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ARTSBOARD comes out on the 1st and 15th of each month. When the 1st or the 15th falls on a weekend or holiday, ARTSBOARD will come out the following business day.

The deadline for submissions for the next ARTSBOARD is January 11th. You can submit a posting using this online job posting form or this online form for all other types of posts.

This it the final issue of ARTSBOARD for 2016.  Please note there will be no ARTSBOARD on January 1st, 2017. The regular schedule will resume January 16th.

Management & Administrative Opportunities

Database Analyst
Shaw Festival Theatre, Canada, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
Deadline: December 16, 2016
The Shaw Festival, one of North America's largest repertory theatre companies is located in beautiful Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, in the heart of Niagara's renowned wine country.

We are seeking a Database Analyst to join our IT Department. The successful candidate must be self-motivated, able to multi-task, flexible and possess excellent communication, inter-personal and organizational skills. Responsibilities: This position is responsible for providing database programming and data analysis assistance and support for all departments particularly Marketing, Sales, Development, Finance and Information Technology. The selected Database Analyst reports to the Information Technology Director. Please visit the "Careers at the Shaw" section at www.shawfest.com to see a full job description.


Development Manager  
Great Canadian Theatre Company, Ottawa, ON
Deadline: December 30, 2016
GCTC is celebrating our 42nd Season in 2016-17. Since its inception we have developed from five people who joined together at Carleton University with little more than an idea, to become a vibrant regional theatre, a centre for local, professional, English-language theatre. Learn more at www.gctc.ca.

We're looking for a dynamic, creative and engaging individual, with a passion for fundraising and theatre to become GCTC's next Development Manager. The full-time position reports to the Director of Marketing & Development, and will be filled as early as the second week of January 2017. The successful candidate will be working alongside the Director of Marketing & Development to achieve the fundraising goals for the organization, bringing enthusiasm, confidence and a keen attention to detail to the position. Full details in the link attached.


Interim Artistic Director   
Native Earth Performing Arts, Toronto, ON
Deadline: January 1, 2017
Native Earth is a non-profit charitable organization that enables Indigenous actors, writers, designers, directors and technicians to work together to produce quality theatre that is vital to their development as artists and to their identity as Indigenous people. We are dedicated to creating, developing and producing professional artistic expression of the Indigenous experience in Canada. Native Earth manages Aki Studio a performance space in the revitalised Regent Park.

Native Earth Performing Arts, Canada's oldest professional Indigenous theatre is seeking an Interim Artistic Director while the current Artistic Director is on artistic hiatus. This term for this position is February to December 2017. Working closely with the Managing Director, the candidate is one half of a two-person team leading the company. The Interim Artistic Director reports to the Board of Directors.


Interim Managing Producer
Catalyst Theatre, Edmonton, AB
Deadline: January 13, 2017
Edmonton's Catalyst Theatre creates new work under the leadership of its core creative team and tours its productions on a national and international basis. Since September of 2015 the company operates out of the Citadel Theatre, where it is the resident company in the Maclab Theatre. Catalyst develops and tours its work in partnership with local, national and international partners. Catalyst hires based on merit and invites applications from all qualified candidates.

The Interim Managing Producer will report to a Governance Board of Directors and collaborate with Artistic Director Jonathan Christenson to ensure that project development, scheduling and budgeting align practically and strategically with creative needs. She/he will be responsible for continued delivery of the infrastructure and resources for the 2017-2018 activities and early planning for the 2018-2019 season. These include: financial management; fundraising; programming, production development and tour planning; human resources management; marketing and communications supervision; board relations and community relations.


Development Coordinator  
Belfry Theatre , Victoria, BC
Deadline: January 30, 2017
As a professional adult theatre company, we are dedicated to producing contemporary plays, with an emphasis on Canadian work, and to promoting artistic, cultural, and educational events in the Greater Victoria Region. The Belfry's mission is to produce theatre that generates ideas and dialogue, and that makes the audience see the world a little differently.

Coordinate donor and fundraising events including management and acquisition of auction items. Assist with developing and maintaining sponsorships and relationships with businesses. Prepare family and corporate foundation grant applications for program and capital campaign funding. Donor and sponsor stewardship including correspondence, tracking and delivering appropriate benefits and recognitions. Coordinate annual fund direct mail campaigns. Ongoing database list building and generating reports for mailings and events. Updating web site and social media posts for development purposes. Coordinate fundraising meetings, take minutes.


General Manager
Carousel Players, St. Catharines, ON
Deadline: February 1, 2017
Canada's award-winning theatre for young audiences, Carousel Players in St. Catharines, Ontario is pleased to invite applications for the full-time position of General Manager. Since 1972, Carousel Players has maintained a tradition of participatory theatre and artistic excellence with a reputation of bringing the best of theatre for young audiences to schools, theatres and festivals across Canada.

Sharing management responsibilities with Artistic Director Jessica Carmichael, the General Manager has specific responsibility for the administration of Carousel Players which includes financial planning and control, contract negotiations, facility management, marketing, development, government and donor relations, and staff and board administration. Candidates must be willing to relocate to the Niagara region and able to start full-time work in July 2017. A detailed job description is available upon request.


President and Chief Executive Officer
Civic Theatres Toronto, Toronto, ON 
Deadline: Applications will be considered until the position is filled.
Committed to the artistic, cultural, and social vitality of Toronto, the City has created a new operating structure for its three flagship civic theatres: Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, and Toronto Centre for the Arts. These three performing arts complexes include seven theatres ranging in size from intimate to the largest in the country. Become the first CEO of Civic Theatres Toronto, and be a community builder in the most diverse city in the world. 

Work with a Board of Councillors and citizen members to: champion the profiles of these performance spaces; engage Toronto's dynamic communities; and make a vital contribution to our cultural ecosystem. 

You have a record of success leading a high-profile organization. Dedicated to the arts, experienced in a unionized environment, and an accomplished change manager, you understand the challenges of serving a diverse public, performing arts companies, and community groups. Consultative and engaging, inspire stakeholder commitment with your growth strategy and vision. Apply to Project 160710. 


Technical Opportunities

Assistant Technical Director
Soulpepper Theatre Company, Toronto, ON
Deadline: December 30, 2016
Located in its multi-venue home, the Young Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto's Distillery Historic District, Soulpepper is Toronto's largest theatre company. Please visit our website for more information.

Soulpepper Theatre Company is seeking an experienced Assistant Technical Director to join our production team beginning in February 2017. Soulpepper's Technical Directors are key to each production and responsible for the planning, management and supervision of all technical elements of all productions, presentations, and related activities assigned to them throughout our year-long season. Please send cover letter and curriculum vitæ to: LJ Savage - Director of Production @ [email protected]. Application Deadline: Friday, December 30, 2016 @ 12h00.


Production Manager  
Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival, Vancouver, BC
Deadline: January 4, 2017
Bard on the Beach Theatre Society is Western Canada's largest Shakespeare Festival with an annual budget of $6 million, and welcomes 100,000 patrons per year. The Festival runs from June through September in two theatre tents in a magnificent setting on the waterfront in Vanier Park, and offers year-round arts education programming. In 2015, Bard moved into its new home at the BMO Theatre Centre, allowing the company to expand its administrative, production and outreach activities.

The Production Manager is a key member of the senior management team, overseeing all aspects of production and site operations for Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival. Reporting to the Executive Director, the Production Manager supervises the internal positions of Head of Wardrobe, Site Build Project Manager, and Technical Directors; as well as seasonal production staff. The Production Manager also supervises the Stage Management teams and season Designers. This is a full-time, permanent position.


Production Manager
Intrepid Theatre, Victoria, BC
Deadline: Applications will be considered until the position is filled.
Intrepid Theatre was founded in 1986 to produce the Victoria Fringe Theatre Festival. 30 years later, our original mandate continues to serve the company's artistic and strategic plans, and the development of a healthy theatre community in Victoria BC. Intrepid operates two year-round theatre venues which are home to three festivals, numerous presentations, the YOU Show and a variety of community rentals.

Reporting directly to the Executive Director (ED), the Production Manager (PM) is responsible for planning and managing all production aspects of Intrepid Theatre's annual festivals, one-off events, and the rentals our two venues acquire. The PM is accountable to the ED for the quality of venue & production values within the scope of their responsibility, as limited by budgetary constraints, and to the Producer for the efficient management of the production and venue crew, scheduling and budget control.


Teaching and Education Opportunities

Lecturer/Assistant Professor of Costume and Set Designer
Fountain School of Performing Arts, Halifax, NS
Deadline: January 6, 2017
Established in 1818, Dalhousie is a leading research-intensive university offering more than 180 degree programs in 11 faculties. It is the largest university in Atlantic Canada and is located in the heart of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is a dynamic body of students, faculty, and staff arranged into upwards of twenty programs and departments, many offering graduate degrees.

The Fountain School of Performing Arts (FSPA) invites applications for full-time probationary tenure-track appointment at the rank of Lecturer/Assistant Professor commencing July 1, 2017. The candidate will be responsible for the costume and set design for all FSPA stage productions, and teach related courses in the Costume Studies and the Technical Theatre programs. The position is subject to budgetary approval. Qualifications expected are MFA or equivalent terminal degree and substantial professional theatre experience with a particular emphasis on costume and set design. Evidence of effective teaching and experience is an asset.


Professional Development Opportunities
Arts Management Opportunities

PACT Learning Opportunities

Hot Topics Dial Around (formerly 1st Thursdays)
Got a hot topic, issue or challenge that you're dying to chat about with your peers? Could be an organizational challenge that you're facing, or maybe an article that was posted on Facebook that has you riled up, or an interesting idea you heard about on your caucus calls and you would like to hear more about how to make it happen! Maybe it's an area in which you need some guidance or reference on best practice, or could be something you've gone through at your company and think others would benefit from hearing about.
 
Hot Topics is that place for you! Watch for our short list on topics that have bubbled up to the surface or e-mail us your suggestions for something you want to lead or at least participate in.
 
Some of the topics that we are working on for 2016/2017 include;
  • App Savvy - Beyond DropBox and Google Drive. Apps, social media platforms, e-learning; what are you relying upon that everyone should know about.
  • Virtual Development - crowdsourcing & on-line development best practice
  • Prepping to Pitch - preparing to showcase or pitch your wares at regional conferences and festivals; connecting with agents; building relationships to become tour savvy.
  • The Power of Place - theatre venues as community gathering spaces; animation of space; theatre as community IN the community.
Contract Conversations
(Only for Regular Member GMs and other staff who issue contracts for their company)
Welcome to the 2nd year of conference calls that merges professional development Hot Topic (1st Thursday) conference calls with labour relations topics. Aside from the face-to-face "super happy fun time" at PACTCON or calling in to speak to our Labour Relations Specialists or the negotiating teams about your contract agreement needs, PACT members don't always have the opportunity to chat to other PACT members about their labour relation questions or concerns.
 
In the works for 2016/2017:
  • Labour Relations 101 - Agreements for "newbies". An overview of agreement basics for those new to contracting or anyone that would like a back to basics review
  • Labour Relations 201 - Riders, Averaging, and OT
  • Labour Relations 301 - Concessions, Non-Adherence and Grandfathering
  • HR 101 - Intro to Managing Managers
  • HR 201 - Negotiation Skills
If you have a specific topic that you think would be great to share with your fellow members or a request for a specific topic please e-mail Boomer at [email protected] and/or Ron at [email protected].

Peer to Peer [P2P]
Peer to Peer conference calls are an opportunity to talk with your colleagues in similar positions as you, from across the nation. Topics to be explored will be relevant to specific roles or responsibilities, with special guests invited in to share best practice or innovative ideas. Topics will be chosen from ideas e-mailed in by YOU as well as current trends or hot topics that will be interesting to individuals with specific jobs, positions or areas of responsibility.
 
 P2P conference call Peer groups will include:
  • Artistic Round Table (Artistic directors, Artistic associates, Producers, etc)
  • Managers Round Table (Managing Directors, General Managers, Company Managers, etc)
  • Outreach and Engagement
  • Marketing and Communications
  • Development and Fundraising
  • Requests?

PACTCON2017 - Save the date!
Charlottetown, PEI
May 24 - 27, 2017
Our annual Conference and Annual General Meeting provides the perfect platform for great dialogue and networking, and to a great opportunity to interact with your peers from across the country.

Thank you to everyone who joined us in Calgary this year for PACTCON2016. We'll see you in Charlottetown for our 2017 conference!

Other Learning Opportunities

Arts Facilities Mentoring Network
ArtsBuild Ontario, Kitchener, ON and WorkInCulture, Toronto, ON
Deadline: January 10, 2017
ArtsBuild Ontario and WorkInCulture are excited to begin the fourth iteration of the Arts Facilities Mentoring Network!

Mentorship is about expanding your knowledge, growing your skills and making connections. The Arts Facilities Mentoring Network is a mentoring program for cultural leaders focused on strengthening the business and management skills needed to manage, renew and develop arts facilities.  Leaders in Ontario's non-profit arts community who are responsible for their facilities or capital related issues will have the unique opportunity of one-to-one learning with an experienced professional.


Talent to Lead   
Cultural Human Resources Council, Ottawa, ON
Deadline: January 15, 2017
CHRC is pleased to announce that it is now receiving applications for the second cohort of its Talent to Lead (T2L) program.

Talent to Lead is designed for mid-career cultural managers seeking to take their careers to the next level of leadership.  It creates opportunities for learning from one another and building relationships with other leaders, while also getting expert support from top-notch executives in the field.   Each month, participants will sign into a learning webinar that focuses on management fundamentals and competencies sourced from CHRC's updated  HR Management Toolkit .  Each session will cover a variety of HR topics, have take-aways, stream video interviews with executive cultural leaders and offer an opportunity for a Q&A with our expert facilitators.  Alongside the webinar learning series, participants will have the opportunity to work one-on-one in a mentorship relationship with an executive level leader and gain insight into how to put their learning into practice to advance their career.


Artist Educators Training 2016/17 - Call for Registration  
Young People's Theatre, Toronto, ON
February 2 & 3, 2017
Deadline: January 20, 2017
The YPT Artist Educators Training is open to all artists interested in arts education with a desire to further develop their pedagogical skills through practical training. The first day is comprised of several modules, including:
  • lesson planning,
  • fostering authentic engagement,
  • developing techniques for classroom management,
  • connecting learning to a specific text or arts experience, and
  • creating ensemble-based exercises. 
The second day begins with refining the participants' plans and culminates in facilitating workshops for children and young people. Please visit the link below to register.


Free Online Course: Reconciliation through Indigenous Education
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
January 24 - March 7, 2017
Deadline: February 24, 2017
The University of British Columbia's Faculty of Education will offer a free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) in January on engaging with Indigenous knowledge keepers, educational leaders, and resources to enhance understanding and knowledge of practices that advance reconciliation in the places where you live, learn, and work.

The course will help you envision how Indigenous histories, perspectives, worldviews, and approaches to learning can be made part of the work we do in classrooms, organizations, communities, and our everyday experiences in ways that are thoughtful and respectful. In this course, reconciliation emphasizes changing institutional structures, practices, and policies, as well as personal and professional ideologies to create environments that are committed to strengthening our relationships with Indigenous peoples. For those who want to build their own competence and the capacity of those around them to engage in relationships with Indigenous peoples based on intercultural understanding, empathy, and respect, this course will help get you started in this process.


ArtsBuild Ontario Learning Series
ArtsBuild Ontario, Kitchener, ON
Throughout 2016 and 2017
ArtsBuild Ontario is proud to present The Learning Series, a collection of learning opportunities for arts facilities around ArtsBuild's core programs, including SpaceFinder, the Arts Facilities Mentoring Network, Energy Conservation and Asset Planner for the Arts. This webinar and workshop series will help support arts organizations and their creative spaces. These sessions will provide tools, best practices, and feature guest speakers from the sector to inform and inspire facility managers.

Upcoming Webinars
Feb. 22 - Contracts and Agreements: Landlord vs. Tenants 
Feb. 23 - Capital Project Success: Stories from the Ottawa Art Gallery and First Ontario Performing Arts Centre 
Mar. 29 - Space Management 101: Keys to Success 

Upcoming Workshop
Jan. 31 - Reaching your Rental Audience (Kitchener-Waterloo)


Professional Development
Individual Artistic Opportunities

Call for Participation: Wheel Voices
Realwheels Theatre, Vancouver, BC
Deadline: Roundtable discussions begin in January 2017.
This workshop-to-performance community collaboration is a response to community interest to strengthen and capitalize on one of our greatest assets - the ability to use humour and storytelling to cope with life's challenges. As a participant, you'll receive coaching and training in comedy, storytelling, and other theatre-based disciplines from various guest artists, led by the collaborative team of International Comedy Expert David Granirer and Realwheels' own Rena Cohen. As with all Wheel Voices projects, we're excited to nurture and develop emerging talent in the disability community.  All training is offered free of charge. No experience necessary! 

Two roundtable discussions will take place in January 2017. Comedy on Wheels workshops will then officially launch February 4, 2017. The project will culminate in a celebration of everyone's stories in a fully-staged theatrical production in May 2017. Contact [email protected] if you're interested in participating or have any questions.


Call for Applications: ARTISTA   
Imago Theatre, Montreal, QC
Deadline: January 11, 2017
We are currently accepting applications from women 16 - 21 to take part in ARTISTA 2017. With this free program, we connect our young participants to professional women artists once a week for 15 weeks and through training, mentorship and first-hand experience creating theatre we provide a platform for young women to share their stories and gain confidence in their creative voices.

ARTISTA participants (15 people) participate in 4 hour weekly workshops. Each session starts with a free meal followed by a 3 hour theatre workshop led by professionals in the Montreal theatre community and female leaders in arts and non-arts related fields. Over 15 weeks, participants tell stories that are woven into a collective creation/performance that is presented in front of an audience.

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Physical Theatre Creation with Andy Massingham
Tarragon Theatre, Toronto, ON
January 10 - February 2, 2017
During the course of these workshops the participants will collaboratively create an original physical theatre piece based on material provided by the instructor. We will stress the dynamics and expression of the body in its relation to space and each other. Attention will be paid to story, characterization, and expanding the palate of expression as an artist. We will be working toward a cohesive narrative based on explorations and improvisations the material inspires.

Announcements

The Theatre Listing 
PACT's directory of Canadian Professional Theatre is a regularly updated, searchable database of Canadian theatre companies, related arts organizations and more.  
Explore the Theatre Listing now

Note for organizations: should you find inaccuracies in your listing, please contact [email protected] to update your information.

#cdnopening- Celebrate Your Opening Night Online
Canadian theatre companies celebrate Opening Night hundreds, possibly even thousands, of times per year. Spiderwebshow.ca wants to unite opening night celebrations coast-to-coast-to-coast and more than anything, we want to connect our theatre communities that are doing great work - and having great parties - nationwide. Help us by posting your opening night celebrations on Instagram with #cdnopening.  Your theatre, your production and your work will appear alongside theatres from across the country on the Spiderwebshow.ca Instagram feed, one click away from fellow opening night revellers from Victoria to Iqaluit to St. John's.
 
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Submissions & Nominations

Call for Applications: Creative Spark Vancouver Grants for Emerging Artists
ArtStarts, Vancouver, BC
Deadline: December 15, 2016
Emerging artists across all disciplines living in the City of Vancouver who have an interest in building their careers and working with young people in an arts-based capacity are invited to apply for Creative Spark Vancouver. Creative Spark Vancouver offer 100% coverage for projects, up to $1,000. Grant funds are intended to cover artist fees, project materials and supplies, rentals and honoraria. Creative Spark Vancouver enables emerging artists to gain experience on small projects that could lead to new career opportunities, new community relationships, different perspectives on arts and education, future learning opportunities and exciting multi-faceted projects.


Call for Nominations: Gina Wilkinson Prize
Ontario Arts Foundation, Toronto, ON
Deadline: December 15, 2016
Established in memory of director Gina Wilkinson, who was a beloved actor and director across the country, the prize is intended to recognize an experienced female theatre artist transitioning from one theatre discipline into the discipline of theatre direction. The annual prize pays tribute to Gina and her unyielding dedication, vision and indomitable spirit that imbued her work and her life. The recipient will be chosen from nominations brought forward by members of the Canadian theatre community. This year's nomination deadline is December 15, 2016 with the award recipient announced on March 10, 2017.


Call for Submissions: SummerWorks Performance Festival 2017
SummerWorks Performance Festival, Toronto, ON
Deadline: December 16, 2016
SummerWorks seeks proposals for new and experimental performance projects for the 27th SummerWorks Festival. Submissions are encouraged from both established and emerging artists working in the areas of contemporary theatre, dance, music, live art, interdisciplinary art, and hybrid forms. Proposals for short-form projects (30 minutes or less), 60 minute projects and 90 minute projects will be accepted. Of particular interest are projects, approaches and ideas that are new territory for the artist and the medium.

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Call for Nominations: 2017 CATR Scholarly Awards
Canadian Association for Theatre Research
Deadline: December 31, 2016 
Nominations for the Richard Plant Award, the Jean-Cléo Godin Award, the Ann Saddlemyer and the O'Neill Award will be determined by individual committees. These committees have been tasked with surveying a wide range of periodicals throughout the year, with each committee focusing on the appropriate language publications for each award. However, nominations for these prizes are also welcomed from the full membership of CATR.

The awards honour scholarly work of significant merit in any area of Canadian theatre research. The authors do not have to be members of the Association. The scholarship can appear in any journal or may be an original article published in a book or on-line. Nominations must include a brief letter (email) of support, but a seconder is not necessary. Members are also encouraged to consider self-nomination. Nominations for all awards should be sent directly to this year's coordinator of Scholarly Awards, Yana Meerzon at [email protected].


Call for Curators: Exhibition for 60th Anniversary in the  Âjagemô Art Space   
Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa, ON
Deadline: January 5, 2017
The Canada Council for the Arts is seeking proposals from individuals to curate a special exhibition, with an accompanying digital exhibition, to mark its 60th anniversary in the Âjagemô art space at 150 Elgin, Ottawa. This exceptional project will open September 2017 and run throughout the winter. This is a unique opportunity for a curator to build an exhibition that will highlight and celebrate art and artists that the Canada Council funds. They will be encouraged to innovate and look beyond the traditional art show, using different mediums to tell the stories of the role of the arts in the lives of Canadians. They are invited to explore the evolution of the Council's funding, its impact on the arts sector, and consider the future of the arts in Canada and the role of the Council within it.


Call for Submissions: Voaden Prize
Dan School of Music and Drama, Queen's University, Kingston, ON
Deadline: January 15, 2017
The Dan School of Music and Drama invites play submissions for the prestigious Voaden Prize. This biennial nation-wide open competition, named to honor the Canadian pioneer playwright Herman Voaden, is judged "blind". The judges select the Winners and Honorable Mentions without knowing the names of the playwrights. This competition, made possible by a generous bequest from Mr. Voaden's estate, is dedicated to his memory and honors his goals to develop a distinctively Canadian art of the theatre and to encourage the writing of Canadian drama.

Entry Guidelines
1. Open to any Canadian citizen or permanent resident
2. Only one play per playwright
3. Only full-length plays in English will be accepted. Legal clearance of all adapted material not in the public domain is the responsibility of the playwright
4. Plays cannot have been previously produced, published, contracted or commissioned by a professional theatre
5. Winning plays will be given a professional workshop week and public staged reading in January, 2018 at Queen's University.
6. Winning plays will be distributed to some classes at the Dan School of Drama and music in the fall term, 2017 for students to prepare/study prior to observing the workshops/staged readings.


Call for Nominations: Canada's Volunteer Awards   
Government of Canada, Ottawa, ON
Deadline: February 3, 2017
The call for nominations for Canada's Volunteer Awards is now open until February 3, 2017. You are invited to: 
  • nominate a not-for-profit organization, an individual, a group or a business who is making a difference in their community to receive an award; and 
  • promote the call for nominations to your stakeholders. 

Awards will be presented in the following categories: 

  • One (1) national award - Thérèse Casgrain Lifelong Achievement Award; 
  • Five (5) regional awards - Emerging Leader, for young volunteers aged 18 to 30; 
  • Five (5) regional awards - Community Leader, for individuals or groups of volunteers; 
  • Five (5) regional awards - Business Leader, to recognize businesses that demonstrate social responsibility; and 
  • Five (5) regional awards - Social Innovator, to recognize the contributions of not-for-profit organizations. 

Award recipients will be recognized at a ceremony and will be able to choose a not-for-profit organization to receive a grant of $5,000 (regional awards) or $10,000 (national award).



Call for Submissions: Advance Theatre - New Works by Diverse Women
Ruby Slippers Theatre, Vancouver, BC
Deadline: February 15, 2017
Ruby Slippers Theatre is seeking play submissions from women playwrights and directors living and working in Canada. Priority will be given to diversity. 

As a direct response to the under representation of women playwrights, directors, and diversity in Canadian theatre (diversity in cultural background, physical and mental ability, sexual orientation and age), the Advance Theatre series will showcase dramatic readings of five new plays written by diverse Canadian women, directed by diverse Canadian women. These readings will take place over five days during the Vancouver Fringe Festival, in September 2017. 
If you are chosen to participate in the Advance Theatre series, Ruby Slippers Theatre and the Fringe will cover the costs of all rehearsals, your technical rehearsal, promotion, a theatrical venue on Granville Island, and artists' fees for a public staged reading of your new play during the Fringe Festival.
 

Call for Applications: Underutilized Vancouver Civic  Theatres Spaces Grant
City of Vancouver, Vancouver, BC
Deadline: Applications accepted on a rolling basis through the end of 2017.
Vancouver arts organizations and other non-profit community groups are invited to submit an application now for the 2017 grant program, which focuses on the activation of underutilized spaces in Vancouver Civic Theatres.  A total of $150,000 in funding is available in 2017 towards the programming of the underutilized spaces within our venue collective.

Spaces eligible for the grant are: 
  • Queen Elizabeth Theatre outdoor plaza
  • Orpheum Annex
  • Orpheum Granville Street box office and lobby
  • Lobby of all four venues
Organizations applying must have a cultural, social, or other not-for-profit mandate.


In Touch

Keep up to date with Canada's theatre industry. Have news to share? Email [email protected] and we'll put it in the next Artsboard.

Jaime Martino Appointed General Manager of 
Tapestry Opera
Jaime comes to Tapestry 
Opera after three years as Director of Operations for 
Pride Toronto. Welcome, Jaime!

Esther Jun Joins Tarragon Theatre as Assistant 
Artistic Director
Esther is a founding member 
of Directors Lab North, and 
has participated in directing programs at the Stratford Festival and the Lincoln 
Center. Welcome, Esther!

CHRC Announces First Talent to Lead Program Cohort
18 mid-career managers were selected for the Cultural Human Resources Council's first cohort. Applications for the second cohort are now being accepted.

Laurie Steven Awarded Chalmers Arts Fellowship
Odyssey Theatre Artistic Director has been awarded a Chalmers Arts Fellowship by the Ontario Arts Council. The fellowship will provide significant funding for Steven to travel internationally to explore the creation of new archetypal female characters for her work in realm of myth and fairy tale.

How Creeps Continues to Help with Our Understanding of Disabilities
Realwheels Theatre's recent production of Creeps by David E. Freeman was featured on CBC's national arts and culture program q. Listen to the segment at the link below.



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