Issue 14, 2022/2023 Season | January 24 2023
In this issue, we reveal our Top Ten Performers for this year's Musical Theatre Slam. We hope to see you at the live show tomorrow night! Join us in the theatre for our January Info Session and don't miss your chance to submit to the annual U of T Playwriting Competition. If you are looking for more dance in your life, check out the two events from University of Toronto Dance Team coming to Hart House Theatre and the Institute for Dance Studies 2023 Keynote.
Our Musical Theatre Slam Performers
We hope to see you tomorrow night for the 2nd Annual Musical Theatre Slam in partnership with Singular Sensation. We are thrilled to announce our Top Ten Performers: Aaron De Sousa, Annelise Hawrylak, April Rebecca, Christopher Sherwood, Deanna Mann, Effie Star, Enya Watson, Evelyn Hecht, Joseph Chiu, and Olivia Reale. These Top Ten Performers will be belting it out to be crowned the 2023 Musical Theatre Slam winner and be granted a mentorship opportunity with our judges. The show is free and open to the public, no reservation or tickets required. We hope to see you tomorrow night! Learn more here.
Info Session Next Week
Join us in the Theatre on Monday, January 30, at 5 pm to learn about all the different opportunities you can participate in this year! From Workshops and Volunteer opportunities to the U of T Drama Coalition, the Theatre Standing CommitteeThe Hart House U of T Festival of Dance; these are just a few ways in which you can get involved and stretch those creative muscles. Learn more here.
Playwriting Competition Deadline is Approaching
Submit your script for the annual U of T Playwriting Competition. An adjudication panel will select one winner and two runners-up after the conclusion of the competition. Winning scripts are awarded cash prizes, time with dramaturgical talents to hone their scripts and the opportunity to have a public reading of their work. Submissions close on Wednesday, February 1, 2023Submit now.
University of Toronto Dance Team Takeover
We are thrilled to be welcoming the University of Toronto Dance Team into our space next week. Their show Evergreen will be hitting our stage for one night only on Saturday, February 3, @ 7:00 pm. Beforehand, be sure to register for their workshop Musical Theatre for Beginners on Wednesday, February 1, @ 7 pm and brush up on your step ball change.
Wednesday, February 1, @ 7 pm
Saturday, February 3, @ 7:30 pm
Institute for Dance Studies 2023 Keynote Lecture with Petra Kuppers
Join us for the Institute for Dance Studies' keynote lecture by disability culture activist and community performance artist Petra Kuppers.
Date: Friday, January 27, 2023
Time: 2 - 3:30 pm (doors 1:45 pm and light refreshments provided)
Location: The second floor in the Music Room of Hart House
In this talk, Petra Kuppers will explore contemporary performance from the perspective of co-experienced embodiment in unequally distributed power fields. Register Here.

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