Modern Times Stage Company
1 Wiltshire Avenue, Unit 126 M6N 2V7 Toronto, ON, Canada

Art is hard. When art-making one starts with a lot of questions, and not a lot of answers. The work can get exponentially more challenging as personal processes meet in collaboration. Everyone must play the same game, with the same rules, on the same team, together. Often artists are taking creative risks that impact others, and that must be responded to in turn. The process can be mentally, physically and emotionally exhausting. Our Artist Voices series continues with an e...ssay written by Keshia Palm - actor, director and dramaturge who underlines the importance of working together when times are tough. Read now: https://moderntimesstage.com/artist-voices-essay-series-pa/ #artistvoices #moderntimesstagecompany #theato Cultural Pluralism in the Arts Movement Ontario (CPAMO) TAPA Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts

Reminder: Thursday November 19 11am-2:30pm Join Tangled Art + Disability in an exploration of crip culture and disability aesthetics. Participants will have the opportunity to engage with Tangled staff members that will discuss the following topics: Disability Arts, the social vs. medical model of disability, accessible curatorial practices and digital ways of engaging access. https://www.facebook.com/cpamoontario/... Cultural Pluralism in the Arts Movement Ontario (CPAMO)

Here’s this week’s Nestruck on Theatre column from The Globe and Mail. https://www.theglobeandmail.com//article-factory-theatres/

"A lot of theatre practice operates through instinct.... But instinct isn’t universal. What works in one culture may not work in another. In my experience, what works in rehearsal halls run by dominant-culture directors too often takes for granted ways of thinking and seeing that marginalize, oppress, objectify, or disappear entire peoples and worlds and silence potentially productive members of the creative team whose instincts are different. Doing what instinctively works... can mean never considering choices that might be surprising, challenging, or unsettling. Choices that make audiences see the world differently." Our Artist Voices series continues with an essay written by Ric Knowles, who has worked at Modern Times as a dramaturge on Hallaj, The Death of the King, and the ongoing Thirst workshops. Ric has worked in the professional theatre in Canada for 40 years at theatres ranging from the Mulgrave Road Theatre to the Stratford Festival, most recently with MT Space, Factory Theatre, Tottering Biped Theatre, Pleiades Theatre, Cahoots Theatre, and Modern Times. Ric is also a multiple award-winning author or editor of over 20 books on theatre and performance, including Theatre & Interculturalism and Performing the Intercultural City. Read Ric's essay: https://moderntimesstage.com/artist-voices-essay-series-pa/ #moderntimesstagecompany #theato #artistvoices Cultural Pluralism in the Arts Movement Ontario (CPAMO) TAPA Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts Photo: Ric Knowles, self-portrait

Thank you Jani Lauzon!

Are you a BIPOC Female, Trans, and/or Non-Binary theatre artist looking to get to the next stage of your career? Applications are now open for Why Not Theatre’s ThisGen 2021 Fellowship, a national initiative that helps theatre practitioners get to the next stage in their careers through training, mentorship, guided self-study, and peer-to-peer connection. Deadline to apply is December 4th. Learn more at:... https://whynot.theatre/thisgen-2021-call-for-applications/ See more