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Board and Staff Changes at PWM

This past year, we have undergone many changes at PWM! We transitioned into a co-leadership structure between our Artistic Director, ...

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Building Your Grant Proposal with Jesse Stong

Application deadline: January 21st, 2022 If you have any questions, or need assistance with your application for Building Your Grant ...
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Impact Creation — Our year-in-review crossword puzzle!

A shining star in PWM’s seasonal tradition the Impact Creation - 2021 year-in-review crossword puzzle! This puzzle highlights how interconnected ...

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Playwrights’ Workshop Montréal Welcomes New Artistic Director Fatma Sarah Elkashef

After an extended leadership search, led by our board of directors and hiring committee, PWM is delighted to announce that ...

PWM+MAI Joint Support for Artists Featuring Jamila ‘Jai’ Joseph

Playwrights' Workshop Montréal and MAI (Montréal, Arts Interculturels) are thrilled to announce that the PWM + MAI Joint Support for ...
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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 ...

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 NOW: Script Analysis with Maureen Labonté

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This workshop will be held physically in accordance to PWM's COVID-19 safety procedures. Contact harris@playwrights.ca for any questions about ...
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2021-2022 PWM + MAI joint support for artists* interested in working with a dramaturg

Applications are now closed.

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Working Online: What We Learned

With the onset of COVID-19, Playwrights’ Workshop Montréal quickly shifted gears to move its operations online in order to maintain ...

Introducing the Cole Foundation Mentorship Emerging Translators

Playwrights' Workshop Montréal and The Cole Foundation are thrilled to announce the participants to this year's Cole Foundation Mentorship for ...

Tune in to the Young Creators Unit – Virtual Showcase 2021

Join us June 3-4 at 7 PM EST for our livestreamed Young Creators Unit showcase on YouTube — 2 exciting ...

APPLY NOW: Creating Object Theatre with La Pire Espèce

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Due to its hands-on approach, this workshop will be held physically in accordance to PWM's COVID-19 safety procedures. Contact ...
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Remembering Sharon Pollock

A week ago on April 22, Sharon Pollock, an oft-produced playwright who was known for works that explored Canadian history ...

Playwrights’ Workshop Montréal announces the upcoming departure of Executive & Artistic Director Emma Tibaldo

It is with gratitude for her dedication to the organization and the theatre community, that our Board of Directors announces ...

Our position against anti-Asian racism

Playwrights’ Workshop Montréal condemns anti-Asian systemic racism and all forms of racist violence against Asians, Asian-Americans, Asian-Canadians. Since the start ...

APPLY NOW: Building Your Grant Proposal with Jesse Stong

*UPDATE*
Application deadline extended until Friday April 23, 2021. Using innovative and interactive activities, Jesse Stong (Art educator / Playwright / ...

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Staged reading of Behaviour

Coming up March 20th and 21st 2021, join us for the staged reading of Behaviour, produced by Playwrights' Workshop Montréal ...

Digital Dramaturgy Initiative — Apply to the Montreal residency

Playwrights' Workshop Montréal is now accepting applications for a week-long residency, within the Digital Dramaturgy Initiative, to take place from ...

Introducing PWM+MAI joint support artist Tanha Gomes

Playwrights' Workshop Montréal and MAI (Montréal, Arts Interculturels) are thrilled to announce the inaugural season of PWM + MAI joint ...

APPLY NOW: CIRCUS — Writing in the In-Between with Andréane Leclerc

Note:
due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this workshop will take place remotely.
Contact harris@playwrights.ca for any questions about the workshop. ...

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APPLY NOW: Archipelago Dramaturgies — a world in process

Join us for a week-long, bilingual workshop of exploring dynamic practices with Jessie Mill and Katalin Trencsényi! “Every archipelagic thought ...
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Introducing AMPLIFIER artist Sylvia Cloutier

Playwrights' Workshop Montréal, LA SERRE — arts vivants, and the Conseil des arts de Montréal are thrilled to announce the ...
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Illustration of 2 characters carrying PWM from 2020 to 2021. This is the year-in-review crossword puzzle for the Impact Creation campaign.

Impact Creation — Our year-in-review crossword puzzle

Here is our gift to you, our community: a 2020 year-in-review PWM crossword puzzle! Every artist needs a home — ...

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Apply Now: Interdisciplinary Dramaturgy Lab

Note:
due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this workshop will take place remotely.
Contact harris@playwrights.ca for any questions about the workshop. ...

APPLY NOW: Writing the political through the personal with Carmen Aguirre

Note:
due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this workshop will take place remotely.
Contact harris@playwrights.ca for any questions about the workshop. ...