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Alumnae Theatre Company is located in Toronto, Ontario Canada and has been staging adventurous theatre for over 100 years.
Past Directors' Call
FireWorks Festival 2020
Three daring new plays by young women playwrights.
FOR LOVE OR MONEY
by Kate Jaimet
November 11-15, 2020
It’s all about the leaky roof. A down-at-heels tennis club faces ruin as a Baby-Boomer donor, enraged by her husband’s roving eye, threatens to take her money and go. The young intern (unpaid) and her boyfriend (the unwitting cause of this rift) devise a wild scheme to rescue the club, the donor’s marriage, and the intern’s job prospects. Hilarity ensues. Generations collide. Disguises run amok in this outrageous 21st century farce.
3 women, 4 men
THE RULES OF THE GAME
by Christi Dos Santos-Wing
November 18-22, 2020
It’s 2014 and Oil is King!
Riding the crest of the wave, an upstart public relations firm takes on two new hires. Colby, in flight from the failure of her academic hopes, and Dani, street-smart and no stranger to the corporate world, forge an unlikely alliance as they navigate a volatile workplace.
Then, overnight, the oil industry implodes. Their world is upended, their livelihoods put at risk, their friendship sorely tested. And questions around a disturbing and ambiguous encounter can no longer be ignored.
6 women
HARBOUR
by Liz Appel
November 25-29, 2020
Who is she? That girl in the field, alone, silent, wounded. Is she a refugee? A terrorist? A messenger? To be rescued or destroyed? The answer will shape the lives of an ordinary family confronting a post-apocalyptic world in which nothing is familiar or predictable, every action potentially dangerous. In this unchartered landscape, boundaries break down—between people, culture and language.
3 women, 1 man
FireWorks Festival 2020 runs from November 11 to 29, 2020, in the Alumnae Theatre Studio, with performances Wednesday to Sunday, (2 performances on Saturday).
FireWorks Festival 2020
Three daring new plays by young women playwrights.
FOR LOVE OR MONEY
by Kate Jaimet
November 11-15, 2020
It’s all about the leaky roof. A down-at-heels tennis club faces ruin as a Baby-Boomer donor, enraged by her husband’s roving eye, threatens to take her money and go. The young intern (unpaid) and her boyfriend (the unwitting cause of this rift) devise a wild scheme to rescue the club, the donor’s marriage, and the intern’s job prospects. Hilarity ensues. Generations collide. Disguises run amok in this outrageous 21st century farce.
3 women, 4 men
THE RULES OF THE GAME
by Christi Dos Santos-Wing
November 18-22, 2020
It’s 2014 and Oil is King!
Riding the crest of the wave, an upstart public relations firm takes on two new hires. Colby, in flight from the failure of her academic hopes, and Dani, street-smart and no stranger to the corporate world, forge an unlikely alliance as they navigate a volatile workplace.
Then, overnight, the oil industry implodes. Their world is upended, their livelihoods put at risk, their friendship sorely tested. And questions around a disturbing and ambiguous encounter can no longer be ignored.
6 women
HARBOUR
by Liz Appel
November 25-29, 2020
Who is she? That girl in the field, alone, silent, wounded. Is she a refugee? A terrorist? A messenger? To be rescued or destroyed? The answer will shape the lives of an ordinary family confronting a post-apocalyptic world in which nothing is familiar or predictable, every action potentially dangerous. In this unchartered landscape, boundaries break down—between people, culture and language.
3 women, 1 man
FireWorks Festival 2020 runs from November 11 to 29, 2020, in the Alumnae Theatre Studio, with performances Wednesday to Sunday, (2 performances on Saturday).
General outline of Directing opportunities at Alumnae Theatre:
They are all volunteer opportunities.
Calls and timelines for these opportunities vary each year.
Toronto's Alumnae Theatre Company puts out calls for Theatre Directors.
Please keep checking back here for details of these Theatre Directing opportunities.
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1) Open to both Non-Members & Alumnae Members
New Ideas Festival (staged in March)
Call for Directors for the New Ideas Festival is usually in September/October.
Alumnae Theatre Company invites non-union Directors to apply to direct one of the many plays (running time 10 to 40 minutes) for New Ideas Festival (NIF). This juried festival of new plays, works-in-progress, and experimental theatre is performed in March.
FireWorks Festival (staged in Nov.)
Call for Directors for the FireWorks Festival is usually in April.
FireWorks is a development festival, dramaturgy will continue right through production, and the writer will be part of the process.
Casting/rehearsals begin September. Alumnae is a non-professional theatre, committed to the highest standards of performance and production and diversity among artists. Performed in the Alumnae Theatre Studio - there are usually 2-3 new plays as part of the Festival.
Each play runs for one week, Wednesday to Sunday, with two performances on Saturday.
__________
2) Open to Alumnae Members:
3 Mainstage Shows (staged in Sept/Oct, Jan/Feb, April/May)
Call for Director/Producer Pitches and/or Pitch-a-Package for Mainstage shows are usually in September.
At that time, the Alumnae Mainstage Programming Committee seeks submissions from members and member teams:
Options for Directors or Director/Producer teams:
1. Pitch to direct a play from our shortlist of plays (Directors may pitch for more than one play)
2. Pitch to direct a play of your choosing that fits our criteria
3. Do both!
Are you a Director who is interested in pitching a play about which you are passionate?
Are you able to form a Director/Producer team (Designers and SM's) with other Alumnae members?
Are you a solo Producer interested in producing one of the plays on our shortlist?
__________
Write Now! Challenge (staged in Oct.)
Call for Directors who are Active Alumnae Members, for the Write Now! Challenge is usually in September/October.
The Write Now! Challenge is an Alumnae New Play Development Group event for it's group members to write a 10 minute play - over a weekend - based on a mystery subject.
Each play gets assigned a Director and it is presented, as a reading, a week later in the Alumnae Studio Theatre, usually on on a Sunday.
Audience is invited, and there's free admission.
There is typically one rehearsal.
__________
Big Ideas Festival of Readings (staged in May)
Call for Directors who are Active Alumnae Members, for the Big Ideas Festival is usually in November/December.
At that time, the Alumnae's New Play Development Group seeks experienced Directors to connect with Playwrights for our ‘Big Ideas’ play reading week of new works, which runs May.
They are all volunteer opportunities.
Calls and timelines for these opportunities vary each year.
Toronto's Alumnae Theatre Company puts out calls for Theatre Directors.
Please keep checking back here for details of these Theatre Directing opportunities.
__________
1) Open to both Non-Members & Alumnae Members
New Ideas Festival (staged in March)
Call for Directors for the New Ideas Festival is usually in September/October.
Alumnae Theatre Company invites non-union Directors to apply to direct one of the many plays (running time 10 to 40 minutes) for New Ideas Festival (NIF). This juried festival of new plays, works-in-progress, and experimental theatre is performed in March.
FireWorks Festival (staged in Nov.)
Call for Directors for the FireWorks Festival is usually in April.
FireWorks is a development festival, dramaturgy will continue right through production, and the writer will be part of the process.
Casting/rehearsals begin September. Alumnae is a non-professional theatre, committed to the highest standards of performance and production and diversity among artists. Performed in the Alumnae Theatre Studio - there are usually 2-3 new plays as part of the Festival.
Each play runs for one week, Wednesday to Sunday, with two performances on Saturday.
__________
2) Open to Alumnae Members:
3 Mainstage Shows (staged in Sept/Oct, Jan/Feb, April/May)
Call for Director/Producer Pitches and/or Pitch-a-Package for Mainstage shows are usually in September.
At that time, the Alumnae Mainstage Programming Committee seeks submissions from members and member teams:
Options for Directors or Director/Producer teams:
1. Pitch to direct a play from our shortlist of plays (Directors may pitch for more than one play)
2. Pitch to direct a play of your choosing that fits our criteria
3. Do both!
Are you a Director who is interested in pitching a play about which you are passionate?
Are you able to form a Director/Producer team (Designers and SM's) with other Alumnae members?
Are you a solo Producer interested in producing one of the plays on our shortlist?
__________
Write Now! Challenge (staged in Oct.)
Call for Directors who are Active Alumnae Members, for the Write Now! Challenge is usually in September/October.
The Write Now! Challenge is an Alumnae New Play Development Group event for it's group members to write a 10 minute play - over a weekend - based on a mystery subject.
Each play gets assigned a Director and it is presented, as a reading, a week later in the Alumnae Studio Theatre, usually on on a Sunday.
Audience is invited, and there's free admission.
There is typically one rehearsal.
__________
Big Ideas Festival of Readings (staged in May)
Call for Directors who are Active Alumnae Members, for the Big Ideas Festival is usually in November/December.
At that time, the Alumnae's New Play Development Group seeks experienced Directors to connect with Playwrights for our ‘Big Ideas’ play reading week of new works, which runs May.
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Past Directors' Call
Alumnae Theatre Company’s New Ideas Festival (NIF) is an annual, three-week juried festival of new plays, works-in-progress and experimental theatre. Traditionally, each week has a different program.
We are looking for emerging and new directors who have enthusiasm and a willingness to work collaboratively with playwrights, actors, and producers to bring these new works to the stage. Please note: this Directors' Call is now filled. Mandatory dates
NIF does not pay fees, royalties, or a box office share to participants. Alumnae Theatre Company retains creative discretion over the festival as a whole. The focus of the festival is script development, so technical requirements for the plays are kept to a minimum |
