All great theatre starts with a great story. We are committed to supporting, producing and advancing emerging playwrights and new plays.
We do this through our Annual Scripts on Fire New Play Competition.
We hire three jurors to read the submissions and the winner receives a cash prize, a dramturgy session, a workshop with actors and a director and a staged reading with an audience. All things needed to birth a new play.
We are seeking funds to compensate the team that comes around this play including the dramaturg, the director, and the actors. When we have excellent artists in these fields it gives the playwright the best opportunity to get their script closer to production and then publication.
With less than 50% of plays being produced or directed in Canada by females, we are intential with the hiring of women in these roles.
We want to better invest in the foundation of our craft – the play and the playwright.