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| 11/18/2008 |
| GG Award for Drama Goes to Catherine Banks |
Congratulations to Catherine Banks for yet another great success! The winners of this year's GG awards were announced today in Montreal. Catherine's play Bone Cage, published by Playwrights Canada Press is the winner of the Award for Drama. The jury says: "With her expert command of dramatic metaphor, Catherine Banks shows us the life-blood of rural Canada flowing through the conflicted, bone-caged human heart. What is the cost to the human spirit, she asks, when good people are forced by circumstance to kill the thing they love – in this case,the Canadian wilderness? The playwright finds that which is most noble in unexpected places, the heroic in what appears to be the simplest of lives."
The French-language winner is Jennifer Tremblay for her play La liste, published by Les Éditions de la Bagnole.
To view a full list of winners, go to (more...)
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| 11/4/2008 |
| Catherine Banks Honoured in Nova Scotia |
| Catherine Banks was recognized for her work as a playwright with the Established Artist Recognition Award by The Nova Scotia Arts and Culture Partnership's Council. With her recent GG nomination, Catherine has truly been in the spotlight this fall. Congratulations, Catherine! |
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| 10/28/2008 |
| Daniel MacIvor Winner of the Siminovitch Prize |
| PGC congratulates Toronto playwright Daniel MacIvor, the 2008 recipient of the Elinore & Lou Siminovitch Prize in Theatre, Canada’s largest annual theatre award. MacIvor was chosen from a short list of five finalists including Morwyn Brebner (Toronto, ON); Daniel Danis (St-David de Falardeau, QC); Colleen Murphy (Toronto, ON); and Larry Tremblay (Montreal, QC). They were selected from 26 nominated Canadian playwrights. Bravo, Daniel!...(more...) |
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| 10/21/2008 |
| The Canada Council for the Arts announces the finalists for the 2008 Governor General's Awards |
PGC congratulates the finalists for the English-language Drama Award:
Catherine Banks for Bone Cage
Ronnie Burkett for 10 Days on Earth
Paul Ciufo for Reverend Jonah
Marie Clements for Copper Thunderbird and
Judith Thompson for Palace of the End
Three of the nominated titles were published by Playwrights Canada Press.
PGC also celebrates the French-language finalists, including PGC member Carole Frechette for Serial Killer et autres pieces courtes, Yvan Bienvenue for La vie continue, Catherine Mavrikakis for Omaha Beach, Wajdi Mouawad for Le soleil ni la mort ne peuvent se regarder en face, Jennifer Tremblay for La liste and Jean Marc Dalpe for Roc & rail : Trains fantomes suivi de Slague : l'histoire d'un mineur, the translation of Roc'n Rail: Ghost Trains and Spitting Slag by PGC's own Mansel Robinson. |
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| 10/20/2008 |
| Uth Ink YEAR TWO |
| Playwrights Guild of Canada and the Foundation for the Recognition of Excellence in Drama, in partnership with [murmur] and seven community organizations, is proud to announce the launch of Uth Ink, a program created with generous funding from a three-year province-wide grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation, Telus and Theatre Ontario’s Youth Theatre Training Program. This exciting project bridges youth culture with new play development, empowering young people to have a direct artistic impact in their community. Uth Ink, is now going into its second year of successful programming. (more...) |
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| 10/17/2008 |
| Tom Hendry Wins William Kilbourn Award |
| Theatre pioneer, one of the PGC founders and a Lifetime Member, Tom Hendry won the $5,000 William Kilbourn Award for the celebration of Toronto's cultural life. Hendry, a former accountant and co-founder of the Manitoba Theatre Centre, has been a playwright, theatre administrator and crusader for increased support of the arts. The award, one of five given at the Mayor's Arts Award Lunch, is administered by the Toronto Arts Council Foundation. |
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| 10/14/2008 |
| NOW AVAILABLE - SCRIPTED FOR SCHOOLS |
Bring a Canadian Play to your school stage
Playwrights Guild of Canada has a brand new catalogue of plays. Plays that are well suited for school productions. Amateur rights and scripts for all of these plays are available upon request. Email orders@playwrightsguild.ca to inquire.
To download the catalogue click here (more...) |
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| 10/10/2008 |
| IFOA offers 50% discount to PGC Members |
The International Festival of Authors (IFOA) runs from October 22 to November 1 2008. PGC members can now purchase half-price tickets to all events, which include readings, interviews, lectures, round table discussions and special events.
The IFOA was inaugurated in 1980 with a mandate to bring together the best writers of contemporary world literature. PGC participated in 2007 with several events organized in collaboration with IFOA and the French Consulate in Toronto.
For full schedule and list of participants, visit http://www.readings.org/?q=ifoa. |
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| 9/24/2008 |
| Three PGC members on the Short-List for 2008 Siminovitch Prize in Theatre |
PGC congratulates all five outstanding Canadian Playwrights who have made the short-list for 2008 Siminovitch Prize in Theatre.
The finalists are:
* Morwyn Brebner, Toronto, PGC member;
* Daniel Danis, St-David de Falardeau, Quebec;
* Daniel MacIvor, Toronto, PGC Member;
* Colleen Murphy, Toronto, PGC Member; and
* Larry Tremblay, Montreal, Quebec.
The Siminovitch Prize in Theatre was introduced in 2001 and dedicated to renowned scientist Lou Siminovitch and his late wife Elinore, a playwright who was a PGC member. Sponsored by BMO Financial Group, Canada’s largest annual theatre arts award recognizes direction, playwriting and design in three-year cycles. The previous recepients of the Siminovitch Prize for Playwriting were Montreal playwright Carole Fréchette in 2002 and
Toronto playwright John Mighton in 2005.
The recipient of the Siminovitch Prize will receive $100,000, of which $25,000 will be awarded to a protégé or organization of their choice. The Prize will be presented on October 27, 2008 at a ceremony in Toronto.
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| 9/17/2008 |
| CanRevue September 2008 |
| To review our most recent CanRevue please click on the following (more...) |
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| 8/2/2008 |
| Uth Ink: Word From the Street |
An anthology of 2007/2008 Uth Ink plays
Uth Ink is Playwrights Guild of Canada's youth community art program. To find out more about Uth Ink go to www.uthinkers.ca
To purchase your copy of Uth Ink: Word From the Street email Tina - orders@playwrightsguild.ca |
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| 6/10/2008 |
| NEW ADDRESS |
Playwrights Guild has moved!
PGC is happy to announce that it has moved in with Theatre Ontario and Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts on June 1st, 2008. Our new address is
215 Spadina, Suite 210, Toronto, ON, M5T 2C7.
The phone and fax numbers remain the same.
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| 6/10/2008 |
| The ABCs of PGC |
A 5-year Strategic Plan for PGC approved by the membership
A 5-year Strategic Plan for PGC has been approved by the membership at the AGM in May. We have also devised the action plan for the current 2008-2009 year.
If you have any comments, concerns or ideas, contact us. The plan outlines three pillars of PGC - advocacy, business and community. (more...) |
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| 5/26/2008 |
| Carol Bolt Award |
The Carol Bolt Award is sponsored by the Foundation for the Recognition of Excellence in Drama (FRED), Playwrights Guild of Canada (PGC) and Playwrights Canada Press (PLCN), and is administered by the Canadian Authors Association (CAA).
Winner in 2008: Colleen Murphy - The December Man (L'homme de decembre) |
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| 3/10/2008 |
| Order Directory |
 Order your free copy of the Directory of Canadian Plays and Playwrights now!
Choose among thousands of fantastic Canadian plays, all previously produced.
Funding for this Directory was provided by the Canada Council for the Arts.
To order your copy email Tina Salek, orders@playwrightsguild.ca
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| 10/26/2006 |
| Adding It Up: The Status of Women in Canadian Theatre: |
A Report on the Phase One Findings of Equity in Canadian Theatre: The Women’s Initiative available for download.
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