Nightwood Theatre is proud to participate in the Ontario Arts Council Theatre Creator’s Reserve program. As a third party recommender, we are able to allocate funds based on merit of project and subject to final approval at the council level. As a recommender we adhere to the priority of our mandate, that is, we recommend women playwrights, however, we do not necessarily require a focus on women’s stories.
Criteria we are interested in when selecting playwrights includes:
- Playwright’s craft
- Interest in content, plot and theme
- Stage of the artist and potential of project (two tiered – emerging and established)
Please include the following Support Material:
- Script (full or work-in-progress)
- A synopsis
- A project description outlining what the artist hopes to achieve with this phase of funding as well as the overall vision for the project
- Please include a resume for each artist involved the project.
Dollar amounts will be recommended by the advisory, determined by the scope of the project, the levels of the artist (emerging or established) and the level of their needs (ie. a seed grant for a play in the early “idea” stage vs. sustenance for a playwright for three months for a more advanced play in development). Requests can be for $1000-$5000.
The program runs from September 2010 to February 2011 but projects will not be reviewed until our submission deadline. Application packages can be downloaded from the OAC website. Creators should include a self addressed, stamped envelope to receive notice on the success of their application.
Submission Deadline: December 1, 2010
Send to:
Kelly Straughan, Associate Artistic Director
Attn: OAC Theatre Creator’s Reserve Submission
Nightwood Theatre
55 Mill Street, Suite 301, Bldg 74
Toronto, ON, M5A 3C4
For more information please contact:
Kelly Straughan, Associate Artistic Director
416-944-1740 x 7
associate@nightwoodtheatre.net
