ONstage Openings for the week of August 18

In Central Ontario
Aug. 19, Trying at Theatre Collingwood
Aug. 20, The Long Weekend at Globus Theatre (Bobcaygeon)*

In South Central Ontario
Aug. 20, You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown at The Rose Theatre (Brampton)
Aug. 22, The Frog Princes at Beaverton Town Hall Players

In Southwestern Ontario
Aug. 20, Stag and Doe at Port Stanley Festival Theatre
Aug. 29, Cottage Radio at Goderich Little Theatre

ONstage Opening in Toronto
A Tender Thing at Soulpepper Theatre
Nancy Palk and Joseph Ziegler
Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann

In Toronto
Aug. 19, A Tender Thing at Soulpepper Theatre, currently in previews
Aug. 23, Rastafest at Upfront Theatre Foundation

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

• “Your success as an independent artist isn’t about you. Or rather, it isn’t only about you. It is about you and other people in a relationship. Your success is reliant on the strength of that relationship.”  Scott Walters writes about True Fans in “More Like Friends Than Strangers” on Creative Insubordination
• The “Battle of Artistic Acknowledgment” and intellectual property is an ongoing education, from Amanda Friou on HowlRound
• Culture Days has been described to me as “ParticipACTION for the arts.”  Not sure how to be a part of it?  Culture Days has provided some webinars and tip sheets—and we contributed a few ideas for theatres and theatre artists

Test Drive at Festival Players of Prince Edward County
Douglas E. Hughes and Alison Smyth
Photo by Michael Grills

Behind the Scenes at Ontario’s Theatres

• The Ontario Summer Theatre blogger visited Festival Players of Prince Edward County for Test Drive, and The Rose Theatre in Brampton for Sleuth

From the Wire

• The Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing announced the new Accessibility Amendments to Ontario’s Building Code that take effect on January 1, 2015 for new construction and extensive renovations
• The Shaw Festival announced their 2015 playbill, which includes The Twelve-Pound Look, which was part of the 2011 Intern Directors’ Day (directed by Craig Hall), and which will be directed this time by 2007 Intern Director Lezlie Wade

Developing Youth Networks Across Ontario at Satellite Face-to-Face

By Marilee D’Arceuil and Sarah Siddiqui, Youth Advisory Committee Co-Chairs

Hey Theatre Ontario — it's your friends from the YAC, that’s Youth Advisory Committee! You may remember that we hosted the Provincial Youth Forum, which coincided with the AGM in May. We have been busily buzzing away at our next project, and are excited to let you in on it.

In September 2014, some of the youth from across the province who attended our Forum will be engaging their own communities in a continuation of the theme "Developing Our Network." Over the next few weeks members of the YAC will be providing mentorship and connecting these youth to resources to help them confidently organize these discussion-based events. This series of events will be called the Satellite Face to Face (SF2F).

We encourage more youth who are passionate about theatre in their communities to contact us, stating their interest in hosting their own SF2F event. If you are interested in helping out youth in your community, we are currently also looking for mentors who can assist in planning, and help youth in facilitating workshops. Please contact Mairin Smit, Program Coordinator, at mairin@theatreontario.org or 416.408.4556 x.12 to get in on this great project.

We can’t wait to get Ontario abuzz with deep discussion on how we can better support youth in theatre, and develop and strengthen theatre networks by creating YAC hives across the province.

Read more about the work of the Theatre Ontario Youth Advisory Committee

Browsing The Bulletin Board

Upcoming on The Bulletin Board

• Canadian Institute of Theatre Technology CITT Rendez-vous Annual Conference and Trade Show starts August 14 in Ottawa

  

  CITT Rendez-vous Annual Conference
  and Trade Show comes to Ottawa

• The Stratford Festival’s “Forum Foray—Shakespeare 450: A Celebration of the Bard” begins August 16
• Canadian Stage in Toronto is hosting a free workshop for emerging artists on Site-Specific Theatre with Gil Garratt on August 25; deadline to apply is August 21
• Deadline to apply for Canadian Stage’s RBC Emerging Artist Program—Director Development is August 22

New on The Bulletin Board

• The Shakespeare Globe Centre of Canada is accepting applications for the Bluma Appel Mentorship Award for Directors; this award is for an advanced directing study placement at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London, England. The winning candidate will be matched with a mentor director in the 2015 mainstage season.  The application deadline is August 31
• Acting Up Stage Company invites submissions for the Syd and Shirley Banks Prize for Emerging Musical Theatre Artists, providing opportunity for artists under 30 to advance their careers through financial assistance, mentorship, and increased exposure.  The submission deadline is September 5
• Ottawa Little Theatre is hosting a workshop with Dan Needles: “Pick Up the Pace: A Field Guide to Playwriting” on September 20

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

Browse for summer training opportunities for youth from our members

Funding Professional Theatre Mentorships

Do you need financial support for professional development or a "change of direction" in your career?  The next deadline to apply for our Professional Theatre Training Program (PTTP) is October 1.

The Professional Theatre Training Program offers financial support for unique and flexible training with a chosen mentor in any theatrical discipline (except performance.)  Applicants must have at least two years of professional experience following their formal education.

This program is funded by the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario.

Read more about Theatre Ontario’s Professional Theatre Training Program on our website.

Read profiles of recent mentorships (Spring 2014) funded by Theatre Ontario’s Professional Theatre Training program.