Job Posting: Communications Officer, English Theatre, The National Centre for the Arts

CLOSING DATE: June 8, 2008
DEPARTMENT: Marketing
HOURS: 35 hours per week
SALARY: $51,500 to $67,000 annually

SUMMARY OF DUTIES
The Marketing Department of the National Arts Centre is currently seeking an energetic and highly motivated
individual to join our Team. As a senior member of the marketing and communications team, you will be
responsible for developing and implementing a strategic communications plan for NAC English Theatre programs and initiatives under the artistic direction of Peter Hinton. You will be responsible for all communications materials and initiatives for English Theatre with a focus on media relations and
audience development. In your day-to-day work, you will work closely with the English Theatre Marketing
Officer and Associate Marketing Officer. You will also work with other marketing staff on crossdisciplinary
communications projects.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Master’s degree in Communications, Journalism, or Theatre and five to eight years of relevant experience
• Superior English language communications skills, particularly in a written capacity (both writing and editing)
• Strong knowledge of the performing arts in general and theatre in particular
• Direct experience in working with journalists and the media, both regionally, nationally and internationally
• Experience both working on and leading teams
• Demonstrate initiative and sound judgement
• Ability to prioritize with quick and efficient decision making and to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment as part of a very busy team environment
• Fluently bilingual in both official languages

Please forward a cover letter along with your resume quoting the competition number 109-MAY-0708, no
later than June 8, 2008 to the NAC Human Resources Department.
E-MAIL: resume@nac-cna.ca
FAX: 613-943-1402
WEBSITE : www.nac-cna.ca
Please note that this competition may also create a priority list for future staffing needs in regard to this
position.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Auditions: King Lear, Hart House Theatre

Hart House Theatre is now accepting submissions for its October 2008 production of William Shakespeare’s 
KING LEAR
 Directed by: Jeremy Hutton

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To request an audition, please email your headshot and resume to the attention of the Production Manager, Doug Floyd at 
auditions@harthousetheatre.ca.

Deadline for submissions: Monday June 9th, 2008
 (early submissions are encouraged). 

Only those contacted for an audition will be seen.

Audition dates – June 15 – 17, 2008
. The non-equity, non-paying production runs October 1-18, 2008.

The auditions will be held at Hart House: 7 Hart House Circle, University of Toronto

Hart House Theatre, established in 1919, is the University of Toronto’s Performing Arts Leader. Since its inception, the theatre’s unique mix of young professionals, alumni, and students has garnered the theatre a reputation as not only a cultural destination for the U of T community but one for all of Toronto.

 www.harthousetheatre.ca

Workshop: Summer International Writing Workshop, Aluna Theatre

INTERESTED IN WRITING FOR ALTERNATIVE, PRESENTATIONAL, AND POLITICAL THEATRE?

JOIN ALUNA THEATRE’S SUMMER INTERNATIONAL WRITING WORKSHOP NEW DATES JULY 2nd-6th

Learn from Carlos Satizabal, playwright and director at our partner company in Bogotá, the Corporacion Colombiana de Teatro, one of the most successful alternative and political theatres in Latin America. The Corporacion’s approach to theatre has been developed over thirty years of intense dedication to the exploration of the process of creation and presentation of a contemporary theatre that is socially committed to change.

Some of their most important theatrical investigations have emerged from their work with the ‘desplazados’: people from communities displaced by the war in Colombia. In this theatre of presentation, the personal experience is transformed into matter for public dialogue through performance. These have inspired many successful productions that have toured internationally, including the RAP OPERA, which was selected by Eugenio Barba to participate in the Transit Festival at the Odin Teatret in Denmark.

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE: This intercultural 30 hour workshop is geared toward writers of all levels of experience, performers, or artistic personalities who wish to create their own work, acquire tools and techniques to generate material, and learn alternative dramaturgical approaches to text that can be applied to any performance style. You will learn to explore ‘process’ through a series of hands-on exercises used in collective creation and presentational theatre, using memory to explore and create characters, circumstances, a chain of actions, transforming the individual into politics. Participants are encouraged to write in their language of preference.

Carlos Satizabal has taught his popular workshops all over the world, including his extensive work on “body memory” which has taken him to Chiapas, Switzerland, Brussels, Barcelona, Denmark, Havana, Brazil and others. He also teaches writing at the film department of La Universidad Nacional de Colombia.

DATES : Fri July 4, Sat July 5, Sun July 6, Mon July 7, Tues July 8, Wed July 9
Weekdays from 6:30 pm-10:30 pm and Sat and Sunday from 10 am.-5pm. (with lunch break). The workshop will take place in TORONTO, location tba.

TO REGISTER : the total cost of the workshop is $300. Please email alunatheatre@gmail.com and send a cheque or money order for $200 (non-refundable deposit) to Aluna Theatre. You must register by June 20th.

Event: Invitation to The Glass Box, Magnetic North Theatre Festival

The Glass Box Work-in-Progress Presentation an “off-event” at the Magnetic North Theatre Festival
Sunday June 8, 2 pm Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver

Admission: Free Performance followed by discussion and reception

Written collaboratively by the cast and director
Directed by Jan Derbyshire
Starring Kyla Harris, Watson Moy, Susanna Uchatius
a Theatre Terrific Society production

The Glass Box is a pastiche of sketch comedy, dramatic scenes, dance and exciting, climactic monologues exploring the fact and fiction around the themes of sex and disability. Inspired by the true life and sex stories of the performers. The Glass Box blends and refracts the experiences and perceptions of three disparate, sexually active people: a 55 year-old, straight, able-bodied woman, on the verge of a latent but powerful sexual awakening, a 23 year-old woman in a wheelchair, in full ownership of her bisexuality and a 38 year old Down Syndrome man who has a fully satisfying, albeit solo, sex life. The Glass Box is a transparent, reflective and hilarious romp that will challenge ideas and beliefs of what it is to be a sexual being.

The Glass Box originated in the photography project “Access Sex”, a collaboration between visual artist Kyla Harris and photographer Sarah Murray. The show focused on one woman’s intimate exploration of her disability in relation to sexuality and was selected for the Abilities Arts Festival in Toronto in 2007 where it received rave reviews. Kyla lives and works as a quadriplegic and performs in The Glass Box. She is joined by Theatre Terrific Artistic Director Susanna Uchatius, and Watson Moy, who previously performed in the Theatre Terrific production doGs. The Glass Box is directed and dramaturged by Jan Derbyshire. Established in 1985, Theatre Terrific is an award-winning theatre company that promotes a world where artists with disabilities are heard, seen, challenged and respected. For more information see www.theatreterrific.ca.

Presented with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, Magnetic North Theatre Festival and the Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre.

Contact: Cathy McDonald
General Manager
604 222-4020
info@theatreterrific.ca
www.theatreterrific.ca

Call for Submissions: 2008 Siminovitch Prize, BMO Financial Group

Jury Announced for 2008 Siminovitch Prize in Theatre – 
Deadline for playwright nominations fast approaching

BMO Financial Group today announced the members of this year’s jury for the 2008 Elinore & Lou Siminovitch Prize in Theatre celebrating playwrights. The distinguished panel of theatre experts will select this year’s recipient of the $100,000 prize – the largest prize in Canadian theatre.

Canada’s largest annual theatre arts award, the 2008 Siminovitch Prize in Theatre will be given to a professional playwright who advances Canadian theatre through a body of work achieved in recent years, while influencing and inspiring younger theatre artists. Completed nominations must be submitted no later than 5pm on Wednesday, June 4, 2008.

Click here to learn more or download the nomination form.

www.siminovitchprize.com

Announcement: Second City Fundraises in Support of Equity Show Case Theatre, Equity Show Case

SECOND CITY FUNDRAISES IN SUPPORT OF EQUITY SHOWCASE THEATRE

Toronto, May 22 – Second City, the world’s greatest comedy theatre that launched the careers of countless comedic actors, will donate its Monday June 16th box office sales of its Go Ahead, Make My Monday Revue to Equity Showcase Theatre.

“This fundraiser is just the beginning of the kind of community support we’ve been harnessing. Numerous people and organizations have stepped forward and we are very grateful to all of them” says Maria Costa, Board President of EST. Several other fundraisers are already underway for the coming months as EST restructures and repositions itself within the arts community.

Go Ahead Make My Monday is a revue featuring the best scenes and songs from Second City’s history. Doors open at 7pm. Show starts at 8pm. Tickets for this special benefit performance are $ 20 and are available on-line at http://www.secondcity.com or at the Second City Box Office at 51 Mercer St. Toronto.

Following the benefit at 10pm is The Workshop, hosted by Bruce Hunter, where novice and veteran improvisers explore the nuances and possibilities of scenes through Bruce’s expert and sometimes twisted direction. PWYC.

For ticket inquires and group sales, please contact Second City:
416-343-0011 or toll free 1-800-263-4485

Job Posting: Corporate Development Manager, The Corporation of Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall

The Corporation of Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall (www.roythomson.com) is a registered charitable not-for-profit organization operating two of Canada’s premier concert halls. The Corporation was established in 1983 to manage both Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall. Founded on the legacy of Massey Hall’s central role in the vitality of Toronto’s cultural life, the present Corporation’s mission is to present a diverse schedule of Canadian and international performing artists of the highest quality from classical and jazz to lectures, world music and dance, and rock. Over 400 artistic productions are produced, marketed, and staged at the Halls every year. Roy Thomson Hall is home to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the gala screenings of the Toronto International Film Festival as well as being the venue of choice for numerous corporate and private functions.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION
We are currently looking for a full-time Corporate Development Manager. Reporting to the Director of Marketing and Development, the Corporate Development Manager is responsible for building a broad base of corporate support through venue, program and performance sponsorships. The position requires a flair for sponsorship sales as well as attention to servicing, donor systems, and budgetary control.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintain effective relationships with current sponsors while developing and implementing creative strategies to sell new sponsorships
• Customize and/or create sponsorship proposals to current sponsors and prospects
• Ensure proper recognition in all marketing vehicles
• Develop annual budgets for sponsorship program and ensure qualitative and quantitative objectives are met
• Work with Board members, and other volunteers and senior management in cultivation and solicitation of sponsors and corporate/foundation donors
• Work with all other departments: Programming (artist bookings), Box office (ticketing), Operations (events, sponsor servicing), Bookings and Rentals (corporate clients)
• Ensure database accuracy on integrated ticketing/development database (Paciolan)
• Manages annual gala

QUALIFICATIONS

• University degree
• Knowledge of music and artists
• Minimum 3 years experience in either marketing or development in arts/entertainment sector
• A proven track record selling and servicing sponsorships
• Superior written and oral communication skills
• Strong relationship managements skills with sponsors, donors, volunteers and staff
• Proficient with databases and Microsoft Office
• Ability to work concert evenings and weekends

Application Deadline: June 6, 2008

Please forward your resume and cover letter by fax or email to:

Human Resources Manager
The Corporation of Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall
60 Simcoe St. Toronto, ON M5J 2H5
Email: careers@rth-mh.com Fax 416-593-4224

We thank all applicants for their interest in this position. Please note that only applicants granted an interview will be acknowledged. No phone calls please.

Workshop: Summer Theatre Intensive for Adults, Theatre Ontario

Our week-long, August 10 to 17, 2008,  residential theatre courses give you an opportunity to learn something new, or brush up on your existing skills. The price includes accommodation and meals, and each class will also attend a production at the Shaw Festival.

The courses are held in St. Catharines on the campus of Brock University. In 2008, we are offering the following courses:

• Unpacking Acting: The Ins And Outs, The Ups And Downs Of Movement And Text, with Glenys McQueen-Fuentes & Terry Tweed
• Breaking It Down And Standing It Up – Directing, with Peter Feldman
• Hot Scenes: Scene Study For The Practiced Actor, with Brenda Kamino
• What’s Behind The Mask? Mask Design, Building And Performing, with Teodoro Dragonieri
• Make The Walls Talk—Set Design For The New And Experienced, with David Vivian
• Playwriting Master Class, with Allan Stratton

We have been offering our summer courses for over thirty years. Each course is taught by professionals and offers a unique training experience. If you have any questions about this program, please visit www.theatreontario.org or contact Cornelia Persich at 416.408.4556 x.10 for a brochure.

Theatre Ontario provides theatre practitioners throughout Ontario with training and information to enhance and support their art form.

Workshop: Theatre Camp for Youth 14-18, Theatre Ontario

Spend a week (August 10 to 16, 2008) at Theatre Ontario’s residential camp in St. Catharines and learn new skills. Share your love of theatre with students from across the province!
In 2008, we are offering two courses

• The Theatrical Art (Clowning And The Pleasure Of Play! with Sonia Norris,Playwriting—Telling A Story with Herbie Barnes,Stage Combat (Unarmed and Armed) with Daniel Levinson)
• Sing Out Louise!—Musical Theatre Performance Techniques And Tricks, with Gerald Isaac

The price includes accommodation and meals, and each class will also attend a production at the Shaw Festival. The courses are held in St. Catharines on the campus of Brock University.
We have been offering our summer youth courses for over twenty years. Theatre Ontario’s courses are taught by working professionals and offers a training experience like no other. We are a member of the Toronto Association of Acting Studios.
If you have any questions about this program, please visit www.theatreontario.org or contact Cornelia Persich at 416.408.4556 x.10 for a brochure.

Event: Wardrobe Sale, Ghetto Panda

BY APPOINTMENT ONLY MAY 23, 2008

HUGE COLLECTION OF PRISTINE MEN’S WARDROBE AVAILABLE FROM THE CLOSET OF ONE OF CANADA’S BEST DRESSED MEN. EXTRAORDINARY ONE OF A KIND PIECES, MANY MENS TAILORED SUITS AND ACCESSORIES, UNUSUAL DESIGNER PRINTS, OUTERWEAR AND SOME VINTAGE COLLECTABLES AND COSTUME JEWELRY

Versace, Hugo Boss, Cavalli, Gaulthier, Armani, Ferre, Alexander McQueen, and MORE!

***CASH AND CARRY BASIS*** ***FIRST COME FIRST SERVE***

FOR APPOINTMENT PLEASE CALL: CHRISTOPHER ESTRIDGE OR BRYAN VAN DUSEN OF GHETTO PANDA 416 921 5213