Theatre Ontario Invites Applications For The Talent Bank

Theatre Ontario's Talent Bank matches organizations (primarily community theatres and educational institutions) with professional theatre teachers and trainers for workshops, adjudications, and short-term consulting contracts.  The members of our Talent Bank are proficient practitioners, with a demonstrated ability as a teacher/trainer.

We now invite applications for the Talent Bank, either from prospective new members or from current members who wish to promote their teaching skills in other categories.  Theatre Ontario has made changes in several categories, while also introducing new categories to better reflect the needs of the theatre sector.

For more information, including the guidelines for applications, please visit the Applying to Join the Talent Bank on the Theatre Ontario website.

Looking to hire a member from the Talent Bank?   Visit the directory on the Theatre Ontario website

ONstage Openings for the weeks of December 20 and December 27

In Toronto

Dec. 29, The Misanthrope at Tarragon Theatre

Dec. 30, Parade at Acting Up Stage Theatre

For all the theatre current playing across Ontario, and information for theatres on how to add/update your listing, visit the ONstage show listings on the Theatre Ontario website.

ONstage Openings for the week of December 13

In Toronto

Dec. 13, Les Improbables présentent: une soirée d'improvisation de competition at Bad Dog Theatre Company

Dec. 14, The Firestarter Picnic at Bad Dog Theatre Company

Dec. 18, Tea At The Palace at Puppetmongers Theatre

Dec. 19, A Twisted Christmas Carol at Bad Dog Theatre Company

In South Central Ontario

Dec. 14, Gingerbread Guy at Cow Over Moon Children's Theatre (Mississauga)

In Southwestern Ontario

Dec. 15, The Last Christmas Play at Meaford Hall

For all the theatre current playing across Ontario, and information for theatres on how to add/update your listing, visit the ONstage show listings on the Theatre Ontario website.

7 Days In Ontario Theatre

Conversations

• Don Cherry, who lectures hockey players about how to celebrate their victories, showed up at Rob Ford’s inauguration as Mayor of Toronto and proceed to hot-dog all over the ice; Ruth Madoc-Jones wrote to him as “an avid hockey fan and as an artist”
• The new Barrie theatre is over-budget, under-funded, and unfinished; but the one in Kenora seems to be making some progress
• Francophone theatre in Ontario is outside of our mandate (Théatre Action est ici) but I think Lisa L’Hereux’s “identity crisis” can speak to all of us and our plurality of identities
• Chad Bauman hates comp tickets; Gwydion Suilebhan is very grateful for them  (I think I'm Team Gwydion)
• Why do poets get to have all the fun? Americans wonder if they should have a Playwright Laureate; should we?

From The Bulletin Board

• Two events from CITT Ontario: the Student Job Fair is on January 14 (bring your resume!) and their Corporate Showcase is on January 11 (bring your chequebook!)
• York University is running a free workshop called “Making It With Multimedia” on January 15

Check out these items, and many more on The Bulletin Board on the Theatre Ontario website

Next Emerging Actor and Self-Producing Workshops at Theatre Ontario

Theatre Ontario has scheduled our next "Getting Started For Actors" and "Self Start: The Basics Of Self-Producing" workshops.

"Getting Started" will be on January 26, from 2pm to 4pm; "Self-Start" will be on February 9, from 2pm to 4pm.

Getting Started sessions are for actors beginning their professional careers. In this two-hour workshop, Tim Chapman, Professional Theatre Coordinator answers the most frequently asked questions about the business of acting. Find out about the realities of showbiz, pictures and resumes, Equity and ACTRA, Agents and casting directors, Auditioning do's and don'ts, and maintaining and improving your acting skills.  Getting Started is a free workshop, available to members of Theatre Ontario only. For more information, including how to register, please visit Getting Started For Actors on the Theatre Ontario website.

Self-Start: If you want to do a show but have never produced professionally before, and if you want to know what questions to ask first, this session is for you!  Self-Start is a practical seminar facilitated by Tim Chapman, Professional Theatre Coordinator.  This workshop is designed for individuals thinking of starting a theatre company or producing a show; and gives you the opportunity to ask questions and try out ideas, discover the questions you need to ask and answer, learn to organize your thinking and planning, work on scheduling and budget considerations, and learn about available resources and services.  It's free for Theatre Ontario members, and $25 for non-members.  For more information, including how to register, please visit Self-Start: The Basics Of Producing on the Theatre Ontario website.

ONstage Openings for the week of December 6

In Southwestern Ontario:
Dec. 10, Annie at Ingersoll Theatre of Performing Arts
Dec. 10, Twas The Night Before Christmas at Meaford Hall

In Toronto:
Dec. 6, A Christmas Carol at Soulpepper Theatre

In Eastern Ontario:
Dec. 7, nativity at National Arts Centre, English Theatre (Ottawa)
Dec. 10, Bain and Bernard: Scrooge - A New Year's Carol at St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival (Prescott)
Dec. 11, Beauty And The Beast, Jr. at Seaway Valley Theatre Company (Cornwall)

Touring:
Dec. 9, A Christmas Carol by Humber River Shakespeare

For all the theatre current playing across Ontario, and information for theatres on how to add/update your listing, visit the ONstage show listings on the Theatre Ontario website.

7 Days In Ontario Theatre

What’s Happening?

• The Government of Ontario has passed the Ticket Speculation Act
• Oshawa’s revitalization plan for the downtown looks to arts as an incubator for development
• Kris Joseph wrote a very good critique of “another way theatre schools fail us” and the need for programs to recognize the changing landscape for producers
• Shannon Litzenberger wondered if Canada needs an arts research think tank
• Merit vs Success in the arts by Brian Rosen

On The Bulletin Board

• The Toronto Arts Council is having a grant-writing workshop on January 17 for the 2011 Theatre Projects
• 4th Line Theatre in Millbrook is holding winter workshops with Monica Parker, Ellen-Ray Hennessy, and Theatre Ontario Talent Bank member David Smukler on January 29-30

Check out these items, and many more on The Bulletin Board on the Theatre Ontario website

Theatre Ontario Showcase 2011

Theatre Ontario is pleased to announce our 17th annual Showcase of theatre school graduates from across Ontario, and the National Theatre School in Montreal.  Showcase takes place on January 16, starting at 10:30am, and January 17, starting at 11:00am, at the Jane Mallet Theatre in the St. Lawrence Centre, Toronto.

The participating schools (in alphabetical order) are:

Sunday

• George Brown Theatre School
• Humber College, Theatre Performance Program
• National Theatre School of Canada
• Ryerson Theatre School
• University of Toronto – Mississauga/Sheridan Theatre and Drama Studies
• University of Windsor, School of Dramatic Art
• York University (BFA and MFA)

Monday

• Canadore College
• Centre for Indigenous Theatre
• Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts
• Sheridan Music Theatre - Performance
• St. Clair College, Musical Theatre Performance
• St. Lawrence College Musical Theatre Performance

We invite artistic directors, freelance directors, producers, casting directors, and agents who are signed to the EIC or members of TAMAC.  Please reserve either at info@theatreontario.org or 416.408.4556 x.10 no later than January 11, 2011.