Announcing our Theatre Ontario 2010 Summer Courses

We're thrilled to announce the line-up of summer courses for our 2010 Summer Theatre Intensive.

It features a returning favourite course (Make 'Em Laugh: Comedy Performance Skills For Actors with Heather Dick) and a returning favourite instructor (John P. Kelly will be teaching our introduction to directing course, which he's calling "Who's The Boss Here Anyway?")  This year, our popular advanced scene study course will be lead by the renowned Shaw Festival Artistic Director Emeritus Christopher Newton.  And we're unveiling a new Advanced Directing course that we call "Directors Symposium" featuring five professional directors.  Read all about the Summer Theatre Intensive on the Theatre Ontario website.

Space Still Remaining In Tax Workshop on March 3

We still have some spaces available in our March 3 workshop on "Taxes For Theatre Artists."  This workshop is focused on the needs of individual artists during this tax season.  Read about the workshop on the Theatre Ontario website.

Self-Start Scheduled For March 24

Our next "Self-Start: The Basics Of Producing" workshop has been scheduled for March 24 at 2pm.  If you want to do a show but have never produced 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.  Read about the workshop on the Theatre Ontario website.

The Bulletin Board

New this week...

Canadian Stage Company (Toronto) is inviting applications for the 2010 Festival of Ideas and Creation.  Focus this year is adaptation and translation.  Deadline is March 5.

Ottawa Little Theatre is holding a costume design workshop with Julia Tribe, focusing on period design, on March 27 and 28.

Stratford Shakespeare Festival is holding a directing workshop with Lee Wilson for novice and experienced amateur directors on March 28.

Bancroft Village Playhouse is planning to begin a summer theatre program in 2011, and is looking for expressions of interest.

Playwrights Guild of Canada is holding a Post-Secondary Playwriting Competition.  Deadline for submissions is April 1.

Upcoming this week...

Puppetmongers Theatre (Toronto) hosting a workshop on Halogen Shadow Exploration on February 27 to 28.

Scarborough Theatre Guild (Toronto) deadline for call for directors is February 28.

Visit The Bulletin Board on the Theatre Ontario website.

Helping to Subsidize Training For Youth

In every class that Judy Silver taught, there was always at least one deserving youth scholar who - not being able to afford the tuition - was invited to "come anyway."  That's the spirit behind Theatre Ontario's Judy Silver Scholarship Fund.

Created in 1998, the Judy Silver Scholarship Fund was established in her memory by her friends and colleagues in order to support young people who wish to attend the Theatre Ontario Youth Courses.  In 2010, students who wish to attend our Youth Scene Study Program in Toronto or Ottawa can apply for a scholarship from the fund.

For information on how to apply, or how to donate to the program, please visit the Judy Silver Scholarship Fund page on the Theatre Ontario website.