Numerous PGC-members were nominated for this year's Rideau Awards which are presented annually to the best theatre productions staged in the national captal region of Ottawa-Gatineau.
David S. Craig was recognized for his work adapting and directing Carlo Goldoni’s 16th century Commedia dell’arte The Fan, which was also nominated for Outstanding Production.
Janet Urwin was singled out...
Reprinted below is a Letter to the Editor (Montreal Gazette, March 15, 2012) from Stephen Orlov, Executive Committee of Playwrights Guild of Canada
Re: “Canada’s chance to bring copyright law into the digital age” (Opinion, March 14).
Ysolde Gendreau’s advocacy of Bill C-11, currently being steamrolled through Parliament by the Conservative government, ignores the catastrophic impact such a copyright law would have on Canadian culture and artists...
PGC's Tim Carlson's Theatre Conspiracy has just won the 14th annual Rio Tinto Alcan Performing Arts Award, a $60,000 production fund that is one of the largest awards of its kind in Canada. The company's new work, Extraction, will premiere at The Cultch in Spring 2013.
Carlson, co-founder of Theatre Conspiracy, will be writing, researching and casting the piece. Also involved in the project are PGC-members...
PGC member Lucia Frangione protested the closure of Vancouver Playhouse Theatre in a novel way – writing out her new play in chalk all the way from the theatre to city hall.
“The loss of the Vancouver Playhouse means the loss of forty nine years of...
In Celebration of World Theatre Day, PGC is again challenging aspiring playwrights everywhere to compose a ONE-TWEET PLAY – and yes, that means creating your masterpiece in 140 characters or less.
You can submit your work directly to Twitter, using hashtag #PGC, on our Facebook page or by sending it directly to ...
