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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Congratulations to you, Michelle, and good job Rebecca!!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Your work is so important to all of us in keeping us actively aware of the serious and tenacious inequities in Canadian theatre. This has got to change! Let’s all speak out and work aggressively to support Michelle and Rebecca. Take a look at the seasons announced in theatres in your city, whichever one it is, just to see how institutionalised and deeply rooted are the imbalances. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Louise Forsyth<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=FR style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>De :</span></b><span lang=FR style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Canadian Theatre Research [mailto:CANDRAMA@listserv.unb.ca] <b>De la part de</b> Rebecca Burton<br><b>Envoyé :</b> 10 novembre 2014 11:00<br><b>À :</b> CANDRAMA@LISTSERV.UNB.CA<br><b>Objet :</b> EIT Announces Dr. Michelle MacArthur as Lead Researcher<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><br></span><b><u><span lang=EN-CA>For Immediate Release <br></span></u></b><span lang=EN-CA><br>Playwrights Guild of Canada, in partnership with some of the arts industry’s most vital organizations, has proudly launched the <b>Equity in Theatre (EIT) </b>initiative. </span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><br></span><span lang=EN-CA><br></span>Given the decline in rates of representation for women playwrights in recent years, and the trickledown effect this has in other areas (such as directing, acting, and design), EIT has been created to help redress existent gender inequities in the theatre industry. <span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><br></span><br>Equity in Theatre is delighted to announce that <strong>Dr. Michelle MacArthur </strong>has been contracted to undertake a preparatory research study focused on the successes and failures of previous equity initiatives. Her final report will provide a series of “best practice” recommendations that will serve as a foundational framework for EIT as the project moves forward.<br><br clear=all>For more information, please see the press release attached here and below. <span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:.1pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Follow us on Facebook (<a href="http://www.facebook.com/EquityinTheatre">www.facebook.com/EquityinTheatre</a>), Twitter (@EquityInTheatre), and/or give us a call at PGC (#416-703-0201). <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:.1pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:.1pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:.1pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:.1pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Rebecca<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:.1pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:.1pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Rebecca Burton<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:.1pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>EIT Co-Organizer,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:.1pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Membership and Professional Contracts Manager<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:.1pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Playwrights Guild of Canada <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:.1pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:.1pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>--<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:.1pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='-ms-text-autospace:'><b><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>For Immediate Release</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:.1pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;-ms-text-autospace:'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>EQUITY IN THEATRE (EIT) ANNOUNCES </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;-ms-text-autospace:'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>RESEARCHER FOR EIT PROJECT</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='-ms-text-autospace:'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='-ms-text-autospace:'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>(TORONTO, ON – November 10, 2014) Equity in Theatre is delighted to announce that <b>Dr. Michelle MacArthur</b> has been contracted to undertake a preparatory research study focused on the successes and failures of previous equity initiatives.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;-ms-text-autospace:'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Dr. MacArthur completed her PhD at the University of Toronto’s Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies, specializing in Canadian women’s theatre. She has published articles in <i>alt.theatre</i>,<i> Canadian Theatre Review,</i> and <i>Theatre Research in Canada</i>, and has twice been awarded the Canadian Association for Theatre Research Award for Theatre, Drama and Performance in French for her work on Quebec’s Théâtre Expérimental des Femmes (2012, 2014). Dr. MacArthur is currently a sessional instructor at the University of Toronto and the book review editor for <i>Theatre Research in Canada</i>/<i><span style='color:#111111'>Recherches théâtrales au Canada</span></i><span style='color:#111111'>.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:.1pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:.1pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>The EIT research study will analyze past equity endeavours and related follow-up actions at home and abroad, in theatre and elsewhere, in order to create a series of “best practice” recommendations that will serve as a foundational framework for the EIT initiative as a whole. This will ensure past mistakes are not repeated or time wasted “reinventing the wheel,” while successes are capitalized on, which will maximize the overall effectiveness and impact of the Equity in Theatre project</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:99.25pt;-ms-text-autospace:'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>With this and its other activities (such as a Symposium in April 2015), Equity in Theatre hopes to foster dialogue on an (inter)national scale, develop social actions that will help effect change, and generate greater awareness of and exposure to Canadian women in theatre, all the while drawing attention to the systemic discrimination that permeates the industry still. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:99.25pt;-ms-text-autospace:'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>For more information about the study, or EIT in general, contact Rebecca Burton or Jennie Egerdie. You can also follow us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/EquityinTheatre">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/EquityInTheatre">Twitter</a>. <a href="http://www.eit.playwrightsguild.ca/">Website</a> coming soon.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'> --30--</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:.1pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>