Ontario Off Stage

by Brandon Moore, Communications Coordinator

Behind The Scenes at Ontario’s Theatres

• Buddies In Bad Times Theatre has announced many of the artists at the 35th Rhubarb Festival, and to me it sure looks like a whole lot of community
• Congratulations to all of the Theatre Ontario members who received grants from the Ontario Trillium Foundation: Carousel Players (St. Catharines), The Curtain Club (Richmond Hill), Highlands Summer Festival (Haliburton), Jumblies Theatre (Toronto), Kiwanis Community Theatre Centre (Sault Ste. Marie), Musical Comedy Guild of Sault Ste. Marie, The Oakville Players, St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival (Prescott), and Tarragon Theatre (Toronto) - we're grateful to the OTF for their ongoing support of our sector

Conversation Starters

• In a guest post on Rebecca Coleman’s blog, Jeremy Stark writes about the rise of “niche social media sites.”  Four years ago, Theatre Ontario began exploring the idea of a social media site specifically focused on networking and collaboration within Ontario theatre—but the counter-argument was that these tools just fragment conversations. Do you believe in niche social media sites?

From The Wire

• Jack Merigold, part of the Stratford Festival’s first stage management team, died December 11, at age 91 from pancreatic cancer

In Case You Missed It

• What’s Making Me Happy: Finding Abundance
• How to Get the Most out of Your Mentorship

You can also receive news from Theatre Ontario every month by email.  Our archives are online and the December issue is now available.

We’ll see you back in the new year on January 10