Friday 5 May 2017

Ontario Off Stage

by Brandon Moore, Community Theatre and Communications Manager

In Memoriam

We lost two members of our Theatre Ontario family this past week.

Helen Zdriluk – a former Board member and pioneering advocate in educational theatre with the Council for Ontario Drama and Dance Educators and the Sears Ontario Drama Festival.

Jon Kaplan – a long-time supporter and a member of our Maggie Bassett Award jury. Jon was recognized in numerous tributes from colleagues and the Toronto theatre community:

Conversation Starters

  • ICYMI: Donna-Michelle St. Bernard – our playwriting instructor at our Summer Theatre Intensive and last year’s “Playwright-in-Person” at Festival in North Bay – was the keynote speaker at Post-Marginal, and the video of her speech is now available.

Behind the Scenes at Ontario’s Theatres

Matt Pilipiak as Simon/e in Carousel Player's production
Boys, Girls, and Other Mythological Creatures
Photo by Lauren Garbutt

TO Toasts

  • ... to the finalists for the Toronto Arts Foundation Signature Awards—including The AMY Project (finalist for the Arts for Youth Award), Jacoba Knaapen of the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts, Sandra Laronde of Red Sky Performance, and Mark Hammond of the Sony Centre (finalists for the Margo Bindhardt and Rita Davies Award for creative cultural leadership.)

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