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Coming Up from Theatre Ontario

• Deadline for applications for the Independent Theatre Creators International Scholarship for two emerging artists to train with Anne Bogart and the SITI Company is February 17
• Taxes for Artists workshop – Have questions related to filing your tax return? Get them answered with Sam Marinucci on February 25 in Toronto
• Deadline for nominations for the Maggie Bassett Award is February 28, honouring significant, sustained, and unselfish contributions to the development of theatre in Ontario
• Deadline for applications for the Professional Theatre Training Program, offering financial support for unique and flexible training with a chosen mentor in any theatrical discipline except performance, is March 3
• Deadline for nominations for our 2014-2015 Board of Directors is March 12

Check out all of our upcoming courses and workshops, including a grant writing information session in Ottawa

Upcoming on The Bulletin Board

• Deadline for Canada Council Multi-Year Grants to Professional Theatre Organizations is February 15
• Deadline for Ontario Arts Council grants for Aboriginal Artists in Communities, Aboriginal Arts Projects, National and International Touring, Ontario Arts Presenters, and Ontario Touring is February 18
• Aluna Theatre panamerican ROUTES | RUTAS panamericanas workshops: “Theatre Creation: Tools for the Performer/Creator in the Creative Process” with Miguel Rubio starting February 19; “Voice: The Voice's Body” with Teresa Ralli starting February 19; “Performance Art: The Body in Action: Paths Toward a Personal Cartography” with Violeta Luna starting February 22; “Stand Up Comedy” with Martha Chaves starting March 3

Theatre Creation: Tools for the Performer /
Creator in the Creative Process with Miguel Rubio,
part of Aluna Theatre's panamerican ROUTES | RUTAS panamericanas

New on The Bulletin Board

• Buddies In Bad Times Theatre in Toronto is currently accepting applications for PrideCab, an intensive training program in collaborative creation run through their Queer Youth Arts Program.  The application deadline is Friday, March 7

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

ONstage Openings for the week of February 10

In South Central Ontario
Feb. 13, Urinetown The Musical at Whitby Courthouse Theatre
Feb. 13, The Witlings at Theatre Erindale (Mississauga)
Feb. 14, Earthkraft at Beech Street Theatre Company (Clarington)

In Southwestern Ontario
Feb. 14, Old Love at Elora Community Theatre (Fergus)

In Toronto
Feb. 10, The Norman Conquests: Table Manners at Soulpepper Theatre, in previews
Feb. 11, The Norman Conquests: Living Together at Soulpepper Theatre, in previews
Feb. 11, n00b at Young People's Theatre
Feb. 12, The 35th Rhubarb Festival at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
Feb. 14, Same Same But Different at Theatre Passe Muraille, in previews*
Feb. 14, The Caucasian Chalk Circle at Humber Theatre
Feb. 14, The Norman Conquests: Round And Round The Garden at Soulpepper Theatre, in previews

In Central Ontario
Feb. 14, Shirley Valentine at VOS Theatre (Cobourg)

In Eastern Ontario
Feb. 11, undercurrents: theatre below the mainstream at Great Canadian Theatre Company (Ottawa)
Feb. 13, Funny Money at Smiths Falls Community Theatre

ONstage Now Playing in Toronto
Little Women at Scarborough Music Theatre

Check out last week’s openings

For more information on all the theatre playing across Ontario, visit Theatre Ontario’s ONstage theatre listings on our website.

Theatre Ontario individual members can access discount ticket offers for shows marked with an * asterisk

Read more about our discount tickets program

Ontario Off Stage

by Brandon Moore, Communications Coordinator

Conversation Starters

• I am struggling with how to frame what happened Tuesday at noon on CBC radio.  This column is about “Conversation Starters,” and I’m not sure if “Why live theatre is dead to you” is a conversation that is of any interest to me.  I’m still sorting through my own responses—which right now seems focused on a public broadcaster that came across less interested in opening minds, and more interested in amplifying closed ones.  I suspect there are insights to be found in it, somewhere.  In the meantime, two quick responses to share: Howard Sherman has Storified many of the tweets that specifically mentioned the show by Twitter ID, and Alexander Offord has started a petition for a new conversation
• Last week’s Weekly Howl from Howl Round explored “marketing the new play”

From The Wire

• You hate to read these types of articles: Mississauga talent scout faces jail time for misleading actors and models

Migrations

• David Savoy is retiring as Artistic Director of Sudbury Theatre Centre
• Ken Loney is the new General Manager at Highlands Summer Festival (Haliburton)

This column takes a break next week, but we’ll be back on February 21.

Browsing The Bulletin Board

Coming Up from Theatre Ontario

• Free Financial Basics for Artists workshop on February 10 – what self-employed artists should know
• Unearthing Shakespeare: Bringing the Bard to Life! weekend intensive on February 14 with Melina Little and Peter Van Wart – for actors wanting to craft a character from the Bard; performers wishing to expand or heighten their stage presence; and directors seeking to ground the acting work on the rehearsal floor through high stakes exploration.

• Deadline for applications for the Independent Theatre Creators International Scholarship for two emerging artists to train with Anne Bogart and the SITI Company is February 17
• Taxes for Artists workshop on February 25 – Have questions related to filing your tax return? Get them answered with Sam Marinucci
• Deadline for nominations for the Maggie Bassett Award is February 28, honouring significant, sustained, and unselfish contributions to the development of theatre in Ontario
• Deadline for applications for the Professional Theatre Training Program, offering financial support for unique and flexible training with a chosen mentor in any theatrical discipline except performance, is March 3

Check out all of our upcoming courses and workshops, including a grant writing information session in Ottawa

Upcoming on The Bulletin Board

• Deadline for nominations for the City of Hamilton Arts Awards is February 7
• Deadline for submissions to participate in A Company of Fools Pitch Party at Undercurrents in Ottawa is February 11

New on The Bulletin Board

• Aluna Theatre has announced their lineup of workshops for panamerican ROUTES | RUTAS panamericanas: “Theatre Creation: Tools for the Performer/Creator in the Creative Process” with Miguel Rubio starting February 19; “Voice: The Voice's Body” with Teresa Ralli starting February 19; “Performance Art: The Body in Action: Paths Toward a Personal Cartography” with Violeta Luna starting February 22; “Stand Up Comedy” with Martha Chaves starting March 3

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

ONstage Openings for the week of February 3

ONstage Now Touring
The Power Of Harriet T from Carousel Players
Alejandro Cespedes, Cherissa Richards,
Gordon Bolan, Virgilia Griffith
Photo by Barsin Aghajan

In Eastern Ontario
Feb. 6, This Is War at Great Canadian Theatre Company (Ottawa), with previews from Feb. 4
Feb. 7, Les Miserables at Seaway Valley Theatre Company (Cornwall)
Feb. 8, The Odd Couple (Female Version) at Prince Edward Community Theatre (Picton)

In Northeastern Ontario
Feb. 6, The Best Of The Best at Theatre Cambrian (Sudbury)

In Northwestern Ontario
Feb. 6, Night at Magnus Theatre (Thunder Bay)

In South Central Ontario
Feb. 5, Old Love at Markham Little Theatre
Feb. 6, And Then There Were None at West End Studio Theatre (Oakville)
Feb. 7, Going Postal at Georgetown Little Theatre

In Southwestern Ontario
Feb. 5, Driving Miss Daisy at Theatre Aquarius (Hamilton)
Feb. 5, The Power Of Harriet T at The Grand Theatre (London)
Feb. 6, The Foursome at Theatre Tillsonburg
Feb. 7, Jenny's House Of Joy at Theatre Woodstock
Feb. 7, If We Are Women at Elmira Theatre Company

ONstage Opening in Toronto
Madeleine Robin Known As Roxane at Theatre Double Take
Tennille Read and Alexandra Simpson
Photo by Isabel Stowell-Kaplan

In Toronto
Feb. 5, The Country Wife at George Brown Theatre School
Feb. 5, Madeleine Robin Known As Roxane at Theatre Double Take
Feb. 6, Tribes at Canadian Stage, currently in previews*
Feb. 6, Little Women at Scarborough Music Theatre

Check out last week’s openings

For more information on all the theatre playing across Ontario, visit Theatre Ontario’s ONstage theatre listings on our website

Theatre Ontario individual members can access discount ticket offers for shows marked with an * asterisk

Read more about our members discount tickets program

ONstage Now Playing in Toronto
Free Outgoing at Nightwood Theatre
Anusree Roy and Asha Vijayasingham
Photo by John Lauener