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  • Languages of Diaspora with Fay Nass

    In the late winter of 2020, Kathleen Flaherty asked Fay Nass, Artistic Director of the frank theatre company, for an interview about the company’s plans for their project called “Diaspora” (then just finished phase one of its process). That request led to a fascinating conversation that went much further than the project. Now, with the COVID-19 pandemic, the project is taking on new form and content.

  • Call for Applications for Block A 2020/21

    Always wanted to write for theatre? Or already have a script you want to work on? Join our most popular program for emerging artists: Block A.

  • Opportunity: PTC to hire Dramaturg, Creative Engagement

    Join the PTC team in this part-time role focused on researching, developing and leading in the dramaturgy of new plays at PTC.

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Our playwrights are working on some great projects.

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Jovanni Sy Jovanni Sy

WRITING TOMORROW! Our most popular program for emerging artists – Block A – brings together the next generation of playwrights to explore storytelling and the collaborative nature of theatre making. Join PTC in making Block A FREE for all participants in 2020-21. Support the voices of the future at https://bit.ly/WritingTomorrow! Hear Marguerite Hanna's thoughts on their experience in Block A earlier this year. #BlockAFree #reimaginetheatre

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Catherine Joell MacKinnon Catherine Joell MacKinnon

Honoured to be the recipient of the Vancouver NOW Award, Heidi reflects on its meaning and implications going forward. #reimaginetheatre

Carmen Aguirre Carmen Aguirre
Mariam Nasrri Mariam Nasrri

It's #Juneteenth, the annual holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S. Canada has a history of enslavement, too. Today, we want to highlight the work of Canadian actress, playwright and theatre director, Lorena Gale (May 9, 1958 – June 21, 2009). Activism was a lived experience for Gale; she spoke out, promoted Black causes and displayed her concerns for the Black community through her plays. "Angélique", the story of executed slave Marie-Joseph Angelique, was the winner of the 1995 duMaurier National Playwriting Competition in Canada. "Je me souviens" is her one-woman show about growing up Black in the rich Montréal suburb of Outremont. "The Darwinist", a play about evolution and race, was never produced but received staged readings at Playwrights' Workshop Montréal, Nightwood Theatre and PTC. Her last play, "The Voice" a monologue about faith and the power of self-reliance, was staged in 2008 by Vancouver’s Solo Collective Theatre, performed by Mercedes Baines and directed by John Cooper. #BLM

Pedro Chamale Pedro Chamale
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