Deadline: 02-Oct-2025
The Theatre – French-Speaking Projects program is part of the Francophone Arts Programs suite, which aims to support the vitality of the Francophone arts sector in Ontario, and it funds the creation, exploration, development, production, and presentation of French-language dramatic works in the province.
The focus areas include projects that promote the development of a personal artistic approach or one specific to the organization or group, and projects that encourage the advancement and development of Francophone theatrical practice in Ontario.
This program has three categories of support. Creation/Exploration funds projects involving artistic research, initial exploration, or the early development of a dramatic concept, including writing, creative workshops, and presentations of work-in-progress. Development funds projects at an advanced stage of work that are approaching production and must include an accessible presentation or workshop as part of the process. Production funds the preparation and public presentation of a single theatrical production, contributing to artistic, technical, administrative, production, and marketing costs, with co-productions also eligible.
The program supports all forms of professional French-language theatre expression and practice, including cultural projects, community-based initiatives, works based on physical expression and movement, youth theatre, clown art, musical theatre, forum theatre, new works, adaptations, and translations of existing repertoire. The maximum grant amounts are $5,000 for Creation/Exploration, $15,000 for Development, and $20,000 for Production.
Eligible applicants include professional theatre artists residing in Ontario, ad hoc groups and non-profit theatre collectives with at least 50 percent of members living in Ontario, and Ontario-based non-profit organizations producing professional theatre. Ineligible applicants include colleges, universities, municipalities, and organizations already receiving operating grants from French-speaking arts programs or other OAC operating programs not mandated to serve priority groups.
Funding can be used to cover a wide range of costs including artistic research, writing, adaptation and translation, labs, readings, development projects, and the production of a theatrical work. Additional supported expenses include childcare and dependent care necessary for project participation, as well as costs related to making projects accessible to Deaf and disabled audiences and participants. The program does not subsidize events outside Ontario, fundraising activities, capital expenditures, student productions, tours, previously staged productions with the same team, improvisational theatre, or works where less than 50 percent of the text is in French.
For more information, visit Ontario Arts Council.
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