Deadline: 7-Feb-23
The Ontario Arts Council has announced the applications for Theatre Projects.
Purpose
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The program supports professional theatrical exploration, creation, development, production and presentation, regardless of theatrical tradition, as well as initiatives that benefit the Ontario professional theatre community. The program has five categories:
- Creation: contribution to the artistic fees of initial exploration and development of a theatrical project or idea, for research, exploration and experimentation.
- Creation in Residence: contribution to the artistic fee for a residence, with a professional not-for-profit Ontario theatre company, in playwriting or other methods of creation.
- Development Workshops: contribution to the costs of a workshop or similar development projects; projects must include some form of public presentation. Artists or groups invited to present their work at a festival should apply in this category or in the Productions category.
- Productions: contribution to the costs of single productions, including shared-production models. Artists or groups invited to present their work at a festival should apply in this category or in the Development Workshops category.
- Festivals/Initiatives: contribution to the costs of festivals (festival organizers apply in this category), or the costs of artists or arts professionals participating in initiatives that significantly benefit the professional theatre community at large, including presentations, series, conferences and other public forums, professional development for theatre professionals, administrative collaborations, and other activities. They cannot be related to a single production.
Priorities
- The program gives priority to Canadian work.
Funding Information
- Creation: maximum $5,000
- Creation in Residence: maximum $10,000
- Development Workshops: maximum $15,000
- Productions: maximum $20,000
- Festivals/Initiatives: maximum $15,000.
Eligible Projects
- In the Development Workshops category, include some form of public presentation.
- In the Development Workshops and the Productions categories, include a range of revenue sources, including OAC funding.
Eligible Activities
- Artistic research, exploration and experimentation
- Playwriting and other methods of creation, either in-residence with a professional not-for-profit Ontario theatre company, or independently
- Workshops and other development projects
- Single productions, including shared-production models
- Festivals, presentations and series
- Professional development for theatre professionals, administrative collaborations, conferences and other public forums.
Eligibility Criteria
- Professional theatre artists who are residents of Ontario
- Ad hoc groups and collectives composed of a majority of Ontario residents
- Not-for-profit organizations based in Ontario that produce or present professional theatre
- Organizations must have a head office in Ontario.
Ineligible
- Non-professional applicants
- Current recipients of an operating grant in the Theatre Organizations program
- Current recipients of an operating grant in other OAC operating programs, with the exception of organizations mandated to serve one or more of OAC’s priority groups.
- Municipalities, colleges and universities.
For more information, visit Theatre Projects.
