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</font><b><u><span style='font-family: "Times",serif;'>For Immediate Release <br>
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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.
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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><o:p></o:p><BR><font face="Times New Roman">
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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>
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For more information, please see the press release attached here and below. </span><o:p></o:p><BR><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><BR><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style='font-family: "Times",serif;'>Follow us on Facebook (<a href="http://www.facebook.com/EquityinTheatre">www.facebook.com/EquityinTheatre</a>),</span><span style='font-family: "Times",serif;'> Twitter
(@EquityInTheatre), and/or give us a call at PGC (#416-703-0201). </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style='font-family: "Times",serif;'></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style='font-family: "Times",serif;'>Cheers,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style='font-family: "Times",serif;'></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style='font-family: "Times",serif;'>Rebecca</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style='font-family: "Times",serif;'></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style='font-family: "Times",serif;'>Rebecca Burton</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style='font-family: "Times",serif;'>EIT Co-Organizer,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style='font-family: "Times",serif;'>Membership and Professional Contracts Manager</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style='font-family: "Times",serif;'>Playwrights Guild of Canada </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style='font-family: "Times",serif;'></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">--</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"> </p><span style='font-family: "Times",serif;'><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><font face="Times New Roman">
</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; -ms-text-autospace:; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica-Bold;'>For Immediate
Release<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><font face="Times New Roman">
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</font></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center; -ms-text-autospace:; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica-Bold;'>EQUITY IN THEATRE (EIT) ANNOUNCES <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><font face="Times New Roman">
</font></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center; -ms-text-autospace:; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica-Bold;'>RESEARCHER FOR EIT PROJECT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><font face="Times New Roman">
</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; -ms-text-autospace:; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica-Bold; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; -ms-text-autospace:; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica-Bold;'>(TORONTO, ON – November 10, 2014) Equity
in Theatre is delighted to announce that <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Dr.
Michelle MacArthur</b> has been contracted to undertake a preparatory research
study focused on the successes and failures of previous equity initiatives.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><font face="Times New Roman">
</font></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 1em 0px 12pt; -ms-text-autospace:; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-add-space: auto;"><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 style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">alt.theatre</i>,<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Canadian Theatre Review,</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">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 style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Theatre Research in Canada</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;'>/<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">Recherches
théâtrales au Canada</span></i><span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif;'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><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; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;'>.</span><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif;'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><font face="Times New Roman">
</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 99.25pt; -ms-text-autospace:; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: 248.1pt;"><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. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><font face="Times New Roman">
</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 99.25pt; -ms-text-autospace:; mso-layout-grid-align: none; tab-stops: 248.1pt;"><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"><font color="#0000ff">Facebook</font></a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/EquityInTheatre"><font color="#0000ff">Twitter</font></a>. <a href="http://www.eit.playwrightsguild.ca/"><font color="#0000ff">Website</font></a> coming soon.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><font face="Times New Roman">
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