Playwrights Guild of Canada (PGC) is proud to announce that the winner of the Post-Secondary Playwriting Competition for 2012 is Leah Jane Esau, for her play Disappeared. Leah Jane was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and now resides in Montreal, where she recently graduated from the National Theatre School of Canada.
In describing the theme of her winning play, Leah Jane noted, “Disappeared, for me, represents the struggle of my generation in this...
PGC caught up with members Hope McIntyre, Joanna Nutter and Talia Pura in the...
Five PGC-members have World Premieres of their new works at Calgary's Lunchbox Theatre, which opened its 2012-13 season this week. Kicking things off is David Sealy's new comedy The Bob Shivery Show which runs until September 29th, which will be followed by Caroline Russel-King's Second Chance, First Love, a comedy scheduled to run from October 8th to the 27th. Matthew Heiti's new historical drama, ...
Tarragon Theatre presents David French: Writing Home, an exhibit produced by Canada’s National Arts Centre (Ottawa) in association with Theatre Museum Canada. The exhibit will run from September 11th - September 30th at Tarragon’s Rehearsal Hall, in Toronto. The exhibit is open at least two hours before performances and closes 15 minutes before show time. For more information, visit Tarragon's...
Playwrights Guild of Canada catches up with PGC member Andrew Kooman to discuss what it takes to put on a play at a Fringe Festival, how Fringe Festivals are like a wonder of Theatre and the challenges of rewriting for a 90 minute format. Andrew's new play She Has A Name...
