Youth Advisory Committee Celebrates World Theatre Day | Summer Theatre Intensive | Festival Productions from WODL and QUONTA | Stories from the Professional Theatre Training Program | Call for Nominations for the Theatre Ontario Board | Youth Theatre Festivals | Conversation Starters
Summer Theatre Intensive - New Partner, New Home, More Theatre
Theatre Ontario is thrilled to be introducing our new Summer Theatre Intensive, partnering with Off the Wall, Stratford Artist Alliance. Through this exciting new collaboration we will join Off The Wall in their home at Factory 163 in the heart of Stratford. This year we will be offering intensives over a two-week period.
This year's courses are:
WEEK ONE (Sunday August 6 – Friday August 11)
Sharpening your Actor’s Tool Kit with Tom Diamond
Directing for Beginners (or how do I make this play happen?) with Thom Currie
Freeing the Body & Imagination - An Introduction to Mask in Performance with Peggy Coffey
WEEK TWO (Sunday August 13 – Friday August 18)
Who the Heck Are YOU?! Creating “Character” with Liza Balkan
Building your own Directing Process with Philip Akin
How to Tell An “Important” Story with Donna-Michelle St. Bernard
Need help developing your long-term career goals? Facilitator Vera N. Held will share practical, goal-setting career strategies April 29 at noon in Toronto
The ability of directors and dramaturges to work together to help shape meaningful and entertaining theatre is a crucial part of any production process. Join Matt McGeachy as he discusses the director-dramaturge collaboration when working on new plays.
Learn how Google Analytics can help grow your business. Camp Tech’s most popular workshops Intro to Google Analytics (Apr 18 & Jun 14) and Intermediate Google Analytics (May 23) can tell you how your audience is finding you, which content is getting viewed most often and help you configure simple goals for your website.
Other upcoming workshops at Camp Tech are: Intro to Email Marketing with MailChimp (Apr 11); Business Blogging and Content Marketing (Apr 19); Writing Killer Web Content (Apr 20); Social Media Basics (Apr 27 & Jun 6); Digital Marketing on a Shoestring Budget (May 3); Facebook Ads: Getting the Most Bang for Your Buck (May 4); Wordpress for Beginners (May 7); and Social Media Advanced (May 16).
In partnership with the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts, Theatre Ontario members can receive a 25% discount on workshops led by highly skilled Camp Tech instructors.
Welcome Festival Productions from Windsor and Sault Ste. Marie
Welcome to our first two productions at Theatre Ontario Festival 2017 in Ottawa.
On Thursday, May 18, Ghost Light Players from Windsor will present George F. Walker’s Better Living, representing the Western Ontario Drama League.
On Saturday, May 20, Sault Theatre Workshop will represent QUONTA (the northeastern Ontario community theatre association) with their production of Lucy by Damien Atkins.
Stories from the Professional Theatre Training Program
Our Professional Theatre Training Program (PTTP) offers financial support for unique and flexible training with a chosen mentor in any theatrical discipline (except performance.)
PTTP and YTTP are funded by the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario.
Board of Directors
Theatre Ontario is seeking individuals to serve on our Board of Directors who are committed to assisting Theatre Ontario in its mission to advocate for growth, cultivate theatre resources, provide educational opportunities, foster collaboration within the theatre community, and build innovation into everything we do.
One of the final projects of last year's Youth Advisory Committee was a two-part series introducing readers to the inner workings of two youth-run theatre festivals.
