[Candrama] SureFire 2024 – A Request for Your Participation/ Une invitation à participer au rayonnement de la dramaturgie

Tue Mar 26 18:49:18 EDT 2024

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Dear Canadian Theatre Aficionado,

We are pleased to announce that the Women’s Caucus<https://playwrightsguild.ca/about/womens-caucus/> of the Playwrights Guild of Canada (PGC) and the Centre des auteurs dramatiques (CEAD)<https://www.cead.qc.ca/> have joined forces for a fourth edition of SureFire<https://playwrightsguild.ca/surefire/>. This time around, we will focus solely on Francophone works, but we need your help to make it happen!

To explain, SureFire was inspired by the American Kilroys<https://thekilroys.org/> initiative, which provides an annual list of under- or un-produced plays by women, trans, and non-binary playwrights as a means of providing “a tool for producers committed to ending systemic underrepresentation.” PGC’s Women’s Caucus undertook a similar project with SureFire 2018<https://playwrightsguild.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/SureFire-2018-Intro-Doc-Rvsd.pdf>, SureFire 2020<https://playwrightsguild.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/SureFire-2020-FINAL.pdf>, and SureFire 2022<https://playwrightsguild.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/SureFire-2022.pdf>. The purpose of SureFire is to increase the profile or women, two spirit, trans, and nonbinary (W2STNB) playwrights, and to provide artistic directors, producers, educators, and others with a community-generated resource to help find (and hopefully produce and study) plays by W2STNB creators. SureFire provides an avenue of redress for the underrepresentation, lack of voice, and paucity of plays by W2STNB, and this time around, it will also help to bridge the divide between the “two solitudes,” encouraging cross-pollination and the staging of Francophone works (in translation and straight up) across Canada.

We are writing today to ask for your participation in the development of SureFire 2024. You were suggested to us as a potential Recommender because of your reputation, expertise, and good standing in the theatrical community. As such, we are hoping you will send us your top three “passion picks” or favourite full-length plays in French, or translated from French, by women, two-spirit, trans, and/or non-binary creators in Canada.

There are two caveats for the submission: 1) The submitted works should have received only one (or no) professional productions, and 2) the plays submitted should not appear on previous SureFire releases. We will double check that for you in both instances.

Please CLICK ON THIS LINK<https://forms.gle/8sRJMnrhJb2wugeg8> and fill out a short form with your submission ideas. We ask that you please send us your recommendations by Monday, April 8th.

Once we have received the recommendations, we will rank the returns, release the top choices, and make SureFire 2024 available to the public as a community resource. The names of the Recommenders will be anonymous, as will the individual submission choices made, although we do ask for and will publish aggregate data related to demographic information about the Recommenders in the interests of transparency, inclusion, and accountability.

Please fill out THIS FORM<https://forms.gle/8sRJMnrhJb2wugeg8> and send us your three favourite

un-produced or under-produced Franco-Canadian plays (in French or English translation) by W2STNB creators by Monday, April 8th 2024.

If you have any questions or concerns about the project, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Thank you for helping us deliver a “sure-fire” means for our communities to find engaging and lesser-known Francophone plays by Canadian women, two-spirit, trans, and non-binary creators.

Best Wishes,

Rebecca and Alexandre

Rebecca Burton (she/her/hers)                                      Alexandre Cadieux
Membership and Professional Contracts Manager,       Responsable du centre de documentation

Playwrights Guild of Canada (PGC)                               Centre des auteurs dramatiques (CEAD)

P.O. Box 60022, Queen Beverley P.O.                           5445, de Gaspé, bureau 406 P.O.

Toronto, ON  M5V 0C5                                                  Montréal, Québec, H2T 3B2

Phone: 416-703-0201                                                    Téléphone : 514-2883384, poste 222

Email: membership<http://goog_333148026/>@playwrightsguild.ca<http://playwrightsguild.ca/>                      Courriel : centre.de.doc at cead.qc.ca<mailto:centre.de.doc at cead.qc.ca>                      <mailto:centre.de.doc at cead.qc.ca>

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Cher, chère membre de la communauté théâtrale,

Nous sommes heureux d’annoncer que le Centre des auteurs dramatiques (CEAD) s’associe cette année à Playwrights Guild of Canada (PGC) pour la réalisation d’une édition francophone de SureFire, une initiative du Caucus des femmes de PGC qui en sera à sa quatrième édition. Nous sollicitons aujourd’hui votre aide afin de faire rayonner la dramaturgie québécoise et franco-canadienne grâce à vos judicieux conseils.

Mais d’abord, qu’est-ce que SureFire ?

SureFire est inspiré de l’initiative américaine Kilroys<https://thekilroys.org/>, qui établit annuellement une liste de pièces à la fois écrites par des auteurices femmes, bispirituel·le·s, trans et non-binaires et qui demeurent à ce jour sous-produites ou non produites ; le tout afin de fournir « un outil pour les producteurs déterminés à mettre fin à la sous-représentation systémique ». Le Caucus des femmes de PGC a entrepris un projet similaire avec SureFire 2018<https://playwrightsguild.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/SureFire-2018-Intro-Doc-Rvsd.pdf>, SureFire 2020<https://playwrightsguild.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/SureFire-2020-FINAL.pdf> et SureFire 2022<https://playwrightsguild.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/SureFire-2022.pdf>. Le principal objectif est d'accroître la visibilité des auteurices femmes, bispirituel·le·s, trans et non binaires en fournissant aux directions artistiques, aux instances de production, au milieu de la recherche académique et à toute personne intéressée par le théâtre une ressource générée par la communauté et permettant de découvrir (et, espérons-le, de produire et d’étudier) des pièces passionnantes et pourtant sous-représentées et encore méconnues. Cette année, SureFire contribuera également à combler le fossé entre les « deux solitudes », en encourageant la pollinisation croisée et la mise en scène d’œuvres d’artistes francophones partout au Canada, dans les deux langues officielles.

Nous vous écrivons aujourd’hui pour solliciter votre participation au développement de SureFire 2024. Votre expertise, votre expérience et votre jugement artistique nous poussent à croire que vous seriez d’excellent conseil dans l’élaboration de cette importante liste. Nous espérons donc que vous accepterez de partager avec nous vos pièces préférées écrites en français par des auteurices femmes, bispirituel·le·s, trans et/ou non binaires, que celles-ci aient déjà été ou non traduites en anglais.

Merci de SUIVRE CE LIEN<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeQzQEU8Nx5oEOIg0xWg5gKuehfAaEgWh3tOcZ8MOa4kcFdkA/viewform?usp=sf_link> afin de remplir le court formulaire avec vos idées de pièces à soumettre. Vous y trouverez également une liste de questions fréquemment posées à propos des critères de sélection des œuvres. Nous vous demandons d’envoyer vos recommandations au plus tard le lundi 8 avril.

Lorsque nous aurons reçu toutes les pièces suggérées, nous analyserons les retours, publierons les choix les plus populaires et mettrons SureFire 2024 à la disposition du public en tant que ressource communautaire. Votre participation ainsi que les choix que vous aurez soumis demeureront entièrement anonymes ; notez toutefois que seront publiés des statistiques globales liées aux informations démographiques fournies volontairement par les répondant·e·s, et ce dans un souci de transparence, d'inclusion et de responsabilité.

Si vous avez des questions ou des commentaires à propos de ce projet, n’hésitez pas à nous contacter. Vous trouverez également une liste de questions fréquemment posées à la fin du questionnaire.

Merci de nous aider à mettre en lumière des oeuvres riches mais trop peu connues écrites par des auteurices femmes, bi-spirituel·le·s, trans et non binaires de partout au Canada.

Cordialement,

Alexandre et Rebecca

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Rebecca Burton (she/her/hers)
Membership and Professional Contracts Manager,
Playwrights Guild of Canada

P.O. Box 60022, Queen Beverley P.O.

Toronto, ON  M5V 0C5
Phone: 416-703-0201
Email: membership<http://goog_333148026/>@playwrightsguild.ca<http://playwrightsguild.ca/>
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And, check out The PLEDGE Project - a searchable database of large-cast plays by Canadian women, two spirit, trans, and non-binary creators: www.pledgeproject.ca<http://www.pledgeproject.ca/>
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Playwrights Guild of Canada honours and acknowledges the territory upon which our office resides, the traditional land of Indigenous nations, such as the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Métis, and the Anishinabek, including the Chippewa and the Mississaugas of the Credit. We recognize and respect all recorded and unrecorded Nations who care(d) for this land of Tkaronto, meaning “Where the Trees Meet the Water.” PGC is grateful for the opportunity to protect and nurture the stories of our community, which includes many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island.

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   1. Playwrights Canada Press Celebrates 40 Years (Annie Gibson)

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Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 11:31:43 -0400
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Subject: [Candrama] Playwrights Canada Press Celebrates 40 Years
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Playwrights Canada Press is celebrating our 40th Anniversary with a
fabulous Book Launch Bash, and you’re cordially invited!

Join us for a fun and festive evening as we showcase readings by renowned
dramatists and offer an exclusive on-site book sale with a 40% discount on
all items to honour forty years of outstanding Canadian dramatic literature.

The festivities will be hosted by award-winning journalist and culture
critic, *Aisling Murphy*, and graced by special appearances from *Jill
Carter, Amanda Cordner, Jeff D’Hondt, Thomas McKechnie, Kat Sandler, Erin
Shields, Pamela Mala Sinha, Mohammad Yaghoubi,* and *David Yee*.

The event kicks off at *7pm* on *Monday, March 25th*, at *Buddies in Bad
Times Theatre* (12 Alexander Street
<https://maps.app.goo.gl/QUUH28ng91YvYReM8>) in Toronto. Masks are
encouraged. ASL interpretation will be provided. Venue accessibility is
available HERE <https://buddiesinbadtimes.com/accessibility/>.

*Admission is free, but registration is required. Please RSVP at the
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre Box Office HERE
<https://buddiesinbadtimes.com/event/playwrights-canada-press-40th-anniversary-book-launch-bash/>.*

Thank you to all CATR members for inviting us into your community over the
last forty years!

Take care,

Annie

Annie Gibson (she/her)
Publisher
Playwrights Canada Press
Ph: 416-703-0013
www.playwrightscanada.com<http://www.playwrightscanada.com>
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