NATIONWIDE CALL FOR PLAYS
Pleiades Theatre & Modern Times Stage Company
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- Posted Date: Posted 12 days ago
- Closing Date: April 30, 2025
- Location: Canada
- Salary: To be discussed
Company Overview
Pleiades Theatre
https://www.pleiadestheatre.org/
Our mandate is: Sharing 1st and 2nd generation Canadian stories.
We wish to redefine what it means to be “Canadian” (because for too long, that definition has been too narrow) by sharing stories from 1st and 2nd generation Canadians with each other, Tkaronto, and the world. We encourage 1st and 2nd generation storytellers (particularly artists of colour, but through intersectionality also d/Deaf artists, artists with disabilities, artists living with mental illness, New Gen artists, 2SLBTQIAP artists, and Indigenous artists) to create:
· INSPIRATIONS: new, relevant stories exploring their experiences;
· TRANSLATIONS: sharing stories from other languages for all audiences;
· ADAPTATIONS: exploring existing works through their lens.
Our goals are:
- To provide communities who may not have representation in the Tkaronto and Canadian theatre community with meaningful, practical, and financial support in bringing their stories to the stage through partnerships with community organizations.
- To train emerging theatre artists and practitioners from these communities by providing them through our seasonal activities and productions:
* Mentorships * On-the-job training * Professional, practical experience
- To engage in customized, multi-lingual, educational, in-school programs that focus on theatre, language, and storytelling at all levels of education.
Modern Times Stage Company
https://www.moderntimesstage.com/
Established in 1989 by iconic Persian theatre director Soheil Parsa, Modern Times Stage Company is an imaginative, award-winning, immigrant theatre organization that focuses on celebrating and creating radical theatre full of imagination – involving narratives, stories, forms, and disciplines from across the World!
We bring together a fusion of cultures, politics, philosophies, and artistic disciplines from across the globe into a contemporary, globalized Canadian context. Additionally, we support artists, voices, and communities emanating from the Persian, Desi, Arab, Muslim, Brown, South Asian, IBPOC, LGBTQ+, and other equity-seeking groups. Regardless of Liberal or Conservative government, Canada takes in a higher percentage of immigrants than any other Western country, and we empower the voices of this diverse, globalized, Canadian future.
In this way, we consider ourselves the most Canadian theatre organization of them all!
A theatre that’s devoted to Canadian Futurism.
Recent work:
· “CRAZE” (Tarragon Theatre),
· “The Caged Bird Sings” (Aga Khan Museum),
· “As I Must Live It” (Theatre Passe Muraille),
· “Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo” (Crow’s Theatre),
· “No Save Points” (Outside the March).
Job Description
Pleiades Theatre & Modern Times Stage Company are seeking any genre or style of new plays, adaptations or translations:
· by individuals identifying as 1st or 2nd generation Canadians
AND/OR
· any radical, imaginative works exploring globalization, cultural diversity & fusion, and artistic forms & philosophies we all share.
We encourage, and are highly receptive to, applications from all intersectional identities including but not limited to Indigenous artists, 2SLGBTQIAP artists, new generation artists, deaf artists, artists with disabilities, and artists living with mental illness.
Submission materials:
· One-page synopsis of the play (PDF, in English);
· One-page of character summaries (PDF, in English; include approx. ages, gender-identities, cultural
background if applicable, etc.)
· Full-length play (PDF, in English or a mix of languages with primarily English)
The deadline for submissions is April 30th, 2025 at 6pm EST.
Eligibility:
· Must live in Canada and have the legal right to work in Canada (posses a valid S.I.N.)
· Be available to attend workshops in person (GTA based) or via Zoom (if outside of the GTA)
· Be able to work in English
· Plays can include a mix of languages, but should primarily feature English.
· Must be a complete draft with no previous productions of any kind
Additional info:
· If selected, the playwright(s) would be paid a development fee, in addition to potential workshop fees.
· The level of support for selected plays will differ based on project needs and progression.
· The play will be eligible for possible consideration for a future full production.
Send all materials to: info@pleiadestheatre.org
Use the subject line: “Play Submission 24/25 – [Playwright’s Name]”
If you have any questions or need more information, feel free to contact Pleiades Theatre at info@pleiadestheatre.org
Send all materials to: info@pleiadestheatre.org
Use the subject line: “Play Submission 24/25 – [Playwright’s Name]”
If you have any questions or need more information, feel free to contact Pleiades Theatre at info@pleiadestheatre.org
- Position Type: Freelance
- Posted Date: Posted 12 days ago
- Closing Date: April 30, 2025
- Location: Canada
- Salary: To be discussed