Each year, SummerWorks supports 200+ independent artists through career-launching productions, first-look studio showings, innovative workshops, and dynamic community conversations at our annual Festival.

“SummerWorks is where it all began for me. It is through SummerWorks that I met many of my peers, and forged what would become lifelong friendships and collaborations. It is also where I had the opportunity to write and stage my very first full-length shows…It made me think that I might have a place, after all, in Toronto’s professional theatre community, that my work mattered, and that I should continue developing it. So that’s what I did.”

– Jordan Tannahill, award-winning playwright, novelist, and past SummerWorks artist

As a non-profit organization, SummerWorks relies in part on the generosity of our community, who recognize their essential role in nurturing artistic innovation and sustaining opportunities for communities to experience artistic programming through our Festival. Donations of any amount, whether one-time or monthly, make a tremendous impact on our overall sustainability, and help us maintain accessible ticket prices and increasingly fair fees for artists.

Both one-time and monthly donations are quick and easy to set-up using the Canada Helps form below. Donations totaling $25 or more will automatically be sent a charitable tax receipt.

Together with your support, SummerWorks will continue to expand the possibilities of performance for many summers to come.