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2022 Glassco Translation Residency

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Le Résidence de traduction Glassco à Tadoussac est organisée par Playwrights’ Workshop Montréal, en partenariat avec la Fondation Cole,et le soutien des amis et de la famille de Bill Glassco.

After making the difficult decision to cancel the Glassco Translation Residency in Tadoussac for our 2020 and 2021 seasons, PWM is excited to launch the call for the 2022 The Glassco Translation Residency!

Applications for this residency are now closed.

HOW TO APPLY

Please send us the following to residency@playwrights.ca:

  • A description (PDF, video or audio) of the project which includes:
    • The name of the translator and playwright; 
    • An indication of how the Residency will benefit the project including how being in physical proximity to the playwright might move the translation forward;
    • Any details on production interest;
    • A description of where you are in the translation process;
    • And whether you are interested in dramaturgical conversations around translations, including with other artists at the residency;
  • Biographies of both the playwright and translator;
  • Un exemplaire de la pièce dans sa langue originale.

Residency dates: June 5th-15th, 2022

Submission deadline: March 11th, 2022

Please email submissions (PDF format, 1 file only) to residency@playwrights.ca with the subject line: 2022 Glassco Translation Residency application.

If you have any questions, or need assistance with this application, please contact Heather Eaton at heather@playwrights.ca.

Plus d'information sur la Résidence de Traduction Glassco ici.

ABOUT THE GLASSCO TRANSLATION RESIDENCY

The Glassco Translation Residency invites playwrights and translators from across Canada and beyond to come together for ten days in Tadoussac, Quebec, to work in-depth on their translation 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 16 years we have offered space, time, and dramaturgical expertise to over 63 translation projects into languages such as Cantonese, Catalan, Cree, English, French, Innu-aimun, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Tamil, Tagalog and Urdu.

We’re pleased to welcome award-winning translator Maryse Warda, who will serve as translation dramaturg and residency co-host with Briony Glassco.

We are now accepting submissions of plays that are slated for translation. Please note that we do not fund the commission of the translation. The play should ideally have had a production in its original language. At least one component of the project needs to be Canadian.

Un des critères de sélection des projets est la possibilité pour l’auteur et son traducteur de participer ensemble, en même temps, à la résidence.

A vaccination passport will be required. Please let us know if you have a medical exemption and PWM will accommodate. 

An honorarium of $800 is offered to each participant. In addition, all costs for travel, meals and accommodation are covered.

PWM welcomes all applications to our programs. While recognizing that the identity of each person is fundamentally plural, multidimensional, changing and evolving, 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.

ACCESSIBILITY DETAILS

The house: The residency is in Tadoussac, Québec in an 18th century log home. There are 8 steps down to the entrance of the house. Each guest will have their own room with a writing area and there are multiple locations to write throughout the home. The bathrooms are shared. The bathrooms are not wheelchair accessible. For detailed information or to ask specific questions about the bathrooms, accommodations, or workspaces please email accessibility@playwrights.ca.

Travel: In order to arrive in Tadoussac, transportation is provided typically by train or airplane to Quebec City. From Quebec City, a three-hour taxi ride or a bus ride via Orleans Express (that crosses a ferry at one point) brings the participants to the house in Tadoussac. 

Meals: PWM hires a chef to make dinner each evening. Lunch and breakfast are on a self-serve basis.  PWM asks all participants their food needs ahead of time so that we can accommodate them. The meals are communal and social distancing is not possible.

Internet: Internet access is inconsistent inside the house but PWM is working on upgrading it for the 2022 residency. 

La Résidence de traduction Glassco à Tadoussac est rendue possible grâce à notre partenariat avec le Programme de Conversations Interculturelles de la Fondation Cole, au dévouement de la productrice de la résidence Briony Glassco, ainsi qu'aux donations à la mémoire du grand artiste théâtral canadien Bill Glassco. Nous sommes également reconnaissants envers le Conseil des arts du Canada, le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec et le Conseil des arts de Montréal pour leur soutien continu.

Supporters: The Cole Foundation, Friends and Family of Bill Glassco, The Canada Council for the Arts, Le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
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New Application Process for Dramaturgical Collaboration at PWM

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We are excited to introduce a new application process for Dramaturgical Collaboration to welcome artists and projects to PWM in our 2022-2023 season.

Thank you for your interest! Applications are now closed for our 2022-2023 season. Once we finalize our current season we will open applications for next year!

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You can apply for Dramaturgical Collaboration via the google form. Audio and video applications are also welcomed. Please forward audio or video applications to dramaturg@playwrights.ca.

We encourage you to familiarize yourself with Dramaturgy at PWM before submitting your application.

If you have any questions regarding accessibility, or require assistance with this application, please contact accessibility@playwrights.ca. For accessibility information and video tours of our location, please click here.

The application form will remain open year round, but a selection committee will be formed once a year to choose projects for the upcoming season. For best consideration for the 2022-2023 season (August 2022-June 2023) please submit a form by Feb 18th, 2022 at 11:59 PM. All applicants will receive a response by email in April 2022 informing them of the outcome of their application. We welcome individual playwright/creator(s) and collectives to apply. We welcome local and national applications. If you are a theatre company, please contact PWM’s Artistic Director at sarah@playwrights.ca to discuss Dramaturgical Collaborations. 

We are accepting applications for projects at any stage of development. It could be an idea, a first draft (in whatever form that may be), or a new iteration of a project that has already been shared. It could be a play, a performance, a digital work (for example: AR/VR, interactive game-based presentation, live or prerecorded virtual performance) or something hybrid in terms of language, discipline, or technology.

If you have any questions regarding application criteria, please contact dramaturg@playwrights.ca

About Dramaturgical Collaboration at PWM

Dramaturgical Collaboration at PWM will include Dramaturgical Conversation and may also include one or a combination of the following opportunities to be determined mutually by PWM and the playwright/creator(s) according to the needs of the project: Workshops, Résidences, Mentorships, and Public Readings. A glossary of these terms can be found ici.

PWM has numerous ongoing projects, including those delayed due to COVID-19 that the organization continues to be committed to. Therefore, at this time, PWM will be welcoming a limited number of new projects. In accordance with PWM’s strategic goals for outreach, we will continue to maintain the flexibility to reach out to playwrights/creator(s), and work that inspires us.

Le PWM s’engage à offrir un environnement où toutes les personnes sont traitées avec dignité et respect. Nous veillons constamment à rendre tous nos programmes accessibles. 

PWM welcomes all applicants to our programs. While recognizing that the identity of each person is fundamentally plural, multidimensional, changing and evolving, we strongly encourage applications from artists who are: Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, and Inuit), Black, POC, racialized (including recent immigrants), 2SLGBTQQIPAA+, d/Deaf, 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.

Application Form for Dramaturgical Collaboration at PWM

You can apply for Dramaturgical Collaboration via the google form. Audio and video applications are also welcomed. Please forward audio or video applications to dramaturg@playwrights.ca.

We encourage you to familiarize yourself with Dramaturgy at PWM before submitting the application.

Your proposal will not be sent until you click the SUBMIT button at the end of the application via the google form. You will be able to edit your responses until the application’s deadline by reusing the same email address and login.

The deadline to submit is February 18, 2022 at 11:59 PM. All applicants will receive a response by email in April 2022 informing them of the outcome of their application.

If you have any questions regarding accessibility, or require assistance with this application, please contact accessibility@playwrights.ca. For accessibility information and video tours of our location, please click here. If you have any questions regarding application criteria, please contact dramaturg@playwrights.ca.

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APPLY NOW: Experimentation in Digital Creation

Playwrights’ Workshop Montréal is introducing a new micro-residency program focusing on digital dramaturgy.

Applications are now closed.

Building upon months of online workshops, and various forms of digital theatrical experimentation, PWM is excited to introduce our new micro-residency program: Experimentation in Digital Creation!

This program is open to any theatre project that has digital elements to explore— whether the plan is to present them virtually, in-person, or disseminated in a hybrid-fashion (partly online and partly in-person).

We will be inviting selected artists from across Canada to experiment with us for 3 to 5 days, depending on the needs of their project. Residencies will take place at some point between January and August 2022.

Artists will will have access to our studio, equipment, and PWM’s dramaturgs— including digital dramaturgs and multi-media creators potatoCakes_digital, who are leading this exciting project!

Together, we will create a digital dramaturgy process centred on our resident artists and their exploratory questions. 

PWM promotes equity and encourages applicants to indicate if they self-identify as belonging to one or more equity priority groups: women, racialized persons, 2SLGBTQQIPAA+, Indigenous persons, refugees, recent and first-generation immigrants not belonging to the dominant cultures in their areas, d/Deaf persons, neurodivergent persons, disabled persons, emerging artists, persons living with chronic illness, persons living with chronic pain, if they feel comfortable doing so.

This program was created for folks who are interested in experimenting with new digital art forms. The projects are ideally in the early to mid-stages of development and are in a place to benefit from exploration with different tools and form.  

PWM is a versatile blackbox studio equipped with:

  • Video Equipment (Cameras, switcher, projectors)
  • VR equipment (Vive Pro2 & Oculus Quest 2)
  • Lighting
  • Podcasting microphones
  • Virtual conferencing
  • Greenscreen
  • Other equipment will be sourced by PWM depending on each project’s individual needs

For our full tech rider and available equipment, click ici.

Given the knowledge-sharing component of this initiative, prospective participants should be aware that there will be documentation of the digital dramaturgical process that will be shared publicly on our website.

APPLICATION PROCESS

To apply, please complete the online application form. During the application process, you will be asked to include the following:

  • A description of the project (max. 500 words);
  • An artistic statement in relation to the integration of digital tools;
  • The names of the project’s collaborators, and their creative disciplines;
  • The stage of the work in progress;
  • Your dramaturgical questions being investigated, or what you are investigating;
  • The technologies you are presently using for the project (if any);
  • The technologies you wish you had access to for this project (if known);
  • The knowledge gaps (if you know them) in relation to transforming the work to a digital platform;
  • Any documentation you deem appropriate to the project, sending video files as links.

Audio or video applications are welcomed.

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Young Creators Unit 2021-22: Now Open For Applications!

Playwrights’ Workshop Montréal is excited to once again be calling for all emerging storytellers under the age of 30 to apply for our YOUNG CREATORS UNIT (YCU)

Applications are open to new and emerging artists. Participants will receive a customized work plan that includes bi-weekly workshops, one-on-one mentorship, grant writing support, and networking opportunities.

PWM strongly encourages applications from Indigenous artists (First Nations, Métis, and Inuit), racialized artists (including racialized recent immigrants), members of the 2SLGBTQQIPAA+ communities, Deaf artists, disabled artists, neurodivergent artists, and artists living with chronic illness and/or chronic pain. For questions about accessibility, please contact Jesse Stong at accessibility@playwrights.ca.

Due to the current circumstances of the pandemic, the YCU will only be supporting a maximum of 10 artists*, with a program that will start in October online (over Zoom), and then hopefully shift into smaller live groups/workshops. Group workshops will take place bi-weekly on TUESDAYS FROM 2PM-5PM. The program will run from October 19th 2021 to May 20th 2022  

*Because we only have limited spots this year, please only apply if you are available for this weekly timeslot, and committed to your project/attendance/participation.

how to apply

Send a one-page application to jesse@playwrights.ca by October 9, 2021. You will receive a response by October 12, 2021.

Your application should include:

  • A brief bio of yourself, and your experience (if any) as a storyteller/creator.
  • A brief description of the work you would like to develop, or a list of some ideas.
  • One paragraph on why you would like to join the unit, and what you hope to get out of it.


Please email jesse@playwrights.ca with any additional questions, or for support with the application if needed. 

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APPLY NOW: Script Analysis with Maureen Labonté

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This workshop will be held physically in accordance to le Protocol sanitaire COVID-19 de PWM. Contactez harris@playwrights.ca pour toutes questions sur l'atelier.

This five-day workshop led by Maureen Labonté is an introduction to a script analysis method based on the belief that it is of supreme importance to take the time to read and analyze the play text well, and know it thoroughly before jumping to interpretation. 

It is essential to take the time to dig, to investigate, to question and to ponder what the playwright wrote before jumping to conclusions or interpretation. Maureen uses the term “archeological” to describe it. This investigative work is fundamental to a sound and imaginative take on the work. It is objective and detailed, but also visceral.

Participants will have the chance to : 

  • Learn how to slow down, be curious and enjoy discovering what makes the play work, what is really there versus what you might think is there or what you want to be there. It’s a way to free the imagination.
  • Put opinion on hold, at least temporarily, and grapple with what the playwright has put on the page. Cultivate curiosity and a spirit of inquiry. 
  • Develop a spirit of investigation. Learn to ask good questions in order to get at the mystery that’s at the heart of the script and discover its beauty, magic, musicality, passion
  • And finally, after a detailed analysis (micro) learn how to pull back (up) in order to arrive at a synthesis of your discoveries (macro) and move into pre-production and eventually the rehearsal hall and the stage. 

“The vision of a great play is inextricably bound up with the exact words of the text.”

Robert Benedetti

Calendrier :

(5-day workshop)

Session 1: Monday, November 8th, 2021 10AM to 2PM

Session 2: Tuesday, November 9th, 2021
1PM to 5PM

Session 3: Wednesday, November 10th, 2021
10AM to 2PM

Session 4: Thursday, November 11th, 2021
10AM-2PM

Session 5: Friday, November 12th, 2021
10AM-2PM

Possibility of an extra 2-hour session on Saturday, November 13th, 2021.

NOTE: Participants will be assigned a play to read between the first and second sessions. This assignment is mandatory and central to the workshop.

Lieu :

Studio de PWM
7250 rue Clark, #103
Montreal, QC
H2R 2Y3

Comment postuler

  • Veuillez nous envoyer une biographie et/ou un CV artistique ainsi qu'un court texte (1-2 paragraphes) expliquant votre intérêt pour l’atelier ainsi que sa pertinence vis-à-vis de votre pratique artistique.
  • The workshop is open to playwrights, dramaturges and other theatre creators with some professional experience.
  • Envoyez les candidatures et vos questions à harris@playwrights.ca with the subject line: Exploring Practice with Maureen Labonté.

Apply before 1PM EST on October 4th, 2021 to ensure that your application will be considered.

À propos de l’animateur de l’atelier

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Maureen Labonté is a translator, dramaturg and teacher. She has translated over forty Quebec plays into English. And Slowly Beauty (Talonbooks) her translation of Lentement la beauté by Quebec City playwright, Michel Nadeau, was a finalist for the 2014 Governor General’s Literary Award in Translation.

Maureen has worked as a dramaturg and coordinated play development programs in theatres and play development centres across the country. She was the Co-Director of the Playwrights’ Lab at the Banff Center for the Arts from 2006 to 2012 and has taught at the National Theatre School of Canada since the mid-90’s.

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2021-2022 PWM + MAI joint support for artists* interested in working with a dramaturg

Applications are now closed.

Abonnez-vous à notre infolettre to stay updated about our latest initiatives.

The Artist

Le Playwrights' Workshop Montréal et MAI (Montréal, Arts Interculturels) sont heureux d’annoncer que le Soutien conjoint aux artistes du PWM et du MAI sera offert à Jamila « Jai » Joseph pour son œuvre Wild Roots!

Learn more about Jamila and her project ici.

The call

IMPORTANT:
Les candidats peuvent postuler à plus d’un programme de partenariat au Playwrights’ Workshop Montréal, mais ne peuvent être bénéficiaires que d’un seul programme de partenariat.

Playwrights’ Workshop Montréal est une organisation faisant partie de la minorité linguistique anglophone. La collaboration de l’artiste avec le.la conseiller.ère dramaturgique se fera donc en anglais. La candidature doit être complétée en anglais.

Artists who have already applied to the MAI’s artist support program Alliance can also apply to this partnership program, but CAN ONLY BE THE RECIPIENT OF ONE MAI ALLIANCE ALLOCATION AT A TIME.
Nous sommes ravis d'annoncer que le PLAYWRIGHTS’ WORKSHOP MONTRÉAL ET LE MAI (MONTRÉAL, ARTS INTERCULTURELS) have joined forces again to Bring back our joint support program for artistes* intéressé.e.s par une collaboration avec un.e conseiller.ère dramaturgique ! 

The following artists are eligible to submit proposals: Indigenous artists (First Nations, Métis, and Inuit), racialized artists (including racialized recent immigrants), members of the 2SLGBTQQIPAA+ communities, Deaf artists, disabled artists, neurodivergent artists, and artists living with chronic illness and/or chronic pain.

*Nous acceptons les candidatures d'artistes de théâtre, de performance, de danse, de cirque, d'arts interdisciplinaires et des arts visuels (avec une composante performative) s'ils souhaitent collaborer avec un.e conseiller.ère dramaturgique de théâtre et de performance.

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Playwrights’ Workshop Montréal (PWM) est un centre national de développement théâtral et scénique dirigé par une équipe de conseiller.ère.s dramaturgiques et d’administrateurs culturels. Si l'écriture dramatique est au cœur de ce que nous faisons depuis plus de 50 ans, notre travail s'efforce désormais d'inclure des créations interdisciplinaires. En plus de promouvoir les collaborations entre diverses traditions artistiques, nous nous engageons fermement à soutenir des œuvres reflétant un large éventail d’identités culturelles et d’expériences vécues. 

Accueillant entre 10 et 15 artistes, collectifs et compagnies par an, Alliance est un programme de soutien aux artistes unique en son genre visant à éliminer les obstacles systémiques et structurels qui font barrage à leur pleine participation aux arts. Quels que soient leurs champs artistiques, Alliance offre aux participant.es une allocation de fonds et un accompagnement sur mesure, modulables en fonction des besoins et des désirs d’apprentissage et de création de chacun.e d’entre eux. 

Qu'est-ce que la dramaturgie, et que faisons-nous? 

La dramaturgie est une exploration de tous les éléments composant une œuvre, de la manière dont ils sont réunis pour créer du sens, et du processus de développement de cette œuvre. PWM travaille principalement sur des projets centrés sur le texte et la narration, mais aussi sur des pièces où le texte et la narration ne sont pas les principales composantes ou préoccupations.

Le travail de PWM est centré sur l’artiste et notre processus de collaboration dynamique est conçu pour répondre aux besoins de leur projet. Nous écoutons attentivement pour comprendre l'identité d'un.e artiste, ce qu'il.elle fait et comment il.elle souhaite poursuivre son travail. Nous offrons commentaires et retours à travers de nombreuses questions et conversations, et accompagnons souvent les artistes d'ébauche en ébauche ou d'itération en itération. Nous travaillons en tête-à-tête, mais aussi au travers d'ateliers et de résidences.

PWM understands that the work of playwriting and performance making is not created in a vacuum, but that it interacts with society. Theatre can be impactful, and therefore PWM considers not only how a piece is made and by whom, but also its effect and meaning beyond the walls of its creation studio.

Référez-vous au Guide de l'artiste (PDF, en anglais) pour plus de détails sur ce que comprend ce partenariat conjoint, les critères d'admissibilité et autres conditions.

BOÎTE À OUTILS

Guide de l'artiste (PDF, en anglais)

Les allocations du MAI : fonctionnement (PDF)

Alliance’s intercultural vision (PDF)

Exemple de budget (EXCEL, en anglais)

SOUTIEN FOURNI

Aide personnalisée à la coordination de projet

Allocation de fonds de 5 000$ (pour plus d'informations, reportez-vous au document «Les allocations du MAI : fonctionnement»)

Opportunités de formation et de réflexion en collectif

Accès aux studios de répétition du MAI

30 hours with a dramaturg, including a 20-hour residency

L'accompagnement jumelé pour artistes* intéressé.e.s par une collaboration avec un.e conseiller.ère dramaturgique n'est pas un programme de subventions. It offers an allocation of funds  ($5,000) for the artists to establish mentorships and collaborations, supporting their learning and creation process (for example, to work with a mentor, a sound designer, a choreographer, a grant writer, or other experts and collaborators). Please see the toolbox’s document ‘Les allocations du MAI : fonctionnement» pour plus d'informations sur ce qui est éligible et inéligible.

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