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  • PTC Public Workshops are back!

    *** Updated on May 20, 2026 PTC’s Public Workshops are back for Spring 2026! Classic favourites are back alongside new offerings including a workshop for Spanish language writers and a Site-specific Workshop with the support of Vancouver Fringe Festival. Site-specific Theatre Workshop with Joanna Garfinkel (Two 3-hour sessions)DATE: June 9 &…

  • New Workshop with Christina Cook

    Join Christina Cook this June for a two-day workshop, Gender Liberation & Your Story: Trans Auto-Narratives on Stage. Creating trans, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming autobiographical narratives for the stage challenges cisnormative discourses and misinformation currently dominating media, political, and health contexts, and champions the countless ways of traversing, living across,…

  • Apply for the Fall 2026 Block A Cohort!

    PTC’s most popular program will be back this Fall! Block A is for emerging playwrights/theatre creators and established writers of other mediums excited to write for the stage to work together in a cohort to develop their writing with the support of a senior playwright mentor.  The Fall 2026 cohort…

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Our playwrights are working on some great projects.

Conor Wylie
PTC 2024

Are you a playwright interested in receiving trained, appropriate feedback for your work? Our dramaturgs are here to provide meaningful recommendations and help you get to the next phase! Open to submissions from across Canada, our Dramaturgical Reading Program is perfect for playwrights who are looking for a structured and critical response to their completed one-act or full-length play. We welcome submissions from playwrights at any stage of their careers. After receiving your completed submission, one of our experienced dramaturgs will respond with a report that includes a detailed analysis of your script, constructive criticism, and questions for consideration as you move forward with the next draft. Find out more at playwrightstheatre.com/programs/dramaturgical-reading/

Dramaturgical Reading Program
Homecoming Publication Launch

Join us in welcoming our Block A 2025-2026 cohort! This Fall, we’re excited to support two Block A cohorts led by David Geary and Joanna Garfinkel. This year’s participants - Anna Thorsen, Amélia Simard, Ashleigh Giffen, Carly Pokoradi, Claudine Paed, Dorothy Droste, Lindsey Schneider, Meg Hands, Nathalie De Los Santos, Rana Shemirani, Torien Cafferata, and Yasna Khademian.

Chrisina is seated on a taupe couch against a large, open window with trees on the outside on the right and a bookshelf with books to the left. She is smiling at the camera. She has shoulder length blonde hair and wearing a black, loose shirt over a white tshirt with a multi-coloured skirt accessorized with a long gold chain around her neck. Christina Cook

The Vancouver Fringe Theatre Society and Playwrights Theatre Centre have jointly announced the winner of the newly renamed Kathleen Flaherty Prize. “For over 8 years, PTC has led a prize for an emerging theatre artist to create a new and bold Fringe piece.” said Joanna Garfinkel, the Artistic Director and Dramaturg at Playwrights Theatre Centre. She explained, “The prospective show receives extensive dramaturgy, production mentorship, and a guaranteed spot at the Vancouver Fringe Festival.”

Kathleen Flaherty Prize 2025-2026
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