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Coming Up from Theatre Ontario

• The early-bird registration deadline for the discount rate on our Summer Theatre Intensive week-long residential courses in Waterloo for performers and directors is May 1
• Our Provincial Youth Forum “Developing our Network” – an afternoon of free workshops for youth – is on May 5 in Toronto
• The Theatre Ontario Annual Meeting and Celebration is on May 5 at 7pm and our Silent Auction is now open
• Audition Talk Back: How to Get It Right workshop with Grace Lynn Kung, Sera-Lys McArthur, and Joanne Williams is on May 6 in Toronto
• Our next Getting Started for Actors workshop with Mairin Smit and guest actor Claire Acott, answering your FAQs about the business of acting, is May 12 in Toronto
• Theatre Ontario Festival 2014 in Sarnia runs from May 14 to 18
• Theatre Ontario invites applications for the position of Executive Director; the deadline is May 16
• Financial Basics for Artists free workshop with Vernal Banton of JVS Toronto is May 27
• Crazy Canucks! Building Good Character weekend intensive in Toronto is May 31 to June 1
• Playwriting: Idea to First Draft workshop in Toronto is on May 31
• Playwriting: How to Self-Edit and Critique workshop in Toronto is on June 1

Check out all of our upcoming courses and workshops, including Self-Producing and our Culture Days Information Session webinar

Upcoming on The Bulletin Board

The High School Project at The Grand Theatre in London
Photo by Emily Clark

• Upcoming interview and audition dates for The Grand Theatre’s Fall 2014 High School Project 2014 in London is May 1 (Orchestra) and May 5 (Dance)
• Deadline for nominations for the Buddies In Bad Times’ Queer Emerging Artist Award is today
• Deadline for nominations for the Patrick Conner Award honouring theatre and sustainable living has been extended to today
• Deadline for nominations for the Edmund C. Bovey Award from Business for the Arts, honouring a business professional who has demonstrated a lifetime of significant philanthropy or leadership in arts and culture in Canada is today
• Upcoming Ontario Arts Council grant deadline for Access and Career Development is May 1
• Upcoming Canada Council grant deadlines for Theatre International and Theatre Touring and Special Initiatives Program is May 1
• Deadline to register for Humber College’s Puppetry Intensive is May 1
• Deadline for applications to the SummerWorks Leadership Intensive Program has been extended to May 1
• Shaw Festival’s Teachers Day of professional development is May 2
• Deadline to apply for Nightwood Theatre’s Write from the Hip for emerging female playwrights is May 2
• Deadline for applications for the Neighbourhood Arts Network BMO Seeds Fund for artists developing, creating, and/or disseminating community-engaged arts projects is May 2
• Shaw Festival’s Voice and Movement workshop for teens is May 3 in Niagara-on-the-Lake
• Ottawa Little Theatre’s next Scenic Design Workshop: Sketch Up (3D CAD) for Set Designers is May 3
• ArtsBuild Ontario’s Dollars to $ense Energy Conservation Training workshop for arts facilities is May 7, in Toronto and available via live-stream
• PACT’s Smashing the Status Quo—PACTCON14 Conference and AGM begins May 7 in Fredericton, New Brunswick
• Deadline to apply to The Grand Theatre’s PlayWrights Cabaret 2015 for local and regional writers in London is May 9

New on The Bulletin Board

• The Toronto Fringe Festival is inviting emerging artists to apply for T.E.N.T., the Theatre Entrepreneurs’ Network & Training), a free immersive summer program for artists 19 to 24 taking their first steps into the professional arts world; deadline is May 14
• The Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas are hosting a free mini-conference on June 9 in Toronto, for anyone and everyone interested in dramaturgy, new play development, creation, and theatre both in Toronto and beyond
• As part of the celebrations of Shakespeare’s 450th birthday, the Stratford Festival Firyn has unveiled “Shakespeare 450: A Celebration of the Bard”, a week of workshops and speakers running August 16 to 20

Check out these items, and other postings from our members of funding opportunities, workshops, calls for submission, awards, and more—on Theatre Ontario’s Bulletin Board on our website

Theatre Ontario individual members can also access auditions, job postings, and volunteer opportunities on our Theatre Ontario Individual Member Resources on our website