Recommenders for Theatre Creators

Priorities
Culturally diverse playwrights/collectives, artists living with a disability; regional playwrights; projects/creators that align with our mandate - promote and preserve Canadian cultural heritage and history.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)
• Script Sample
• Audio/Visual

Deadline(s)

• January 9, 2026, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
Theatre, interdisciplinary and intercultural performance approaches, as well as text-based work, originating from Latinx Canadian, newcomer, Indigenous communities and other racialized communities.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)
• Script Sample or
• Audio/Visual

Deadline(s)

• October 20, 2025, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
We are looking for work authored by artists from the Black diaspora that incorporate one of more of the following priorities: artists whose work contributes to expanding the definition and understanding of Black identity | creators whose artistic practice aligns with b current's mission to produce "magical, joyful and innovative art" | artists interested in collaborative, multidisciplinary approaches rather than traditional playwright-driven theatre | creators who demonstrate potential to develop work that can be adapted for both live and digital platforms.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)
• Script Sample

Deadline(s)

• November 28, 2025, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
Narratives that embrace the complexity, enormity and diversity of rural life. Blyth is especially interested in work that interrogates questions of Canadian identity.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)
• Script Sample

Deadline(s)

• January 9, 2026, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
Trans* and Gender Non-Conforming Identified Artists; Queer Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour Identified Artists; 2SLGBTQ Identified Artists; Radical or Experimental Performance and Theatre.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)
• Script Sample

Deadline(s)

• December 1, 2025, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
Artists of colour and Indigenous artists, artists with disabilities, queer artists - particularly transgender and non-binary.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)
• Script Sample

Deadline(s)

• October 6, 2025, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
Multidisciplinary or Interdisciplinary Practice | Large Scale/Scope Projects| Contemporary Theatrical | Performance Practices and/or New Plays.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)
• Script Sample

Deadline(s)

• November 10, 2025, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
Works for young audiences and the very young, with priority to original works, projects by creators from diverse backgrounds, and artists living outside the Greater Toronto Area.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)
• Script Sample

Deadline(s)

• December 9, 2025, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
Applications that meaningfully engage with the diversity of our community, and are ambitious in form and scope.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)
• Script Sample

Deadline(s)

• November 25, 2025, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
Asian Canadian artists, artists of colour and women.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)
• Script Sample

Deadline(s)

• November 14, 2025, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
Artists who support our commitment to create live professional theatre that gathers, inspires, and entertains audiences. The Grand is World Curious and London-Made, and we are looking for stories that share our values of passion, rigour, innovation, inclusivity, respect and care.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)
• Script Sample

Deadline(s)

• January 6, 2026, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
BIPOC and local artists, equity and opportunity for all; to provide meaningful support for under-represented communities in Ottawa's theatre scene.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)
• Script Sample and/or
• Audio/Visual

Deadline(s)

• November 14, 2025, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
Traditional and non-traditional contemporary projects that inspire critical thinking and present a theme or idea in a bold, new, and exciting way.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)
• Script Sample
• Audio/Visual

Deadline(s)

• December 1, 2025, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
Creators from Scarborough, Durham and eastern Ontario. Creators that reflect our diverse community. Work that aligns with our mandate of reimagining classics. We take a purposefully broad definition of classics to encompass content, form, and history and we're interested in how creators are inspired by the past to create new work that speaks to the present moment.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)
• Script Sample or
• Audio/Visual

Deadline(s)

• November 7, 2025, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
Community-engaged arts projects that involve community participants in the their development and/or presentation) and involve theatre/performance and combine disciplines, forms and traditions. A priority for artists from equity seeking groups and/or non-Toronto regions of Ontario.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)
• Script Sample (optional)
• Audio/Visual (optional)

Deadline(s)

• January 9, 2026, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
As the only professional theatre in Northern Ontario, our priority is to tell stories that speak to the north as well as the broader Canadian population.  Additionally, we prioritize the development of new works by Indigenous playwrights from across Ontario.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)
• Script Sample
• Audio/Visual

Deadline(s)

• January 5, 2026, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
Radical and imaginative theatrical arts; exciting works that challenge theatrical form, context, narrative and performance; work from Immigrants, IBPOC artists, LGTBQ+ artists, Fem-artists, artists with disabilities, and other historically & structurally marginalized artists; artists with exciting and fresh ideas we've never encountered.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)
• Script Sample
• Audio/Visual (optional)

Deadline(s)

• November 17, 2025, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
Projects by Indigenous, Black, Racialized, Newcomer, Immigrant, Refugee creators; artistic collaborations, collective creations, devised processes; interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, multilingual and physical theatre.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)

Deadline(s)

• January 9, 2026, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
Native Earth prioritizes the funding of Indigenous artists. Culturally diverse artists are also encouraged to apply.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)
• Script Sample or
• Audio/Visual

Deadline(s)

• January 8, 2026, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
NA supports the voices of outstanding artists as they explore theatrical storytelling at the edge of their artistic practice. We will be prioritizing the support of: artists exploring the shifting nature of connection and identity through theatre | artists/art which asks the question: who are we now? | artists exploring the human condition through their work | work and stories led by artists who are from IBPOC groups, are living with a disability, are under the age of 30 | artists whose work are not already supported by our other programs | artists whose work aligns with our company values.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)
• Script Sample or
• Audio/Visual

Deadline(s)

• January 9, 2026, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
Diversity of storytelling (geographic/cultural/language/live-digital hybrids); Poetic, dramatic text; Dance; Performance events; Integration of music, especially vocal music; Exploration of dramatic forms - stretching dramaturgical boundaries.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)

Deadline(s)

• October 24, 2025, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
As a feminist theatre company, Nightwood encourages applications from women and gender expansive artists. We will be prioritizing folks from the Deaf and disability communities and IBPOC women in Ontario.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)
• Script Sample or
• Audio/Visual

Deadline(s)

• January 8, 2026, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
Black artists of all backgrounds, ages, and gender identities, at any stage in their careers.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)
• Script Sample

Deadline(s)

• December 11, 2025, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
Artists with projects whose style or method of creation relates broadly to the nature of Odyssey’s work (mask and movement based theatre, including: Commedia dell’Arte, physical theatre, bouffon, clown, puppetry, and international forms of masked dance-theatre). Writers and collaborative creators. Projects reflecting culturally diverse mask and movement art forms. We encourage applications from artists who self-identify as members of OAC priority groups.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)
• Script Sample

Deadline(s)

• January 9, 2026, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
Under-represented, emerging, and new generation artists, living and creating in Ottawa.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)
• Script Sample

Deadline(s)

• December 11, 2025, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
Diverse voices interested in immersive theatre, innovation in the form, and strong script-based materials.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)
• Script Sample and/or
• Audio/Visual

Deadline(s)

• November 26, 2025, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
Projects new to Pat the Dog Theatre Creation from artists working and/or creating in Northern ON and Women-identified/Women-presenting/Non-binary Folk in Southwestern ON.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)
• Script Sample

Deadline(s)

• January 9, 2026, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
Interested in developing diverse stories and seeing more diversity on our stage. Still interested in aiding in the development of local playwrights. Also very interested in small scale musicals.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)
• Script Sample

Deadline(s)

• January 8, 2026, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
Theatre for Young Audiences and OAC Priority Groups

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)

Deadline(s)

• December 17, 2025, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
Ambitious works that speak to the diversity of modern-day Canada, and to diverse artists and audiences.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)
• Script Sample

Deadline(s)

• December 19, 2025, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
Provocative and insightful text-based, narrative explorations of contemporary social and political issues. While not a requirement, we are particularly interested in pieces that utilize verbatim theatre techniques.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)
• Script Sample

Deadline(s)

• January 2, 2026, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
New collaborative processes, multi-media, satire and the work of regional, BIPOC and 2SLGBTQ++ artists.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)
• Script Sample or
• Audio/Visual

Deadline(s)

• December 15, 2025, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
Supporting emerging book writers and storytellers of musicals.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)
• Script Sample

Deadline(s)

• November 7, 2025, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
Deaf, Mad and disability-identified artists.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)
• Script Sample
• Audio/Visual

Deadline(s)

• October 2, 2025, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
New Work (plays, theatre creations, interdisciplinary performance works, etc) that investigates local and global contexts as a reflection of Canada; embracing a diversity of voices, form, and artistic practice.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)
• Script Sample

Deadline(s)

• December 12, 2025, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
Musical theatre works only. Projects where music is integral to the emotional journey of the characters.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)
• Script Sample
• Audio/Visual

Deadline(s)

• December 17, 2025, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
Theatre Aquarius is a hub for creative conversation that celebrates possibility, engages community, fosters innovation and ignites future voices. We aim to support artists from or based in the Hamilton/Halton community.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)
• Script Sample

Deadline(s)

• January 6, 2026, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
Applications from artists devising form-breaking work for TYA - including, but not limited to, work that is site-specific, immersive, participatory and/or involves children in the creative process. Theatre Direct prioritizes applications from emerging artists and equity-seeking groups.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)
• Script Sample and/or
• Audio/Visual

Deadline(s)

• January 9, 2026, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
Original contemporary works of multidisciplinary theatre, physical theatre, and/or new processes of theatre creation.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)
• Script Sample and/or
• Audio/Visual

Deadline(s)

• December 1, 2025, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
TPM will prioritize Artists of Colour, Indigenous artists, Deaf artists, artists with disabilities and Queer artists (which includes trans, gender non-conforming and gender non-binary) with a work in progress in any performance genre which is in need of the next step, whatever that may mean to you. Note, please articulate clearly what this next step would be in regards to your project and in scale with what is possible within the RGTC.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)
• Script Sample or
• Audio/Visual

Deadline(s)

• November 3, 2025, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
Work of BIPOC artists and/or work by artists in Eastern Ontario and/or the development of new Canadian musicals.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)
• Script Sample

Deadline(s)

• December 10, 2025, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
Projects in development that focus on unique, innovative, and unexpected stories that align with the Fringe Festival values. Artists/collectives using any range of creative processes (script writing or otherwise) in the development of new, previously unproduced works. We will not fund shows that have been selected for production in the 2026 Toronto Fringe Festival.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)
• Script Sample and/or
• Audio/Visual

Deadline(s)

• January 6, 2026, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
The Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival is recommending comedy projects only. Specifically, we’re recommending the development of Sketch Comedy projects from an existing sketch troupe or a collection of comedians who want to collaborate on a comedy project. The project must be related to sketch comedy (scripted short-form comedy), solo sketch, clown, musical short-form comedy, or comedic drag (improv, stand-up, or productions of theatre scripts will not be recommended). We aim to support artists and comedy projects based in Toronto, and in Eastern Ontario (with a special focus on Hastings/Prince Edward County). We encourage applications from artists who self-identify as members of OAC priority groups.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)
• Script Sample and/or
• Audio/Visual

Deadline(s)

• November 7, 2025, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
Our priority is to support artists who are creating projects focused on intercultural or international work.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)
• Script Sample or
• Audio/Visual

Deadline(s)

• November 13, 2025, 1 p.m. ET

Priorities
Artists who have lived, worked and played in Northern Ontario or who have some connection to regional, non urban centre communities.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)
• Script Sample or
• Audio/Visual

Deadline(s)

• January 9, 2026, 1 p.m. ET