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Alumnae Theatre Company is located in Toronto, Ontario Canada and has been staging adventurous theatre for over 100 years.
Call for Directors
FireWorks 2022
Hallelujah! Alumnae Theatre reopens for live performance on January 26, 2021, with a brand new FireWorks production to blow away the Covid blues--MIXED DOUBLES--a 21st century farce by Ottawa’s Kate Jaimet.
It’s all about the leaky roof, a down-at-heels tennis club facing ruin, and a mixed doubles tournament that turns into a contest of gender-bending disguises. Generations collide and hilarity ensues.
4 women, 4 men.
To apply: send your resume by September 20 to
fireworks@alumnaetheatre.com
In the subject heading put 2022 Call for Directors
If selected for an interview, you will be given access to the script and asked to prepare a detailed outline of your vision for the production.
Note: Because it is a FireWorks show, dramaturgy will continue right through production, and the writer will be part of the process. Alumnae is a non-professional theatre, committed to the highest standards of performance and production and diversity among artists. Casting/rehearsals begin November. Production in the Mainstage Theatre.
FireWorks 2022
Hallelujah! Alumnae Theatre reopens for live performance on January 26, 2021, with a brand new FireWorks production to blow away the Covid blues--MIXED DOUBLES--a 21st century farce by Ottawa’s Kate Jaimet.
It’s all about the leaky roof, a down-at-heels tennis club facing ruin, and a mixed doubles tournament that turns into a contest of gender-bending disguises. Generations collide and hilarity ensues.
4 women, 4 men.
To apply: send your resume by September 20 to
fireworks@alumnaetheatre.com
In the subject heading put 2022 Call for Directors
If selected for an interview, you will be given access to the script and asked to prepare a detailed outline of your vision for the production.
Note: Because it is a FireWorks show, dramaturgy will continue right through production, and the writer will be part of the process. Alumnae is a non-professional theatre, committed to the highest standards of performance and production and diversity among artists. Casting/rehearsals begin November. Production in the Mainstage Theatre.
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 |
