The Nominees/Recipients are…

With the awards season rolling in all over Canada, members of Playwrights Guild are very well represented this year! Canada-wide, our members continue to produce excellent quality of work that is honoured and recognized at various prestigious ceremonies.

Here’s a round up of nominations and recipients amongst the PGC membership.

Ontario Playwrights Master Class Series 2010/11

THE LOCOMOTION

The Locomotion is a series of workshops to inspire and provoke new thought in your playwriting practice. With instructors representing the cream of the crop in the Ontario theatre community, this series of master classes will help playwrights learn new skills, invite new discussions, and have the chance to stir up their writing habits.

PGC has an office to sublet, available July 1st 2010.

PGC is a national association mandated to promote the creative rights and interests of professional Canadian playwrights. We share a large office space with Theatre Ontario and Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts in the Robertson Building in Toronto at 215 Spadina Avenue, Suite 210.

We have one office to sublet that can comfortably fit two workstations. The space is $700.00 a month and is available July 1st. As part of the sublet, you will have access to a kitchen, board room, postage machine and photocopier (postage and copying fees apply). Office furniture is available and the space includes a window that opens. The space also includes air conditioning.

If you are interested in this space, please contact Robin Sokoloski, Acting Executive Director, Playwrights Guild of Canada at 416-703-0201 or e-mail robin@playwrightsguild.ca

PGC AGM 2010

By Derek Gingrich

On June 13, 2010, PGC will be hosting its Annual General Meeting at Theatre Passe Muraille. After a day full of important business and information, we’ll be moving on over to nearby restaurant, Epicure for an after-party and award presentation!

The day is going to begin at 9:30AM. The Women’s Caucus meeting starts the day’s events in motion, and is accompanied by light refreshments. Soon after, Emil Sher is hosting a workshop (which you must be registered for!) about the business of playwriting – entitled Taking Stock – that promises to be greatly informative. See the registration page for more information on the workshop!

After a lunch break, things start up again at 2:00PM with the AGM proper. Important information about PGC’s past, present and future will be presented, elaborated upon and discussed. Come, and explore PGC’s plans for the future, and learn all that’s been accomplished in the last year.

The after-party – which begins at 5:00PM – is being hosted at the second floor of Epicure – a lovely restaurant literally minutes away from Theatre Passe Muraille, at 502 Queen St. W. During the after party Shirley Barrie is going to be presenting a life-time achievement award to David French, honouring his prolific and important work as an iconic Canadian playwright. David French’s incredible career, which started with Leaving Home in 1972, has left an undeniable impression on Canadians from all walks of life.

Registration for the AGM, and the workshops, is already looking great and we hope to see more of you register in the next sixteen days! Please remember to register at www.pgc.eventbrite.com if you plan to attend!

Look forward to seeing you all there!

Alberta Playwrights Network seeks new Executive Director

APN is a non-profit, provincial arts service organization and registered charity dedicated to fostering playwriting in Alberta. APN exists to nurture Alberta playwrights and provide support for the development of their plays. We offer a variety of dramaturgical services, workshops, competitions and special events to our members as well as offering staged readings of new Alberta plays to the general public.