Ontario Off Stage

by Brandon Moore, Communications Coordinator

Conversation Starters

• Wayne Burns, from our Youth Advisory Committee, writes about what success looks like in “Bo(u)lder” 
• #CdnCult Times from SpiderWebShow explored issues for artists around climate change.  Especially thought-provoking for me was Aislinn Rose’s “The arts funding pipeline” exploring the ethics of corporate arts sponsorship
• The day after Equity in Theatre’s symposium, gender parity activists from across North America gathered in Toronto to discuss strategies and proposed seven steps for gender parity in theatre

"Playwriting for Youth--Taking the Stage!"
at Essential Collective Theatre

Behind the Scenes at Ontario’s Theatres

• Congrats to Essential Collective Theatre in St. Catharines on the success of “Playwriting for Youth—Taking the Stage!”, funded by the Youth Theatre Training Program
• The next stop on the Ontario Fringe Festival tour is Ottawa—the Ottawa Fringe Festival opens June 17

This issue marks the start of our summer publishing schedule, with “Ontario Off Stage” coming out every two weeks.  Our next issue will be on June 26.