Behind The Scenes At Ontario’s Theatres
- Another Grassroots playwright is getting a new premiere in November: Joan Burrows’ newest play Gloria’s Guy will be presented at Alumnae Theatre Company as part of FireWorks. I also saw that Neil Marr’s PS Uncle Angus will be presented by Peterborough Theatre Guild—a show that the director first saw as a world premiere at Markham Little Theatre as part of the ACT-CO 2010-2011 Festival where it won the Outstanding Presentation of a Drama. These announcements demonstrate that some community theatres are not reticent to develop and produce new Canadian plays, given the right circumstances
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| Michael Wheeler and Andrew Coyne SummerWorks Shop Talk: An End To Arts Funding Photo by Dahlia Katz |
- SummerWorks’ August 14 ShopTalk featured a debate on An End To Arts Funding—I was prepping links to the arguments by participants Andrew Coyne and Nadia Ross, and terrific responses from Holger Syme, Rob Salerno, and Jacob Zimmer, but thankfully moderator Michael Wheeler at Praxis Theatre took care of that for me
- Lindsay Price, who is leading our two upcoming Playwriting workshops for emerging playwrights and emerging plays, speaks about how to get your playscript out from under the inner critic’s thumb on the Theatrefolk podcast
- Steal This Idea #1: To engage with new audiences, Cindy Marie Jenkins suggests being a Social Media Concierge
- Steal This Idea #2: One of my favourite uses of Pinterest by a theatre comes from across the border at the Geva Theatre Center in Rochester, New York. Jen Caprio, Costume Designer for their production of The 39 Steps, is sharing her process on Pinterest. For audience members with a particular passion for this production area, it could be an intriguing visualization of what she’s doing
- Burlington artists: Tottering Biped Theatre is organizing a theatre advocacy event to support Burlington's Cultural Advocacy Plan at the public consultations on August 28
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