Outside the March

Less than ONE WEEK left to apply for programsound.fm 's call for submissions! Listen to the audio-only version of the call here: soundcloud.com/programsoundfm/psfm-call-for-submissions... #immersiveunite #cdncult

Gorgeous: check out "Shi", part of the Stratford Festival's Viral Transmissions series, by OtM Company Dramaturg Jeff Ho! www.stratfordfestival.ca/AtHome

((( is anybody out there? ))) announcing programsound.fm, a digital community radio project, along with a call for submissions! ... when the pandemic began and all the theatres closed, creator bahia watson approached us with an idea for a community radio station that would allow theatremakers to keep making theatre. so what is programsound.fm? it’s a new internet radio station for storytellers. instead of an analog frequency dial, the stream of sound comes through an audio player on a website. we got support from the canada council’s digital strategies fund to consult with artists across turtle island and create an experiment: a day-in-the-life digital radio broadcast of programsound.fm the hope is that this radio station can become a permanent platform for creativity and connection. call and response has its roots in african music and is a pattern of democratic participation. in july 2021 we’re broadcasting a programsound.fm pilot to test this storytelling radio station idea, and we’d love for you to participate! this is a call. we would love to hear your response. deadline for submissions: tuesday may 25th ! LISTEN to the teaser: soundcloud.com/outsidethemarch/programsound READ the full call for submissions: outsidethemarch.ca/the-experiences/programsound LISTEN to the full call for submissions: soundcloud.com/programsoundfm/psfm-call-for-submissions image: program sound's logo created by bahia watson. A large, stylized old-timey radio dial is illuminated on the back wall of a colourful room. there are electrical cords and equipment on the ground: perhaps it is some kind of performance studio. Lucy Rose Coren Mitchell Cushman Griffin McInnes Marie Farsi #cdncult #theato #immersiveunite #communityradio #storytelling

So many sweet, sweet plays coming from PGC, including from OtM collaborators Jeff Ho, Frances Koncan and Elena Eli Belyea! #theato #cdncult

Emerging artists! You know and love our TD Forward March program. Well our friends at Theatre Direct also have a "Forward March" initiative designed to support emerging artists! They're presenting Spark the Future! April 12 -16. Join them for an Industry Series featuring workshops and panels around the creation/curation of digital work and TYA. ... Free and with ASL Interpretation, register by TODAY to secure your spot. #sparkthefuture REGISTER: https://bit.ly/3cDJxy4 READ MORE: https://bit.ly/3cFU9fG

It’s our final day at SOUND OFF! The festival may be ending but we’re gonna have a BLAST doing it. The ASL and Music Workshop, this time the advanced edition, r...eturns with Juan Jaramillo, Robert Bhola and Patti Trofimenkoff! Starts at 9 AM MDT / 11 AM EDT. This will be followed by the workshop, Playwriting for Deaf Artists, at 12:30 PM MDT / 2:30 PM EDT , hosted by Sage Lovell of Deaf Spectrum. At 2:30 PM MDT / 4:30 PM EDT, we will welcome Joanne Weber to our stage for her play reading of Deaf Settlers. Next will be the Deaf Antlers Improv workshop, hosted by Landon Krentz and Ebony Gooden, for 4 PM MDT / 6 PM EDT. Then the crew behind the illustrious The Ministry of Mundane Mysteries: ASL Edition will take to the stage one final time to solve one last mystery. Don’t miss you chance to take in this phenomena that’s reached over 200+ cites around the world. 6 PM MDT / 8 PM EDT. And finally DEAF PARTY! Join us at 7 PM MDT / 9 PM EDT with almost a dozen Deaf Canadian performing artists as we celebrate another year of SOUND OFF! We’ll be offering an open mic at the end of the evening. Events include ASL/English interpreting and are accessible for the Deaf and hearing alike. Deaf Party will be presented in ASL with optional English captions. Also, don't forget! This is your final opportunity to catch the 4 shows on-demand. You ticket purchase Sunday will allow you to watch at any time during the day until midnight. These include: Scored in Silence ComMUTE Please Remain Behind The Shield The Two Natashas: Visiting Aunt Natasha For tickets: soundofffestival.com

Another Season-in-Process update this week: Playwright Norman Yeung joins OtM as playwright-in-residence with support from The Ontario Arts Council! Yeung will be working with Company Dramaturg Jeff Ho and Artistic Director Mitchell Cushman on "Eunuch vs. Pirate", a new immersive play spanning continents and centuries. --> A dying Chinese almost-billionaire goes on a journey to reconcile with his Canadian tech-wiz daughter, with the meddling of a 15th Century eunuch and 18th... Century pirate. Eunuch v. Pirate is a father-daughter tragicomedy invigorated by hints of the absurd and the meta. <-- "I’m examining a cultural pride that the Chinese have held precious for millennia. What is the fragility at the core? My impetus to write this is anti-Chinese abuse during this pandemic. By showing nuances of Chinese behaviour, I’m sharing our humanity. I’m honoured to collaborate with Mitchell, Jeff, and Outside the March, artists whose work I admire deeply. I’m grateful to Ontario Arts Council for supporting this residency." Read more about Norman here: outsidethemarch.ca/the-characters #immersiveunite #theaTO Norman Yeung Works

In September we launched our first ever "Season-in-Process": a commitment to helping artists figure things out during the pandemic. We'll be posting updates regularly over the next little while about how things are going, starting with: "The Trojan Girls" by Gillian Clark receives multi-year support from The National Arts Centre's National Creation Fund! Over the past year, OtM's crack team of immersive innovators has been secretly working on something...... Loosely, lovingly and irreverently adapted from Euripides’ The Trojan Women and The Oresteia, The Trojan Girls unfolds in two site-specific locations simultaneously, with the same cast embodying both teenagers and their parents as they travel back and forth between the two adjacent spaces. Read more: nac-cna.ca/en/creationfund/project/the-trojan-girls Stay tuned for more Season-In-Process updates... The Trojan Girls by Gillian Clark An Immersive Experience from Outside the March In Association with Neworld Theatre and Ghost River Theatre Developed with support from the National Arts Centre’s National Creation Fund Based on Clark's play The Ruins, developed at Two Planks and A Passion National Arts Centre / Centre national des Arts Neworld Theatre Ghost River Theatre Two Planks and a Passion Theatre #theaTO #immersiveunite

Such cool stuff here from Canadian Stage, including with OtM Associate Artistic Director Sebastien Heins! #theaTO #immersiveunite

Our friends at SummerWorks are hiring! Join their team as an Operations and Development Manager responsible for administration, fundraising & development, finance, and human resources. Full-time, fixed-term contract from February to December 2021, with an opportunity to extend. Deadline: Monday, January 25, 2021.... Get it! Learn more: http://ow.ly/VLgl50COB1V

Such a timely, touching, thoughtful reflection on a career in and near the arts by the stellar Ali Joy Richardson in Intermission. Worth reading for anyone, let alone theatre artists. #theaTO

PERFORMANCE ALERT with Forward March commissioned artist Todd Houseman! Tomorrow! ----->