Play Submissions Canada | Alumnae Theatre
Play Submissions Canada | Alumnae Theatre
Play Submissions & Script Development Opportunities
Alumnae Theatre Company is located in Toronto, Canada and has been staging adventurous theatre for over 100 years.
FIREWORKS FALL 2022 - CALL FOR SCRIPTS
Submissions are welcome from:
Submission Criteria:
Playwrights will participate in the choosing of directors but cannot direct their own play TO APPLY: Send your script to: fireworks@alumnaetheatre.com Note in the subject heading: SCRIPT SUBMISSION 2022 Deadline: April 30, 2022 Timeline: June/Announcement of program July/Director selection August-September/Auditions/Rehearsals begin November/Performances |
Alumnae Theatre's
New Play Development Group All Active, Lifetime and Senior Supporting Members of the Alumnae Theatre are invited to join the New Play Development (NPD) group.
We’re a group of women playwrights and dramaturges, at all levels of experience, who meet once a month from September through June to read and share our work, give feedback to each other, and discuss script and playwriting issues. Partnering with directors, dramaturges, and actors, NPD organizes 3 annual showcases of new Canadian works:
Many NPD members submit plays to the New Ideas Festival, Alumnae Theatre’s juried 3-week festival of new short plays held each March, and to Alumnae’s FireWorks, which features 2 to 3 full production works each November. How to Join the New Play Development (NPD) Group
The NPD group comprises Active Members of the Alumnae Theatre Company. If you are not yet a member of the Alumnae, please join. For more information on participating and the meeting dates/times contact Ramona Baillie, the Committee Chair, at rbaillie@rogers.com. |
Mainstage Shows
The Main Stage plays are usually written by established playwrights. However, any playwright is welcome to submit his/her script to our programming chair at any time for consideration.
The Mainstage season programming process occurs between June and October each year, with a season usually announced in November or December. To Submit a Script for Mainstage Consideration: Contact our Programming Chair at: mainstage.programming@alumnaetheatre.com |
Writers' Intensive 2019 - Playwriting Masterclass with Colleen Murphy
September 14, 21 and 28, 2019 In this Writers' Intensive, students will work with Governor General Award Winning Canadian playwright, Colleen Murphy. This is NOT an introductory course, and is open to writers who are actively working on a play in development. Class Schedule: Saturday, Sept. 14, 21 and 28, 2019 9:30am - 12:30pm Location: Upper Trinity, Alumnae Theatre Company, 70 Berkeley Street, Toronto. Important Enrollment Info: This course is open to Members and Non-Members of Alumnae Theatre Company. Tuition: $100 for Members, $125 for Non-Members. Tuition is non-refundable. Enrolment: This masterclass is now SOLD OUT. About Colleen Murphy: Colleen Murphy is a playwright, filmmaker and librettist, born in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec and raised in Northern Ontario. Her play Pig Girl won the 2016 Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama as well as the 2014 Carol Bolt Award. The December Man / L’homme de décembre won the 2007 Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama, the CAA/Carol Bolt Award and the Enbridge Playwrights Award. Other plays include The Breathing Hole (short-listed for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize), The Society For The Destitute Presents Titus Bouffonius (winner of 6 Jessie Richardson Awards), I Hope My Heart Burns First, Armstrong’s War, The Goodnight Bird, Beating Heart Cadaver (shortlisted for a the 1999 Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama), The Piper, Down in Adoration Falling and All Other Destinations are Cancelled. Twice she won awards in the CBC Literary Competition for Fire- Engine Red and Pumpkin Eaters. Libretti include Oksana G., composed by Aaron Gervais for Tapestry Opera, and My Mouth On Your Heart, composed by August Murphy-King for Toy Piano Composers and Bicycle Opera, as well Tapestry Briefs, including Bring Me The Head Of Our President (c. August Murphy-King), Hydrophis Expedition (c. Benton Roark), The Snow Globe (c. Ian Cusson) and My Eyes Are Bright And Sparkly (c. Rene Orth) Her distinct, award-winning films have played in festivals around the world. They include Girl with Dog, Desire, Shoemaker and The Feeler. In 2010 and 2011, Colleen was the Canadian Playwright-in-Residence at Finborough Theatre in London, U.K. She has been Playwright-in-Residence at Necessary Angel Theatre and Factory Theatre in Toronto, as well Playwright-in-Residence at the University of Regina in 2006/7, the Mabel Pugh Taylor Writer-in-Residence at McMaster University in 2010, Writer-in-Residence at the University of Guelph in 2011, the Edna Staebler Laurier Writer-in-Residence at Wilfrid Laurier University in 2014, the Lee Playwright-in-Residence at the University of Alberta, 2014-2017, and Writer in Resident at the University of New Brunswick in 2018. She was awarded a Chalmers Fellowship and, most recently, a Canada Council New Chapter Grant to write a new play Geography of Fire / La Furie et sa géographie. |