Rehearsals @ Aki Studio Theatre

Native Earth is pleased to support Fringe and SummerWorks Festival productions with discounted rehearsal space.

585 Dundas St. E. at the Daniels Spectrum
aki@nativeearth.ca

44’ x 20’ playing space
$15/hr (minimum booking 20 hours)
Air conditioned, wheelchair accessible

undercurrents: theatre below the mainstream is the Great Canadian Theatre Company’s festival of independent theatre, taking place in our studio theatre from February 11-23, 2014. Now in its fourth year, undercurrents seeks original, innovative work by Canadian artists.

Showcasing the best independent theatre from Ottawa and across the country, undercurrents will present six shows in 2014, and invites submissions from Ottawa-based and national companies. The festival will consider applications from established and emerging artists who are working in new play creation, as well as from those touring previously produced original work.

We encourage submissions from artists experimenting in form, style, and creation process, as we have a particular interest in expanding the festival’s content by including productions that use experimental forms. We are also seeking submissions from artists interested in creating a live art/installation piece for the theatre’s lobby spaces during the festival.

Participating productions will receive up to five performances in rep, within a shared venue environment (i.e. a shared lighting plot with show-specific specials, shared dressing room space, limited tech time and storage space). Productions should be 50-80 minutes in length, and must be able to set up and strike in less than 30 minutes. Festival participants will be paid a guaranteed presenting fee.

Companies and artists who wish to have their production considered for undercurrents are invited to submit the following materials no later Friday, July 5, 2013 at 5:00 pm. 

A proposal describing the project and its history (maximum three pages)
A list of participating artists and biographies/CVs of lead artists
Technical specifications for the production
A script sample or completed script
Additional support material (optional)
An archival or promotional recording of the proposed play (if available)

Applications will be accepted in electronic format only. Applicants are asked to send all written materials (numbers 1-5 above) in a single PDF file, and provide links to video-sharing sites where archival or promotional recordings of the proposed work can viewed.

Questions regarding the festival or the application process can be directed to Patrick Gauthier, Festival Director, at associate@gctc.ca; or by phone: 613.236.5192 x314

More information on GCTC and the undercurrents festival can be found online at: http://www.gctc.ca/whats/undercurrents

Description:

This individual must have at least four years experience in an arts-management position, preferably within the performance industry. The General Manager will show strong initiative and a high level of independence, as well as the ability to lead a team. They will be expected to maintain a balanced budget and have very strong communication skills. This visionary individual should have a very strong work ethic and have the ability to problem solve with creativity. This individual must also have a passion for the arts and administration, and thrive in demanding situations. The GM will use her or his best efforts to maintain and enhance the Festival.
Duties:

• Maintains and establishes the calendar and year long critical path.
• Works with the Artistic Producer creating and implementing the Festival budget.
• Maintains the financial occurrences of the Festival, including processing of all financial deposits and payments coming in to, or going out of, the Festival, and preparing all files for the audit.
• Manage all administrative tasks for the Festival, including the running of the SummerWorks office and maintaining all Festival records such as donor lists, staff contact information and vendor information.
• Ensure that the SummerWorks office is open and supervised during regular hours and that staff is available to respond to inquiries by phone, email, post or in person
• In conjunction with the Artistic Producer, responsible for staff hiring, contracts and letters of agreement.
• In conjunction with the Artistic Producer coordinates the annual fundraiser.
• Liaise with suppliers, venues as required and arrange and chair regular staff meetings.
• Ensure that all required government filings are prepared and submitted on time, including tax and charitable submissions.
• Work with the Artistic Producer in the writing of grants and foundation applications on behalf of the Festival
• Work with the Artistic Producer negotiating and implementing all contracts related to the production and marketing of the Festival
• Be the contact and liaison with all companies participating in the Festival.
• Participating in strategic discussion related to long term planning of the Festival.
• Administrate SummerWorks involvement with the OAC’s Theatre Creators Reserve Fund.
• Create online forms, update the website, and administrate all applications to the Festival, including Theatre, National, Musical Works and Live Art Series as well as S.L.I.P and Accreditation procedures.
• During the Festival, be the contact for all staff, companies and audiences.
• Work to create relationships in the community for Sponsorship and Development.

The position is year-round, full time.

Qualifications:

• 4+ years of experience in arts administration.
• Computer skills, including knowledge of excel and word.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including extensive grant writing experience.
• Experience in long-term visionary planning.
• An understanding of the SummerWorks Performance Festival.
• Excellent organizational, planning, team-building and time-management skills.
• High level of efficiency and calm in demanding and high pressure situations.
• Personable and able to develop a positive rapport with all staff, companies and audiences.
• Exceptional leadership qualities.
• Must be motivated and meticulous, and passionate about the arts.

As General Manager you will report directly to the Festival’s Artistic Producer.
Time commitment:

The General Manager is required to work regular office hours year round (10-6pm) but there is a also a need for some evening and weekend meetings. In the lead up to the Festival the hours do increase and during the Festival proper the 11 days are very intense and long hours.

Candidates are asked to provide a resume, a cover letter and salary expectations and will be selected for interview based on their relevant experience.

Please email your submission to applications@summerworks.ca by June 3, 2013. Only those requested for an interview will be contacted.

This award straddles and unifies two worlds that were essential to Patrick ~ theatre and a sustainable world of green living. This annual award honours two individuals with a cash prize of $2500 each.

Do not miss the opportunity to honour Patrick’s legacy by applying to this award!

For more information, please visit:
http://theatrerusticle.org/Theatre_Rusticle/The_Patrick_Conner_Award.html

SummerWorks Performance Festival, Canada’s largest juried theatre festival, announces its final selection for the 2013 festival running August 8th- 18th. This year’s festival will feature over 35 theatre productions and the return of the popular Music Series, Live Art Series and Performance Bar.

“This year’s SummerWorks is remarkably diverse, abundant in work pulsating with curiosity, innovation and urgency. It is a year of returns and introductions. There are many veteran SummerWorks and former Toronto artists returning to the Festival as well as many new voices. And lastly, we’re introducing a series of international playwrights receiving new Canadian productions, and a new work by an internationally acclaimed artist. It’s a fantastically ambitious year, living up to the kind of artistic quality and meaningful investigation you have come to expect from our Festival.” Michael Rubenfeld, Artistic Producer

Featuring plays written by Adam Lazarus, Guillermo Verdecchia, Kevin Rees, Sky Gilbert, Jordan Tannahill, Cliff Cardinal, d’bi.young, Heidi Strauss, Greg MacArthur, Aurora Stewart de Peña and productions directed by Kelli Fox and David Ferry among others. SummerWorks also welcomes a piece produced by Mitchell Cushman who directed last year’s hit show Terminus.

The 2013 SummerWorks National Series will feature five productions including How to Disappear Completely, making its SummerWorks debut after a successful run at Factory, and a piece by veteran artist Nadia Ross, entitled 7 Important Things. For the first time SummerWorks welcomes a full length piece, as part of the International Series, from Berlin titled Schützen by Cecilie Ullerup Schmidt and Matthias Meppelink.

As part of the Youth Programming Series SummerWorks welcomes two productions from the Sears Ontario Drama Festival as well as a piece from The Amy Project (Artists Mentoring Youth).

SummerWorks 2013 Theatre Series
A Side of Dreams Paper Canoe Projects by Jani Lauzon, directed by Jessica Barrera
All’s Heimer That Ends Heimer What’s-His-Name Productions by Jay Teitel, directed by Jordan Pettle
Camila’s Bones by Alejandro Valbuena, directed by Anita La Selva
Delicacy Theatre Brouhaha Written and Directed by Kat Sandler
Eating Pomegranates Naked by Andrea Scott
Enough Rope Enough Rope Collective Collaboratively created and directed by the company
Entitlement Varughese Productions Inc and Appledor Productions by Sugith Varughese, directed by David Ferry
girls! girls! girls! Present Danger Productions by Greg MacArthur, directed by Donna Marie Baratta and Jessica Carmichael
Good People Bad Things Moving Target Theatre Company by Daniel Thau-Eleff, directed by Chris Gerrard-Pinker
Holy Mothers (Die Präsidentinnen) Divine Bovine by Werner Schwab and translated by Meredith Oakes, directed by Elizabeth Saunders
I am Very Far Pressgang Theatre by Graham Isador, directed by Yevgeniya Falkovich and Graham Isador
I, Racist QuipTake by Adam Lazarus and Guillermo Verdecchia, directed
by Guillermo Verdecchia
Jackie’s Not a Real Girl Ground Queero by Nichola (Nicki) Ward
Late Company Suburban Beast and surface/underground theatre by Jordan Tannahill, directed by Peter Pasyk
Maria Gets A New Life Cardinal/Kantor Productions by Cliff Cardinal, directed by Elizabeth Kantor
Murderers Confess at Christmastime Outside the March by Jason Chinn, directed by Simon Bloom
nanny: warrior queen of the maroons anitafrika dub theatre by d’bi.young
Oubliette Written & Directed by Kevin Rees
Salome’s Clothes Body Theatre by Donna Michelle St. Bernard, directed by Clare
Preuss
Show and Tell Alexander Bell Ars Mechanica Devised by the company, directed by Vojin Vasovic
Tender Napalm Phantasmagoria by Philip Ridley, directed by Cynthia Ashperger
The Ballad of Weedy Peetstraw Black Hammer Group by Peter Anderson and John Millard, directed by
Estelle Shook
The Life Of Jude Planet 88 by Alex Poch Goldin, directed by David Ferry
This Wide Night Wide Night Collective by Chloe Moss, directed by Kelli Fox
To Myself at 28 The Cabaret Company by Sky Gilbert
Trying for the Kingdom SideMart Theatrical Grocery by Patrick Costello with Kyle Gatehouse and Gemma
James-Smith, directed by Graham Cuthbertson
Utopia Theatre Free Radical Written and directed by Len Falkenstein
Wild Dogs on the Moscow Trains Live Lobster Theatre by Anthony MacMahon, directed by Joanne Williams
X Sunny Drake by Sunny Drake, directed by Therese Collie

OFFSITE
Family Story Birdtown and Swanville Written and directed by Aurora Stewart de Peña
Final Savage Land Sore for Punching You by Allison Cummings
For Me? Crooked Figure Dances Choreographed and directed by Heidi Strauss
Purgatory in Ingolstadt Storm and Stress Co. by Marieluise Fleisser, directed by Brigit Schreyer
Durate

NATIONAL SERIES

How to Disappear Completely Chop Theatre by Itai Erdal in collaboration with James Long, Anita Rochon & Emelia Symington Fedy
7 IMPORTANT THINGS STO Union and Canada’s National Arts Centre in Association with WAC (Wakefield Art Collective) by Nadia Ross in collaboration with George Acheson
ishow Les Petites Cellules Chaudes
Écoute pour voir Danse Carpe Diem by Emmanuel Jouthe in collaboration with the dancers
Broken Ramshackle Theatre by Brian Fiddler, directed by Maiko Bae Yamamoto

INTERNATIONAL SERIES
Schützen by Cecilie Ullerup Schmidt and Matthias Meppelink

Toronto Public Library, the Neighbourhood Arts Network and Ontario Culture Days are pleased to continue Culture Days @ The Library for a third year. This exciting partnership was created to help artists and arts groups share their creative work with the public. In the first 2 years of the program more than 4,000 Torontonians have enjoyed the work of 100 artists and cultural groups in 66 library branches across the city. Now in its fourth year, Culture Days is a pan-Canadian celebration of arts and culture. For more information, visit www.culturedays.ca.

Toronto Public Library is offering free venues to Toronto-based artists and cultural groups wishing to be part of Culture Days on September 27-28, 2013. This partnership enables artists to take their practice out of their private studios into the accessible spaces of library branches so that the public can discover and engage with their work. Past participants describe Culture Days @ the Library as a great opportunity to connect with new audiences and to build strong community relationships. From Etobicoke to Scarborough, North York and downtown Toronto, some 40 TPL branches spanning the city will provide venues at no cost.

Toronto-based individual artists, small and medium-sized professional arts groups as well as volunteer-run cultural organizations, collectives or groups that wish to organize their events at a Toronto Public Library branch are invited to submit an application by April 15, 2013. Activities in all artistic disciplines are encouraged as well as those that appeal to families and audiences of diverse ages. To be considered for a space, the arts activity must be free and interactive.
Toronto Public Library staff will review the applications, make their selections and contact activity organizers directly for any additional information they may require and to make arrangements. Library branches are providing free space but cannot provide any financial assistance, including funds for supplies or equipment. Participants do receive administrative, marketing and promotional support for their activity via the joint efforts of Culture Days, Toronto Public Library and Neighbourhood Arts Network.

40 Toronto Public Library Branches Open their Doors

“The Culture Days @ the Library program was a wonderful opportunity to work with the public and a fantastic chance to meet so many creative members of the library community. I especially appreciated the positive support from library staff and their enthusiastic response to the program I created.” – Jennifer Falvy, Independent artist, 2012 Culture Days @ the Library participant

The following branches have committed to hosting Culture Days activities. The majority of activities will be scheduled on Saturday, September 28, with a limited number scheduled on Friday, September 27. For location and details about each branch, go to http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/hours-locations/index.jsp

Participating Branches
Albion, Agincourt, Amesbury Park, Annette Street, Barbara Frum, Bayview, Bendale, Centennial, Don Mills, Downsview, Dufferin/St. Clair, Evelyn Gregory, Eglinton Square, Flemingdon Park, Gerrard/Ashdale, Guildwood, High Park, Highland Creek, Humber Summit, Humberwood, Jane/Sheppard, Kennedy/Eglinton, Leaside, Malvern, Maryvale, McGregor Park, Morningside, Mount Dennis, North York Central Children’s Dept, North York Central French Services, Pape/Danforth, Parkdale, Parliament Street, Queen/Saulter, Riverdale, Sanderson, Spadina Road, St. Lawrence, Victoria Village, York Woods

How to Participate

A simple application form is now on-line. Applications will be accepted from now until April 15, 2013.

Applicants will be matched with the appropriate library branches based on the suitability and interactive nature of the activity. Those applicants who meet the criteria will be contacted by Toronto Public Library Branch Heads in May to discuss in detail their activity and may be required to submit further information related to space requirements, equipment, etc.

Notification and Confirmation
Branches will send out a confirmation email by May 30, 2013.

About Culture Days
Culture Days is a collaborative, Canada-wide volunteer movement to raise the awareness, accessibility, participation and engagement of all Canadians in the arts and cultural life of their communities. Launched in 2010, the annual Culture Days event takes place in more than 850 Canadian cities and towns during the last weekend of September, generating an extraordinary amount of enthusiasm in the process. This year’s Culture Days weekend will take place on September 27, 28 and 29, 2013. Once again, the event will feature free, hands-on, interactive activities that invite the public to participate “behind the scenes”— and to discover the world of artists, creators, historians, architects, curators, and designers at work in their community. To learn more, please visit www.culturedays.ca

Culture Days in Ontario is supported by the Ontario Arts Council, the Ontario Trillium Foundation and the Government of Ontario in recognition of Celebrate the Artist Weekend.

About Toronto Public Library
Toronto Public Library is the world’s busiest urban public library system. Every year, 19 million people visit our branches in neighbourhoods across the city and borrow 32 million items. To learn more about Toronto Public Library, visit our website at torontopubliclibrary.ca or call Answerline at 416-393-7131. To get the most current updates on what’s happening at the library, follow us on Twitter @torontolibrary.

About Neighbourhood Arts Network
Neighbourhood Arts Network is the place where arts and community engagement meet. Neighbourhood Arts Network helps artists and community organizations do what they do best: enrich Toronto and transform it into a more vibrant, beautiful, and liveable city. We catalyze new relationships and conversations, collect research and share information. We envision a Toronto where all residents are empowered to discover and shape the cultural life of their communities. Neighbourhood Arts Network is a signature initiative of Toronto Arts Foundation. To learn more, please visit www.neighbourhoodartsnetwork.org

For more information about Culture Days @ The Library, please visit www.on.culturedays.ca.

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Culture Days contact:
Catherine McLeod
Ontario Culture Days Interim Manager
(647) 258 -5079
on@culturedays.ca

Toronto Public Library contact:
Ana-Maria Critchley
Stakeholder Relations
Communications, Programming and Customer Engagement
Toronto Public Library
(416) 393-7212
amcritchley@torontopubliclibrary.ca

Organization Description

Cahoots Theatre Company has been dedicated to the creation, development and production of new Canadian plays that reflect our cultural diversity for 26 years. Cahoots’ believes that theatre should reflect the richness, diversity, and complexity that we live daily. Diversity means more than race or nation of origin or ethnicity. It also encompasses gender, sexual orientation, ability, language, and class. Cahoots is a registered charity.

Job Description

Reporting to the Board of Directors, the Artistic Director will play an integral role in the following areas:

Artistic
o Conceives and implements the artistic vision and strategy with focus on season programming, selection of artists and creative teams, and the curation, development and production of new works.
o Ensures that all productions and other programming are in keeping with the aims and policies of Cahoots and its mandate.
o Possesses a dedication to mentorship and outreach, and has an interest in actively recruiting new works and new artists.

Strategic and Operational Management
o Is the public face of Cahoots in the arts community.
o Partners with the General Manager on all aspects of company planning, programming, fundraising, budgeting, grant and foundation proposals at all levels, facility operations, board development, stewardship, networking and community outreach.
o Oversees existing artistic programs and is a leader in creating new artistic and audience development initiatives with an eye to revenue development and fiscal sustainability.

Public Relations and Marketing
o Promotes the image of the Theatre within the general public and theatre community.
o In conjunction with the General Manager, represents the Theatre with federal, provincial and municipal service organizations and other outside groups.
o Meets regularly with other theatre companies and organizations for mutual benefit.

Funding and Fundraising
o Communicates with donors, potential donors and sponsors throughout the season, soliciting their continued support.
o Prepares and sources, along with the GM, any grant applications from various funding agencies.
o Works with the GM to develop and sustain strong, supportive and respectful working relationships with key people and institutions in the corporate sector.
o Understands and commits to the importance of revenue generation to support the artistic growth of Cahoots.

Please see http://www.cahoots.ca/company/job-opportunities/ for a more detailed list of the Artistic Director’s job responsibilities.

Other Information

This is a part-time position, with an expectation of 28 hours per week on average (hours of work vary), but with flexibility allowing for the Artistic Director to accept outside contracts, subject to Board approval. Start date can be flexible, with allowance for candidate’s availability.

How To Apply

Please submit CV along with a letter of interest and motivation (max three pages), including salary expectation and three professional references, before end of Friday, April 12, 2013.

Please submit by email (PDF or Word format) to: apply(at)cahoots.ca with ‘Artistic Director Application’ in the subject line.

No phone calls please.
We thank all applicants, but advise that only those considered for an interview will be contacted.

Established in 2012, the Live Art Series runs concurrently with the Festival main and offers a platform for experimental and experiential approaches to performance.

Live Art seeks to create work that is experiential, work that exists solely in the space and time-frame of the performance in interaction with the performer and audience.

According to Live Artist, Joshua Sofaer, “… at its most fundamental, Live Art is when an artist chooses to make work directly in front of the audience in space and time. …Live Art comes into being at the actual moment of encounter between artist and spectator. Or at least even if they are not physically present, the artist sets up a situation in which the audience experience the work in a particular space and time, and the notion of ‘presence’ is key to the concerns of the work.”

With all this in mind, we are looking for artists working in, or experimenting with notions of Live Art. Submissions are encouraged from artists working in all artistic genres, with the only specification being that the work must encapsulate a form of live performance in an untraditional space and it must consider the presence of the audience in relationship to the work. The space must be within the parameters of the Festival, which is situated on Queen Street between Spadina and Noble.

Artists are asked to submit a project proposal that is no more than 3 pages. Works that you may have presented elsewhere are welcomed, though we are especially interested in artists building a project specifically for the Festival.

We are interested in understanding the intent of your work, and how you see the audience contextualized in the piece. Please include ideas for space and length. Work can be made for as few as one audience member at a time to as many as infinity. We ask that the work be something that can be presented a minimum of 3 – 4 times during the Festival, unless your work is durational. In this case, the performance can happen only once.

We welcome samples of the work or your past work. Anything you can give us to help us envision the work, or your history as an artist, is encouraged (DVDs, text, photographs, reviews, letter of reference, etc).

SummerWorks will offer you a fee for your work. This fee will be negotiated between the Festival and the artist, and will depend upon the scope of the work, and whether the work is something for which the Festival can charge an entry fee. Work that cannot be ticketed is encouraged. The Festival will also help you secure space and context if desired, as well as a Live Art Producer; a SummerWorks staff member dedicated to working to help produce the Live Art Series.

Please mail in a hard copy to
Tina Fance, Live Art Producer
423-401 Richmond Street West, Toronto, ON
M5V 3A8

PLEASE ALSO FILL OUT YOUR APPLICATION ON LINE – BY CLICKING HERE
Simply print out a version of this to use with your hard copy application.

For more information, please see last year’s Live Art Series
summerworks.ca/2012/live-art-series

If you have any other questions, please feel free to email our Live Art Producer, Tina Fance, at tina@summerworks.ca

Deadline to Submit: April 15th
Decision will be made by May 15th.
Festival Dates: August 8-18th.
Submission fee: $10. (either online or cash/cheque – made payable to SummerWorks Theatre Festival)

The CAYLE CHERNIN AWARD is an annual cash prize of $1000.00, intended to support an emerging or transitioning female artist’s creation, development or production of a new work. The CCA alternates between THEATRE, application deadline APRIL 5, 2013, and MEDIA ARTS in 2014.
Application and information at www.caylecherninaward.ca

Cayle Chernin was an actor, documentary filmmaker, teacher, mentor and co-star of Don Shebib’s classic film Goin’ Down the Road as well as its acclaimed sequel Down The Road Again. Cayle was known for her talent, generosity, imagination, intellect and incredible smile. She was valued for her commitment to women’s issues serving as co-chair of the Toronto ACTRA Women’s Committee. She was an elected councillor to ACTRA Toronto and sat on the new board of Equity Showcase Theatre. Cayle’s career spanned four decades in film and on stage, developing new works, and encouraging young artists. An overview of Cayle’s career can be accessed at www.cayle.ca.