Theatre Ontario's Blog: Ontario Off Stage

by Brandon Moore, Community Theatre and Communications Manager

Equity in Theatre Symposium

Rebecca Burton, the Membership and Professional Contracts Manager at Playwrights Guild of Canada, spoke on HowlRound with Elana Gartner, the founding co-chair of the International Centre for Women Playwrights (ICWP) 50/50 Applause Award, about the state of gender parity in Canadian theatre.
Aaron Jan – in the midst of a Professional Theatre Training Program project training in dramaturgy with Marjorie Chan at Cahoots Theatre – made a Chinese Chicken Salad as part of their “Cooking Up Colonialism” series (YouTube video).
Two letters to the editor from Ontarians for the Arts by our Executive Director, Bruce Pitkin, about the People for Education report on arts education – published in both the Toronto Star and the Globe and Mail (scroll down to “In praise of the arts”)

Young People’s Theatre in Toronto has received $13.8 million pledge from the Government of Ontario in support of their “Room for Imagination” facility project (PDF).

... to the recipients and nominees at the Association of Community Theatres—Central Ontario Festival Awards Gala.
... and to the recipients and nominees at the Eastern Ontario Drama League (EODL) Awards Brunch. (listings coming soon!)
... to Lily Baird of Kingston, a former member of our Board of Directors and Community Theatre Committee, who was honoured with a lifetime membership by EODL.
... to the finalists for the Toronto Arts Foundation 2018 Awards.

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