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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello Everyone,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I posed this question on the Canadian Theatre Research and Performance Facebook page, but I thought I would send it out here as well:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:14.5pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'>What are your favourite large cast (6 or more characters) plays by Canadian women?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:14.5pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:14.5pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'>I ask because Equity and Diversity in the Arts at UTSC and<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.eit.playwrightsguild.ca/">Equity in Theatre (EIT) </a>are spearheading P.L.E.D.G.E (a Production Listing for Enhancing Diversity and Gender Equity). Our first major project is the creation of a database of large-cast Canadian plays by women. The database will help students, educators, and others find and familiarize themselves with a rich selection of work by Canadian women play<span class=textexposedshow>wrights that can be included in curriculum and/or selected for mainstage production; a necessary endeavour, <i>since only 17% of the works produced on our university and college mainstages are written by women </i>(Hansen and Elser).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:14.5pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:14.5pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'>Any and all suggestions are greatly appreciated! Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:14.5pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:14.5pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1D2129'>Rebecca<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>---<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Rebecca Burton<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Membership and Professional Contracts Manager,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>EIT Co-Organizer,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Playwrights Guild of Canada<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>401 Richmond Street West, Suite 350<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Toronto, ON M5V 3A8<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Phone: #416-703-0201<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Email: <a href="mailto:rebecca@playwrightsguild.ca"><span style='color:blue'>rebecca@playwrightsguild.ca</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>_____________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><a href="http://www.playwrightsguild.ca/" target="_blank"><span style='color:blue'>www.playwrightsguild.ca</span></a><br><a href="http://www.facebook.com/playwrightsguildofcanada" target="_blank"><span style='color:blue'>www.facebook.com/playwrightsguildofcanada</span></a><br><a href="http://twitter.com/pguildcanada" target="_blank"><span style='color:blue'>twitter.com/pguildcanada</span></a><br><br><b><span style='color:purple'>SIGN UP FOR PGC’S FREE ONLINE COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER - </span></b></span><u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><a href="http://eepurl.com/gIxP" target="_blank"><span style='color:blue'>http://eepurl.com/gIxP</span></a></span></u><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#444444;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#444444;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Support</span></i></b><i><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#444444;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> <b>EIT</b>, a multi-faceted and inclusive <b>Equity in Theatre</b> initiative, by following us on Facebook (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/EquityinTheatre"><span style='color:blue'>https://www.facebook.com/EquityinTheatre</span></a>) and Twitter (<a href="https://twitter.com/EquityInTheatre"><span style='color:blue'>https://twitter.com/EquityInTheatre</span></a>), or visit the EIT website at <a href="http://www.eit.playwrightsguild.ca/"><span style='color:blue'>www.eit.playwrightsguild.ca</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#444444;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#444444;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>__________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>