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March 9, 2018October 29, 2019

Call for Submissions

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Playwrights’ Workshop Montréal, in partnership with the Cole Foundation, is now accepting submissions for the 2018 Glassco Translation Residency. The residency will take place June 13-23, 2018 at the home of the late Bill Glassco, in Tadoussac, Quebec.

The Glassco Translation Residency allows playwrights and translators from across Canada and beyond to come together for ten days in Tadoussac, Quebec, to work in-depth on their translations projects.

The chosen participants are provided with a unique opportunity to focus on their projects and to share expertise in a retreat environment. Translations into all languages are welcomed. Over the past 10 years we have supported translation projects into Cree, French, English, Spanish, Catalan, Cantonese, and Italian. Award-winning translator and playwright, Bobby Theodore, will serve as residency host and translation dramaturg.

We are now accepting submissions of plays that are slated for translation. The play should ideally have had a production in its original language. At least one component of the project needs to be Canadian. We strongly encourage Indigenous artists to apply.

Please send us:

A description of the project which includes the name of the translator and playwright, an indication of how the Residency will benefit the project, and any details on production interest.
Biography of both the playwright and translator
A copy of the play in its original language

One of the selection criteria for translation projects will be the availability of both the playwright and the translator to attend the residency together.

Submission deadline: April 14, 2018
Please email submissions (PDF format, 1 file only) to residency@playwrights.ca
Subject line: The Glassco Translation Residency

Accessibility details: The residency is in Tadoussac, Québec in an 18th century log home. There are 8 steps down to the entrance of the house. The bathrooms are not wheelchair accessible. Please contact Emma Tibaldo at emma@playwrights.ca with any questions or queries.

The Glassco Translation Residency in Tadoussac would not be possible without the dedication of our supporters: Honorary Chairperson Briony Glassco, the friends and family of Bill Glassco, and the Cole Foundation. We are also grateful to Canada Council for the Arts, the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, and the Conseil des arts de Montréal for their ongoing support.

February 9, 2018October 29, 2019

Preparing Project Grants for Emerging Artists (emphasis on inclusivity and diversity)

Now accepting applications for our next training session with Jesse Stong

Dates: February 24 and 25, 2018
Time: 10AM to 5PM
Location: PWM
Fee: $45 (Fee is not a barrier to anyone who might be interested/eligible)

Using innovative, interactive activities Jesse Stong (Art Educator/Playwright) will support emerging artists to develop a strong application for their own future project grants. From seeding and exploring initial ideas to developing dynamic writing samples, and participating in group brainstorms to elaborate and articulate project outlines with realistic timelines and budgets. By the end of this hands-on sessions each participant will leave with their own completed first draft of a grant proposal, as well as many tips on finding a diversification of funding, independent fundraising strategies, and guidance on building partnerships for the future life of their proposed project.

Topics Covered

a) General Grant Writing Tips/Cautions
b) Stress and Time Management/Infusing GRANT WRITING into your artistic practice
c) Hands-On Project Proposal Building (developing treatment, describing project)
d) Creative Activities (exploring innovative grant writing processes)
e) Expressing authentic NEED and attracting SUPPORT
f) Group Brainstorm Sessions (exploring ideas, developing proposals further in the workshop)
g) Editing and Increasing Impact (How to sharpen your grant)
h) Action planning/specific measurable steps towards grant submission
i) Ongoing Discussions/Group Sharing of Resources/Sources of Funding

Expectations

Participants should come to the workshop with a project/residency idea they are genuinely interested in developing a grant proposal for
(the idea can be fully developed or a seed of a new project)
Participants should be expected to engage with the hands-on process.
Participants will support the ideas of others/contribute to the group discussions.
Participants will leave with a clear plan to continue to process forward

Application guideline: Send a cover letter describing your interest in the sessions, a biography and CV
Please send applications to emma@playwrights.ca
Subject line: Exploring Practice with Jesse Stong
Application deadline extended: February 21, 2018

Instructor:

Jesse Stong is happy to be back for a third year designing and leading PWM’s Young Creators Unit. Jesse is a graduate of Playwriting from the National Theatre School of Canada and is completing his Masters in Art Education at Concordia University. Jesse was recently assistant curator for the National Art’s Centre Disability Summit, and in 2016 received the Michaëlle Jean Foundation award for his innovative writing/puppetry workshops for schools and youth groups. Jesse is a proud member of the board of directors at Les Muses: Centre for dance and performance training, for people living with intellectual differences, as well as a writing facilitator for the Quebec Writers Federation.

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February 2, 2018October 29, 2019

Public Reading of Room for a Pony

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Join us for a PWM and PGC in process reading of Room for a Pony and more with performance artist Andrea Cooper from Newfoundland

Featuring Stefanie Buxton, Michelle Rambharose, Davide Chiazzese, and Amir Sam Nakhjavani

Friday, February 2, 2018 at 4 p.m.
at PWM Studio (7250 Clark St, Suite 103Montréal, QC H2R 2Y3)

Synopsis

Alexa spends her days verbally sparring with her pet parrot, sexting and engaging in late night rendezvous with strange men. As Alexa and her parrot become engulfed in a mutually shared self hatred, their verbal and physical relationship escalates. At times uncomfortable and exhausting, Room for A Pony explores transcending sex and death. Is there hope somewhere outside of the noise of technology, and a potential apocalypse?

Biography

Andrea Cooper is an interdisciplinary artist with a Masters in Visual Studies from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Concordia. In April 2017, her recent work Room For A Pony, was selected from across Canada for the Gros Morne Playwrights’ Residency headed by Playwrights’ Workshop Montréal in partnership with Le Centre des auteurs dramatiques (CEAD) and with the support of Creative Gros Morne. Cooper’s video Honey premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival’s Forum Expanded in 2010. Strange Things premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival’s Forum Expanded in 2007 and won the National Film Board of Canada’s Emerging Filmmaker/Video Artist Award at the Images Festival. Cooper’s work has been exhibited in galleries across Canada, including the solo exhibitions Fickle as Poison (2009) at Grunt Gallery in Vancouver, Anna at Red Head Gallery (2012), and This Far North at Eastern Edge Gallery (2014). Her video work is distributed by V-Tape in Toronto. www.andreacooper.com

December 14, 2017October 29, 2019

Public reading of Sam Wendel’s You Make Me Nervous

Date: Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at 7 PM
Venue: PWM Studio

Directed by Jonathan Garfinkel
Featuring Felicia Shulman, Matthew Gagnon, Davide Chiazzese, Marcel Jeannin, and Holly Gauthier-Frankel

Synopsis

You’re 16 and your life is a dark comedy. Your runaway hormones have a firm hold on you. Heaven is the beautiful older woman in your apartment building deciding you can be her friend. Hell is listening to your mother re-living her time as a survivor. Somewhere between heaven and hell you grow up.

About the Playwright

Sam Wendel, a native of Montreal and graduate of McGill and UCLA, worked as a writer/producer in the TV industry in LA in the children’s and comedy arenas for 25 years before returning to Montreal where he has been teaching screenwriting at Concordia University, performing comedy improv at Theatre Ste. Catherine, and writing and directing a webisode series for English language students.

This is his first play.

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December 14, 2017October 29, 2019

The Arrivals Legacy Project

Exploring Practice Intensive with Diane Roberts

Now accepting applications for our next training session with Diane Roberts

Dates: January 25 to 29, 2018
Time: 10AM to 6PM
Location: PWM
Fee: $50.00 (Fee is not a barrier to anyone who might be interested/eligible)

The Arrivals Personal Legacy (APL) Exploring Practice Intensive is a creative process designed for those who wish to create new works based on Ancestry and personal history. The process allows participants to connect in new ways to their authentic historic bodies as a powerful source for artistic expression, personal & cultural empowerment. The APL method is a combination of “Afrisporic” influenced performance traditions (dance, voice, movement, alignment, balance), contemporary story weaving and improve techniques that opens doors for the emergence of embodied truths drawn for critically anchored personal places. For more information, visit www.arrivalslegacy.com.

Application guideline:

To apply for this training, please submit a short statement to dramaturg@playwrights.ca (.doc/.rtf/.pdf) containing:

why you want to participate
what life experience you bring
artistic discipline and training (if any)
your name, phone numbers, mailing address and email
a small .jpg photo of yourself

Application deadline: January 12, 2018 at 5 PM

Instructor:

Diane Roberts is an accomplished director, dramaturge, writer and cultural animator, who has collaborated with innovative theatre visionaries and interdisciplinary artists for the past 30 years. Her directorial and dramaturgical work has been seen on stages across Canada and her reputation as a mentor, teacher and community collaborator is nationally and internationally recognized. Roberts has birthed a vision for theatre that encourages Indigenous ways of knowing as a stepping stone to creative expression.

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December 14, 2017October 29, 2019

Call for Submissions: The 2018 Gros Morne Playwrights’ Residency

Playwrights’ Workshop Montréal (PWM) and Le Centre des auteurs dramatiques (CEAD) in partnership with Creative Gros Morne and the Cole Foundation, invite playwrights to submit their application for a 12-day dual-lingual residency that will welcome applications from across the country.

The Residency

Unique in Canada, the Gros Morne Playwrights’ Residency will invite 7 playwrights from across Canada to participate in a 12-day playwriting retreat in Norris Point, Newfoundland. It will be headed by two National New Play Development Centres: Playwrights’ Workshop Montreal and le Centre des auteurs dramatiques (CEAD). These two institutions have been developing new plays for over 50 years and organizing residencies for over twenty years. This partnership makes it possible to welcome playwrights in a dual-lingual setting. English language playwrights are asked to apply through PWM and French language playwrights through the CEAD. Three artists will be selected from English language submissions, three from French language submissions. We are reserving the seventh selection for submissions from Newfoundland and Labrador.

A Place to Create

The seven selected playwrights will spend 12 days in April at the Bonne Bay Marine Station, writing, dreaming, sharing and creating exciting new plays for the Canadian and International stage. This residency will create lasting links between theatre artists from across the country and generate discussion around the work being created in Canada. The residency will be hosted by Emma Tibaldo, Artistic Director of PWM and a Dramaturg from the CEAD, to be named in late January. The Gros Morne Playwrights’ Residency will include transportation, accommodations, meals, an honorarium and dramaturgical support.

There are few places better equipped to welcome artists for a creative residency than the Bonne Bay Marine Station. It is located in a spectacular setting on Newfoundland’s breath-taking west coast, surrounded by Gros Morne National Park and within the vibrant community of Norris Point. The station is equipped with bedrooms, a kitchen, a small theatre, and places to sit and write. Tailor made for artistic residencies that inspire new work that can very well change the way we see the world.

The last two days of the residency is dedicated to sharing the work of the selected playwrights with invited students and faculty of Grenfell Campus-Memorial University. This will include readings and a symposium on contemporary theatre in Canada.

www.bonnebay.ca, www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/nl/grosmorne/index.aspx , www.grenfell.mun.ca/Pages/Grenfell-Campus.aspx

Residency Program

April 9, 2018
Travel to Norris Point (anyone departing West of Ontario will have to add a day to travel)

April 9 to 18, 2018
– Unstructured writing time at Bonne Bay Marine Station.
– Individual sessions with residency dramaturgs as requested by the playwright.
– Daily coming together of all participants to exchange on the process of work and the writing, based on the idea of a 5 à 7.

April 19-20, 2018
Readings and symposium with invited students and faculty of Grenfell Campus and the surrounding community of Norris Point

April 21, 2018
Travel to Deer Lake and departure for home.

Submission Guidelines
– proposal of a play in the early stages of development (first draft or slightly beyond);
– be available for the whole residency;
– be willing to participate in all activities prepared for the residency.

Submission package must include the following:
– a letter stating your interest in the residency;
– presentation of your project (maximum 1 page) with a 10 page excerpt of the play in process;
– a C.V. with a short biography (maximum 2 pages);
– a copy of your last play published, workshopped or produced.

Submission deadline is February 9, 2018 at 5pm

Please send English submission by email to: residency@playwrights.ca

Incomplete submissions will not be considered. Selection will be made by a committee set up by PWM and CEAD. We will only notify the selected applicants. This will be done on Monday, March 5, 2018.

For more information please contact Emma Tibaldo at emma@playwrights.ca.