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Coming Up from Theatre Ontario

• Using music in your show? Learn your rights and responsibilities at Music Rights for Theatre webinar with SOCAN and Re:Sound on April 4—free for Theatre Ontario members.
• Producing a show or starting a company? Join us at our Unleashing Your Inner Entrepreneur workshop with Rebecca Ballarin and Amy Lee on April 27.
  
• Learns the secrets of a successful voice acting career: Voice Over Workshop with Elley-Ray on April 30.
• Theatre Ontario Festival is a province-wide celebration of community theatre featuring performances, adjudications, workshops, and celebrations. Tickets are now available. The Festival opens May 18 in North Bay.
• Treat yourself to a unique learning adventure at our Theatre Ontario Summer Theatre Intensive, August 7 to 13 in Peterborough, featuring courses for actors, directors, stage managers, and opera performers. Early-bird prices available under May 1.

Check out all of our upcoming Career Stream and Creator Stream workshops.

Upcoming on The Bulletin Board

• Deadline for applications to direct at The Oakville Players in 2016/17 (non-paying) is today.
• Deadline for applications to direct at Whitby Courthouse Theatre in 2016/17 (non-paying) is March 31.
• Deadline for applications to direct/choreograph at Theatre Unlimited in Mississauga in 2016/17 (non-paying) is April 1.
• Deadline for applications for Ontario Arts Council grants for Arts Education Organizations, Community-Engaged Arts Organizations, Multi and Inter-Arts Organizations, National and International Residency, and Playwright Residency is April 1.
• Deadline for nominations for the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts Dora Ancillary Awards is April 1.
• Deadline for applications to direct at Burl-Oak Theatre Group in 2016/17 (non-paying) is April 4.
• Deadline for applications for Ontario Trillium Foundation grants for Seed Grants and Capital Grants are April 6.

New on The Bulletin Board

• SPARC invites proposals for their upcoming Symposium for Performing Arts in Rural Communities, October 27 to 30. The deadline for proposals is May 20.

Check out these items, and other postings from our members.

• Grants
• Calls for Submission and Nominations
• Volunteer and Non-Paying Positions
• Community Events and Conferences
• Workshops at Ontario Theatres and Other Arts Service Organizations
• Adult Continuing Education Programs
• Youth Training Programs

Theatre Ontario individual members can also access Auditions and Job Postings on our Theatre Ontario Individual Member Resources on our website

Join Us at Our Summer Theatre Intensive

Directors giving their presentations at "Directions on Directing"

Theatre Ontario is offering six exciting courses at this year’s Summer Theatre Intensive, running August 7 to 13 in Peterborough at Trent University. Live your passion for theatre and treat yourself to a unique learning adventure!

• Immerse yourself
• Enrich your skills
• Flex your creative muscles
• Meet friends old and new

“Upon completion of the course I now have a better understanding of all that is expected of a director, and what to expect from various cast and crew members” - Jo-Anne Pulfer

“I am deeply grateful and privileged to have benefitted from Tom's practical skill, talent and insightful experience. If you have a desire to learn everything you always wanted to know about acting, I cannot imagine you could find a better course” – Gregory Carruthers

“I had fantastic conversations each day with other participants, and it is truly reassuring to learn that I am not alone in my experiences or in my quest for self-improvement” – Kate O’Hearn  

For 2016, we are offering the following courses:

For performers

• Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Acting...and then some! with Tom Diamond
• Hot Scenes: Building Your Acting Technique, with Brenda Kamino

For directors

• Directions on Directing: From Page to Stage, with Andrew Lamb
• Whose text is it, anyway? Adventurous approaches to directing, with John P. Kelly

For stage managers

• PLACES PLEASE! Stage Management and the Creative Process from Pre-Production to End of Run with Maria Popoff

For opera singers

• Opera as Theatre with Allison Grant (offered in partnership with the International Resource Centre for Performing Artists)

Your Summer Theatre Intensive course package includes buffet-style meals daily (including vegetarian fare), a single air-conditioned room in Trent’s Gzowski College Residence—just steps away from the banks of the Otonabee River, the option to attend a performance at 4th Line Theatre in Millbrook, and the opportunity to share your enthusiasm, experience, and passion for theatre, while meeting other like-minded, talented, and creative people.

Learn more about Theatre Ontario’s Summer Theatre Intensive

Related Reading

• Stories from Theatre Ontario Summer Theatre Intensive 2015