Playwrights' Guild News

Phoenix Theatre Artists and Company One are proud to present the New Enlgland premiere of APPLE at the Boston Playwrights' Theatre.

Phoenix Theatre Artists and Company One are proud to present the New Enlgland premiere of APPLE at the Boston Playwrights' Theatre.

The Jungle Theater presents Stephen Massicotte's touching love story Mary's Wedding. Set against the backdrop of the Canadian Cavalry in WWI, Mary and Charlie must surrender their love and their fate to the uncertainties of tumultuous times.

The Jungle Theater presents Stephen Massicotte's touching love story Mary's Wedding. Set against the backdrop of the Canadian Cavalry in WWI, Mary and Charlie must surrender their love and their fate to the uncertainties of tumultuous times.

The Jungle Theater presents Stephen Massicotte's touching love story Mary's Wedding. Set against the backdrop of the Canadian Cavalry in WWI, Mary and Charlie must surrender their love and their fate to the uncertainties of tumultuous times.

The Jungle Theater presents Stephen Massicotte's touching love story Mary's Wedding. Set against the backdrop of the Canadian Cavalry in WWI, Mary and Charlie must surrender their love and their fate to the uncertainties of tumultuous times.

The Jungle Theater presents Stephen Massicotte's touching love story Mary's Wedding. Set against the backdrop of the Canadian Cavalry in WWI, Mary and Charlie must surrender their love and their fate to the uncertainties of tumultuous times.

The Jungle Theater presents Stephen Massicotte's touching love story Mary's Wedding. Set against the backdrop of the Canadian Cavalry in WWI, Mary and Charlie must surrender their love and their fate to the uncertainties of tumultuous times.

The Canadian Stage Company's Festival of Ideas and Creation ramps up Monday, June 8 and continues to Saturday, June 27 at the Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley Street. The three-week Festival is an opportunity for the public to explore new plays, participate in the development of new works and take a behind-the-scenes look at live theatre.

The Canadian Stage Company is pleased to announce the second Festival of Ideas and Creation at the Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley Street, Toronto, June 8 to 27, 2009. The three-week festival offers public, youth, artist and industry programming and features more than 350 theatre luminaries, emerging artists and youth in over 75 live events, most of them free.

The University of Alberta is now home to the Canadian Centre for Theatre Creation, a new national drama institute that is the first of its kind in Canada. One of the centre's goals is to develop work that creates a more accurate reflection of the nation's cultural diversity by bringing together independent artists, theatre companies and researchers to examine and experiment with new approaches to theatre-making. In addition to the commissioning and developing of scripts, the Canadian Centre for Theatre Creation's mandate extends to engaging artists who do not necessarily work within the traditional playwriting model. In doing so, the centre will provide artists with the resources needed to work in non-conventional ways. 'Until now, there hasn't really been a place in Canada where such a range of artists can be served,' said Kim McCaw, centre director and U of A drama professor. 'We are also committed to presenting new work, either on our own or in partnership with other companies and organizations, which is something else that sets us apart from most other play development centres.' Nurturing the play from idea to performance is something McCaw says is one of the centre's key goals. 'It's very ambitious,' said McCaw. 'But whenever we talk about it, there's a sense that this is something new, and there's an excitement about what it could mean both locally and nationally.' The Canadian Centre for Theatre Creation has commissioned a new play to be penned by Elyne Quan, a University of Alberta alumna and rising Canadian playwright.

AfriCanadian Playwrights Festival: the celebration, examination, encouragement, development, promotion and presentation of African Canadian playwrights and their plays!

YouthPlay - A project to integrate young writers with professional playwrights.

Performances begin this Saturday for the Epic Theatre Center / United States Premiere of Einstein's Gift, a new play by Vern Thiessen, at the Acorn Theatre (410 West 42nd Street).

Vern Thiessen's play Einstein's Gift will open on October 6th to conicide with the centennial celebration of Einstein's Miracle Year and the 50th anniversary of his death

Casting has been announced for the upcoming off-Broadway production of Vern Thiessen's Einstein's Gift, with Shawn Elliot and Aasif Mandvi to star

Vern Thiessen's play Einstein's Gift will open at the Acorn Theatre on October 6th and will coincide with the 50th anniversary of the scientist's death