APPLICATION DEADLINE: Sunday, October 25, 2026, 11:59 PM EST.
If you have any questions regarding accessibility, or require assistance with this application, please contact Heather at 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.
This introductory workshop for playwrights and theatre artists aims to offer participants ways to approach theatre translation, an enriching craft where the questions you ask are just as important as the answers you come to. In this workshop, participants will explore the practice of translation including thinking through questions such as: Why this play? How best to serve the original? Where to start? What are the challenges, and where to look for opportunities for development and production?
Please note that the workshop will run primarily in English, with interpretation between English and French as needed. Applicants curious about translating languages other than English or French are encouraged to apply: many of the same principles and skills will be transferable.
Participants may come with a play translation in mind or else be matched up with a play for the purposes of this workshop. A minimum of two weeks before the workshop begins, participants need to share their intended text with the facilitator, or request that a text be assigned. Additional brief translations may also be assigned as in-class exercises.
SCHEDULE
Tuesday, November 24, 2026: 5-8PM
Wednesday, November 25, 2026: 5-8PM
Thursday, November 26, 2026: 5-8PM
Friday, November 27, 2026: 5-8PM
Saturday, November 28, 2026: 2-6PM
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 Sunday, October 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 Leanna Brodie.
If you have any questions regarding accessibility, or require assistance with this application, please contact Heather at accessibility@playwrights.ca.
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:
Leanna Brodie is a leading translator of Québec and Franco-Canadian playwrights. Recent premieres: Catherine Léger’s Home Deliveries (Ruby Slippers Theatre/Jericho Arts Centre, Vancouver); David Paquet’s Wildfire (Factory Theatre, Toronto) and The Weight of Ants (The Cherry Arts, Ithaca NY); Fanny Britt’s Benevolence (Ruby Slippers Theatre/Pacific Theatre, Vancouver); Sébastien Harrisson’s From Alaska (Belfry Theatre, Victoria); Rébecca Déraspe’s I Am William (Stratford Festival and Théâtre le Clou). Her original plays The Vic, For Home and Country, The Book of Esther, and Schoolhouse have been performed across Canada and in the US, and Salesman in China (co-written with Jovanni Sy) premiered at the Stratford Festival and National Arts Centre to great acclaim, winning the QWF Prize for best new play: this production moves to the Royal Alexandra Theatre (Toronto) in 2027. Brodie has taught at Concordia University, the UBC School of Creative Writing, the National Theatre School, and the Banff Centre for the Arts. www.leannabrodie.com
Photo credit: Kristine Cofsky
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