APPLICATION DEADLINE: Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 11:59 PM EST.
If you have any questions regarding accessibility, or require assistance with this application, please contact accessibility@playwrights.ca.
Participation is free. Workshop participants are selected based on the complementary experience of the group. We encourage playwrights at all levels of experience to apply.
The art and craft of theatrical adaptation is as old as humankind. It is one of the ways we transmit, celebrate, refresh, reframe and challenge the narratives and myths around which our communities are built.
What distinguishes dramatic storytelling from other forms and disciplines? Adapting for the stage gets us thinking about what a play is; what a play does. In this workshop, we will be weighing the building blocks and pertinent features of an original or ‘source’ document against the dramaturgical requirements of its new theatrical shape.
You are invited to unlock and explore the theatrical possibilities of a work not originally intended for the stage; a novel, short story, poem, essay, song…anything actually! If your source material happens to already be a play, then you will be examining and extending its theatrical potential — from play to musical for example; or old chestnut to bold new spin. Whatever your angle, it’s welcome!
Each session will be built around group discussion, exercises, sharing and feedback. Participant-generated material, as well as selected readings will serve as our inspiration.
Come with your ideas, your visions, your instincts. Or come with a project already launched. This workshop will meet you where you are in your process and will ignite, animate, and further your practice of theatrical adaptation.
SCHEDULE
Monday, March 23, 2026: 10AM to 2PM
Tuesday, March 24, 2026: 10AM to 2PM
Wednesday, March 25, 2026: 10AM to 2PM
Thursday, March 26, 2026: 10AM to 2PM
Friday, March 27, 2026: 10AM to 2PM
Participants are expected to be available for the duration of the scheduled sessions.
LOCATION
PWM Studio: 7250 Rue Clark #103, Montreal, Quebec, H2R2Y3
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HOW TO APPLY:
If you are interested in applying, please fill out this Google Form by 11:59 PM EST on Wednesday, February 25, 2026.
Questions about this workshop can be sent to PWM’s Professional Development and Training Coordinator, Alexy Trottier, at alexy@playwrights.ca with the subject line: Exploring Practice with Nick Carpenter.
If you have any questions regarding accessibility, or require assistance with this application, please contact accessibility@playwrights.ca.
Click here for accessibility information and video tours of our location.
PWM welcomes all applications. While recognizing that the identity of each person is fundamentally plural, and multidimensional, we strongly encourage applications from artists who are: Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, and Inuit), Black, POC, racialized (including recent immigrants), 2SLGBTQQIPAA+, neurodivergent, disabled, living with chronic illness and/or chronic pain. PWM is strongly committed to supporting a wide range of cultural identities and lived experiences, therefore we encourage applicants to self-identify in their application if they are comfortable doing so.
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP FACILITATOR:
Nick’s plays, radio plays (CBC), short stories and librettos have been presented across Canada, the US, Britain and Germany. Recently a member of PWM’s Cross Cultural Adaptation Lab, he is developing a new work inspired by the Catalonian liturgical drama, El Misteri d’Elx. His play Arco took 2nd place in Infinitheatre’s 2021 Write-on-Q Competition. Nick wrote the screenplay to the film Maz (Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, 2018). His play Stained Glass won the Canadian Peace Play Competition in 2008 and was shortlisted for the Prism International Residency Award (2003). He is an alumnus of Tapestry Opera’s Lib Lab, the Banff Playwrights Lab, Theatre Centre Residency and Writers’ Units at NAC/GCTC and Playwrights’ Workshop Montréal.
To read more about Nick, click here.
Photo credit: Trine Veiss Mikkelsen
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