The Reluctant Resurrection Of Sherlock Holmes - Dundas County Players Theatre, Winchester

For all the theatre current playing across Ontario, or for information for theatres on how to add/update your listing, visit the ONstage show listings on the Theatre Ontario website.