Ontario Off Stage

by Brandon Moore, Communications Coordinator

Conversation Starters

• Lisa Schmeiser’s “So What, Who Cares” has proven to be a fun addition to my inbox: taking a compelling news reports and curating some context around it.  Last Friday, her topic was the economics of “content production” and how information technology has de-professionalized artists’ labour
• When creating a solo work, there is a difference between personal revelation and performance – Deb Margolin explores the difference on HowlRound
• This post from Jill Robinson at TRG Arts is based on American statistics, but there are some interesting arguments in it: “Inconveniently, subscriptions still sustain the arts”
• But Drew McManus on Adaptistration argues that there are technical issues to be resolved first in To Subscribe, Or Not To Subscribe, That Is NOT The Question

Behind the Scenes at Ontario’s Theatres

• Meet Jessica Lea Fleming, the new Artistic Associate at Native Earth Performing Arts
• Meet the Buddies In Bad Times’ Youth Creators Unit as they prepare for the Rhubarb Festival

Migrations

Cast, creative teams, and admin staff on the first day of rehearsal
for She Loves Me at the Thousand Islands Playhouse in 2014.
Rob Kempson is in the centre in the green pants.

• Rob Kempson is the new Associate Artistic Director at Thousand Islands Playhouse (Rob is a former Professional Theatre Training Program grant recipient, and trained with Ashlie Corcoran at Thousand Islands)
• Joanne Williams, from our Board of Directors, is the Interim General Manager (for a maternity leave) at the Toronto Fringe Festival

In Case You Missed It

• Professional Theatre Training Program project profiles featuring Sarah Kitz, Emma Mackenzie Hillier, and Peter Pasyk

I’m off next week, so our next issue of Ontario Off Stage will be on February 27