The Associates is a rare program in Canadian theatre: an invitation to develop a project over three years in pairing with one of PTC’s dramaturgs, seeing an idea through to flourishing completion.
We are pleased to announce that we have chosen two playwrights as PTC Associates 2025-2028: Christina Cook and Conor Wylie.

The two Associates are developing fantastic new projects:
Christina Cook’s Proof Enough pays tribute to the authors who created mail-order newsletters like ‘Transvestia’ and ‘TV Tapestry’ in the 1960s and 1970s. This new play asks: What would have happened if the publisher of one of these early community-led publications suddenly gained control of a newspaper available on news racks coast to coast? Proof Enough aims to bring a significant cast of characters to centre Trans, Nonbinary, and Gender non-conforming experience onto Canadian stages.
Conor Wylie’s Lost Season is an experimental play that spans an entire season of a fictional TV procedural titled Agent Faraway: Ghost Detective, a cult hit where a paranormal detective investigates souls stuck in limbo and shepherds them to the afterlife. The play explores the nonlinear nature of grief and mourning. The narrative unfolds through consecutive stages of shifting forms and media: a fan museum with artifacts and merchandise, followed by a performance from six disintegrating “Auto Star Marionettes.” Lost Season invites audiences to a multiplicity of ways to piece together the mysterious story of the show’s lost season.
PTC is proud to support these two playwrights in creating work that strives to advance evocative theatre, with their expansive visions for Canadian stages that audiences want and need. They will be in residence with us for three years starting this Spring of 2025, developing a central project – and their practice – with PTC dramaturgs. As an Associate, they will receive in-depth dramaturgy, space, payment, and many company resources to allow them to thrive within their creation time, and key connections to future partners, audiences, and communities that will uplift their work.