Artistic Director Mentorship
Three Provinces, Three Mandates, Three Companies
The 2011/ 2012 season was dedicated to developing a working understanding of the diverse theatre production, presentation and development processes of Canadian Theatre both artistically and administratively. The residencies included PACT Meetings, Season Budgeting and Programing, New Play Development to Festival Production and Curation, meetings with Artists, Grant Writing and Fundraising, Board Development and Management.
Playwrights’ Workshop Montreal with Executive Artistic Director – Emma Tibaldo (Montreal, Quebec)
Playwrights’ Workshop Montréal (PWM) is a national new play development centre established to support the development of playwrights and contemporary work for the stage. Our core programming is designed to advance the artistic practice of emerging and established English language professional theatre artists, and to develop, support and disseminate their work. The commissioning and dramaturgy of work in translation is also an important component of our programming. Our focus is the process of development, whether written or devised, at all stages of creation.
Theatre Conspiracy with Artistic Producer Tim Carlson (Vancouver, British Columbia)
Theatre Conspiracy creates theatrical events that activate discussion on vital contemporary themes in the international conversation. Theatre Conspiracy taps the cross-currents of international society, politics and culture to: create original work that speaks to international themes; interpret the work of acclaimed contemporary, international playwrights; explore contemporary world drama in translation; curate and produce events where local, national and international artists engage Vancouver audiences.
The Magnetic North Theatre Festival with Artistic Executive Director Brenda Leadlay (Ottawa, Ontario & Calgary, Alberta)
Canada’s Magnetic North Theatre Festival is Canada’s only national theatre festival. Showcase the very best of contemporary Canadian theatre – theatre that moves us, shares our stories, and explores how we see the world as Canadians today. Canada’s Magnetic North Theatre Festival is Canada’s only national theatre festival. We showcase the very best of contemporary Canadian theatre – theatre that moves us, shares our stories, and explores how we see the world as Canadians today. The Magnetic North Theatre Festival is unique among Canadian theatre festivals because of its traveling nature. Mag. North makes its home base in Ottawa, ON, and host the festival in the nation’s capital every second year. But the one-of-a-kind mandate also sees us travel the festival to a new host community across Canada every other year.
A special thanks to Catriona Ledger, Jen Cressy, Roy Surette and The Centaur Theatre, and all the teams and artists who welcomed me into their cities, companies and homes.
