4th Line Theatre’s ARTISTS TALKS Series Continues …

4th Line Theatre’s Artists Talks series continues with Director Kim Blackwell and Playwright Drew Hayden Taylor.

April 17th, 2:00 P.M. at the Peterborough Museum & Archives.  To reserve your seat call the Museum at 705-743-5180.

Kim Blackwell

Drew Hayden Taylor

Admission is free, though seating is limited.  Reservations are recommended.  There is plenty of free parking available and the Museum is fully accessible.  For more information on this free event or to buy tickets to The Berlin Blues or The Cavan Blazers, contact the Museum at 705-743-5180, 4th Line Theatre at 705-932-4448, Kent Books in Lindsay at 705-328-1600 or visit www.4thlinetheatre.on.ca.

The Berlin Blues will run Tuesday to Saturday on the Barnyard Stage from June 28th until July 23rd. Previews are June 28th and 29th and there will be an added performance Monday July 18th.

For more information visit:

4th Line Theatre

Trey Anthony’s ‘DA KINK Returns to the Stage

Canadian playwright, and producer Trey Anthony returns to the stage with her successful play ‘da kink in my hair August 8th 2011.

Tickets go on sale April 7, 2011. Call 416-973-4000 for more details or visit Trey’s Facebook page: http://on.fb.me/eKb4gO

 

‘da kink debuted in 2001 at the Toronto Fringe Festival; it has gone on to show in LA, England and New York. The play has also won 4 NAACP awards and has been named as one of the top ten plays in Canadian theatrical history. ‘da kink is also the first Canadian play to be produced at the prestigious Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto.

In 2007 ‘da kink was adapted as a weekly television series on Canadian television network Global.

“Since Mama Done Got Off the Couch”

For The First Time in Canada!

Black Theatre Workshop’s

“Since Mama Done Got Off The Couch!”

Playwright & Performer Seminar Conference

 

Now Accepting Submissions – Deadline April 18th

Calling all playwrights & performers!

Would you like to work with some of North America’s best artists in a one on one intimate seminar? There are only 30 spots available for the intimate seminars with our honoured panelists on May 28th.

Go to our website www.blacktheatreworkshop.ca and fill out a Seminar Sign-Up Sheet to apply today!

 

* BTW encourages members of the diverse theatre community to apply.

 

** Or if you would like to participate in the Q&A panel discussion on May 27th

 

Call us to purchase tickets!

 

In celebration of its 40 years of service as well as the 50th anniversary of Lorraine Hansberry’s ground breaking work, Since Mama Done Got Off the Couch! offers theatre aficionados and laymen alike the opportunity to explore the evolution of the African voice in North American and Western theatre – from the honoured tradition of the “kitchen sink drama” to the power and passion of “dub-theatre”.

 

May 27th – An interactive discussion with our esteemed panelists and then stay for our opening reception where you will have the opportunity to network & further discuss the topics of the day.

 

May 28th – Writers’ seminars for emerging playwrights offering the possibility of one-on-one sessions with our esteemed panelists. A unique opportunity to receive critiques and guidance from some of North America’s best.

 

To participate in seminar: $50 (incl. entry to panel discussion & reception) Tickets for panel discussion and reception: $40

TEST – a short play on love and LARPing

A short play about love and LARPing

Written by Stephen Near
Directed by Phil Rickaby
Starring Adrianna Prosser and Leeman Kessler
Produced by Monkeyman Productions (as part of the Simian Showcase)
http://monkeymanproductions.com/past-and-future/the-simian-showcase/

Evening shows at 8pm on April 8th, 9th, 15th, and 16th
Matinée at 2pm on April 10th – Late-night show at 11pm on April 16th
Where: The “Back Of Ye Pub” at The Imperial Pub, 54 Dundas St. E., Toronto.
Price: $10 admission – tickets available at the door

2011 Herman Voaden Playwriting Competition

Deadline April 15, 2011

First Prize $3000

Second Prize $2000

and 8 honourable mentions

 

Guidelines

1. Open to any Canadian citizen or Landed Immigrant
2. Only ONE play per playwright can be submitted
3. Only FULL LENGTH plays in English
4. Plays cannot have been produced, published, contracted or commissioned by a professional theatre

 

For more information: http://bit.ly/fHN5Sf

The 2011 Glassco Playwrights’ Residency in Tadoussac (QC)

The Glassco Playwrights’ Residency in Tadoussac, September 14 – 25, 2011,  focuses on translations of contemporary French and English plays from Quebec and Canada (plays in other languages will also be considered).

The 2011 Tadoussac Residency will be hosted by renowned translator Linda Gaboriau, ‘one of the country’s most respected translators and Governor General Award winner’.
Contact Emma Tibaldo (emma@playwrights.ca) or click HERE for more information.
Deadline for sending in submissions: April 15, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PGC Member’s Community Productions

Joanna McClelland Glass‘ IF WE ARE WOMEN will be performed at the North Vancouver Community Players in Vancouver, BC, from April 7th – May 30th.

David S. Craig’s HAVING HOPE AT HOME will be performed at the Fairview Library Theatre in Toronto, ON, from April 7th – April 16th.

Daniel MacIvor’s MARION BRIDGE will be performed at the Harriston Town Hall Theatre in Harriston, ON, from April 1st – April 9th.

Joanna McClelland Glass’ IF WE ARE WOMEN will be performed at Happy Valley – Goose Bay Community Theatre in Happy Valley, NF, from April 14th – April 30th.

Morris Panych’s 7 STORIES will be performed at the Arts & Culture Centre in Gander, NF, from April 8th – April 27th.

Laurent Goulet’s BURGLARIES IN PROGRESS will be performed at the Lucknow Town Hall in Lucknow, ON, from April 29th – May 7th.

Paul Ledoux’s ANNE will be performed at The ACT in Maple Ridge, BC, from April 20th – April 23rd.

Kim Selody’s SUDDENLY SHAKESPEARE will be performed at the Registry Theatre in Kitchener, ON, on April 13th.

PGC April 2011 Readings

MORRIS PANYCH – APRIL 1 – UNIVERSITY OF COLUMBIA, VANCOUVER, BC

PETER GRUNER – APRIL 5 – ARTWORD ARTBAR, HAMILTON, ON

PENN KEMP – APRIL 9 – THE STUDIO THEATRE, TORONTO, ON

NORM FOSTER – APRIL 10 – MOLLY’S COFFEE HOUSE, FREDERICTON, NB

MARSHALL BUTTON & JENNY MUNDAY (JOINT READING) – APRIL 11 – MOLLY’S COFFEE HOUSE, FREDERICTON, NB

LEANNA BRODIE – APRIL 21 – BOOKS & COMPANY, PICTON, ON

Programs Available: Alberta Playwrights’ Network

Calgary Playwrights’ Circle


Are you struggling to complete that next play (or even that first play)? Are you seeking constructive feedback and criticism? Would you benefit from the support and encouragement of your peers? Perhaps a Playwriting Circle, run by APN, is what you’re looking for.
Each Playwriting Circle runs one night a week for 8 weeks. You bring the piece you’re currently working on, or would like to start working on. You set your own goals for the process.
Guided by experienced playwright Gordon Pengilly, APN’s Playwriting Circles will help you to focus your work and move forward with it, working with a small group of your peers.
Cost: $240 (plus cost of membership for non-members)

Calgary – Wednesdays April 6th to May 25th, 2011 at the Community Arts Building on the Currie Barracks

Reading: TBA


** For more information or to register in an upcoming playwriting circle, contact Michelle Kneale at dramaturg@albertaplaywrights.com or call (403) 269-8564 or toll-free 1-800-268-8564.


Gordon Pengilly: An award-winning playwright.
Gordon Pengilly has written more than fifty plays for television, film, radio and stage. His plays, including Seeds, Swipe, Metastasis, Contraption and They Don’t Call Them Farmers Anymore, have been produced across Canada and elsewhere and he has also been resident playwright for theatres and institutions across the country. His screenplay Drumheller Or Dangerous Times won the 2003 Writer’s Guild of Canada Jim Burt Prize for screenwriting. His one-act play The Work Play, which premiered in New York in 2000, then in Japan in 2002, was recently made into a short film in Los Angeles. Gordon is also one of the most prolific radio dramatists in Canada.

March CANREVUE Now Available!

CanRevue, Playwrights Guild of Canada’s bi-monthly newsletter/catalogue of Canadian plays now available for download.

This issues contains plays by PGC members and a new section called “Stage Ready”, plays that have not yet been professionally produced.

Also includes information regarding amateur rights and pricing.

Click here for your copy >>>>  CanRevue – PDF