Expanding the possibilities
of performance
The Call for Submissions for the 2025 SummerWorks Performance Festival is now OPEN!
SummerWorks expands the possibilities of performance.
As we embark on our 35th anniversary, we are thrilled to welcome project submissions for our next Festival: August 7 – 17, 2025 in Tkaronto (Toronto), Canada
We are currently seeking proposals for contemporary performance projects that challenge disciplinary boundaries and engage with form and content in innovative and imaginative ways.
For 2025, SummerWorks will present fully-developed projects in a variety of spaces and places across the city of Tkaronto, alongside works at various stages of creative development, in studio settings. This includes projects that engage with public space; in outdoor spaces and in alternative venues.
Proposals are encouraged from established and emerging creators working across all performance disciplines and artistic traditions. In-person, digital, and hybrid performance projects will be considered.
Click the link below to uncover more detailed information about our Call for Submissions, and apply now!
Submission Deadline: JANUARY 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM EST
LEARN MORE // APPLY HERE
1: Lukas Malkowski in Microphone Controller (SummerWorks 2024). Photo by Drew Berry (above)
2: The cast of Suitable Climate (reading) (SummerWorks 2024). Photo by Henry Chan (below)
ACCESSIBILITY
Ralitsa Rodriguez in Gender Reveal Party (SummerWorks 2019). Photo by Henry Chan.
SummerWorks is committed to continually increasing accessibility for our artists and audiences. This includes extending accessibility practices throughout the entirety of artistic and administrative processes.
We strive to go beyond the bare minimum standard of accessibility practices in the performing arts and to support artists, programmers, and partner organizations in considering how access can be incorporated throughout all aspects of a production and throughout all stages, from development to presentation. It is our expectation that the artists we work with will also strive to put accessibility practices at the forefront of the creative process and implementation of their work.
EQUITY & DIVERSITY
Reece's Pieces 2.0 (SummerWorks 2019) Photo by Andrew Williamson
SummerWorks is committed to equity and diversity, both through our program of activities and as an employer. Our practices and procedures aim to reflect the varied needs, expectations, and cultures of all members of our community. We make every effort to ensure that no member of the community receives less favourable treatment in our recruitment process or when accessing our services, on the grounds of gender identity, disability, race, religion or belief, age, or sexual orientation.
We warmly encourage submissions from folks from equity-deserving groups, including those who identify as Indigenous, Black, People of Colour, Trans, Nonbinary, Queer, Disabled, and intersections of those identities.