Ontario Off Stage

by Brandon Moore, Community Theatre and Communications Manager

Conversation Starters

• Michigan playwright David MacGregor describes his experience “Navigating New Production Opportunities” and coming to Georgetown Little Theatre to see a Festival production of Consider the Oyster.
• Praxis Theatre and The Theatre Centre’s “Civil Debates” is returning on December 14 in Toronto. The debaters: Tommy Taylor, Andrea Houston, Maggie MacDonald, and Michael Healey. The subject: climate change. The resolution: Be it resolved that it is unethical for arts organizations to accept funds from corporations causing this destruction and these revenue sources should be phased out.

Bruce Spinney in Angel Square at
Great Canadian Theatre Company. Photo
by Andrew Alexander.

Behind the Scenes at Ontario’s Theatres

• The AITA/IATA World Festival of Children’s Theatre 2016 has announced the participants for next year’s Festival, which runs June 5 to 14 in Stratford.
• Great Canadian Theatre Company in Ottawa has introduced an “embedded critic” program, strengthening engagement with “like-minded arts advocates” on social media and websites. Their production of Angel Square is the first to participate in this creative exchange.
• The League of American Orchestras commissioned a study on “Reimagining the Orchestra Subscription Model”—worthwhile reading for theatres working with subscription models.

Migrations

• Leah-Simone Bowen is the new Theatre Officer at the Toronto Arts Council.

TO Toasts

• ... to the recipients of the Capital Critics’ Circle awards for professional and community theatre in Ottawa.

In Case You Missed It

• Stories from the Professional Theatre Training Program, featuring Yunjeong Faline Park, Camila Diaz-Varela, Claire Burns, and Michela Sisti.