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In its first 6 weeks, the Canadian Play Thing has hosted 25 readings and events! Check the listing below for more bold, brand-new or under-produced plays by Canadian playwrights, read for you LIVE by brilliant, bored actors all across the country looking for something fun to do :)
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PLAY THING IN THE NEWS
This week Canadian Theatre Review featured The Canadian Play Thing on their blog. Thanks very much to Giorgia Severini at CTR for the post.
The Playwrights Guild of Canada highlights the Play Thing in their Featured Playwright of the Month post - a Q&A with me about how the Play Thing got started and some of my thinking around the value of reading new plays. Thanks to Idil at PGC (especially for her patience!) While you are there, check out the PGC Member Marquee for other online events featuring Guild members.
CONGRATULATIONS!
... to the University of Alberta's BFA Acting Class of 2020, who gathered to read Meg Braem's CHRYSOTHEMIS on the Play Thing on Sunday - a graduating project they had been working on for three years which was cancelled due to Covid-19. Meg's play was riveting, and these young actors were thrilling to watch.
More PGC PlayConnect and Playwrights - Live!
Saturday, May 23rd at 2:00 pm (Pacific) the Playwrights Guild of Canada is generously supporting a second author event on The Thing with a reading by featured playwright Johnnie Walker (Toronto) (Scheherazade, April 19), hosted by Sean Guist, creator of Intrepid Theatre's OUTstages festival (Victoria). Learn more about Johnnie at johnniewalkerartist.com.
Click the titles below for more information about the event of your choice, or join the new Canadian Play Thing Facebook page for ongoing updates.
If you'd like to get involved in the Play Thing behind the scenes - to help with admin, promotion, to submit a script, volunteer as an actor, or to offer other services, all the details can be found at plaything.ca, or connect via our facebook group Backstage at Canadian Play Thing.
As always, I welcome your feedback. And donations. I welcome donations. All donations go towards online operating expenses for the Play Thing, including the cost of this newsletter. Any support is appreciated.
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HOW TO ATTEND
Our cozy Zoom venue seats 100 audience members. The doors open 5 minutes prior to showtime. The audience does not appear on screen. Click the zoom link (below) to enter the venue. Make sure to visit the concession prior to or during the show, located in your kitchen. During the reading, your mic and camera will not be enabled, so crinkle your wrappers, leave your phone on and bring your cat. After the reading, you can "raise your hand" to join the cast and playwright on-screen for a post show reception.
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SUBSCRIBER BONUS! QUICK LINKS FOR ADMISSION
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The Play Thing originates from the unceded traditional territories of the Lkwungen-speaking people, known today as the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations.
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