<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hello CanDramers,<div><br></div><div>I wanted to share the release of <b>The SureFire List</b> with you. You can check it out here:</div><div><a href="https://playwrightsguild.ca/intro-the-surefire-list-top-23-final/">https://playwrightsguild.ca/intro-the-surefire-list-top-23-final/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>And, here's an edited version of the press release:</div><div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_5721486288365433864mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;min-width:100%"><tbody class="gmail-m_5721486288365433864mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_5721486288365433864mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top:9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_5721486288365433864mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:100%;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_5721486288365433864mcnTextContent" style="font-family:Helvetica;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(128,128,128);font-size:16px;line-height:24px;padding:0px 18px 9px"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:georgia,times,"times new roman",serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Ontario, October 16th, 2018 - <strong>The Women’s Caucus</strong> of the<strong>Playwrights Guild of Canada (PGC)</strong> is announcing <em><strong>The SureFire List</strong></em>, a community-generated resource intended to help identify remarkable, production-ready plays by Canadian women, trans femmes, and non-binary people. Over two hundred theatre aficionados (“Recommenders”) all across the nation were asked to send PGC their top three “passion-picks” for under- or un-produced plays by Canadian women, trans femmes, and non-binary folks. The Women’s Caucus along with PGC’s regional representatives gathered the results, ranked the findings, and created </span><em><a href="https://playwrightsguild.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2ca5b5e280d1f81507240586d&id=2af2477f70&e=c21b5aae0b" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,173,216)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">The SureFire List</span></a></em><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">.  </span></span></span><br> </p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:georgia,times,"times new roman",serif">The underrepresentation of women playwrights is a well-known and documented fact, and it increases exponentially when it comes to Indigenous women, women of colour, and trans people. Frequently, ADs, producers, and educators state that they don’t produce shows by women or trans femmes simply because they don’t know of any good plays by them. Members of the Women’s Caucus, <strong>Kelley Jo Burke</strong>(Chair), <strong>Frances Koncan</strong> (Previous Chair), <strong>Marilo Nunez</strong> (Deputy Chair), <strong>Beverley Cooper</strong>, <strong>Marcia Johnson</strong>, and <strong>Deborah Williams</strong>, along with PGC staff liaisons <strong>Rebecca Burton</strong> and<strong>Suzette Corrie</strong>, were at the helm of this initiative. <em>The SureFire List</em>, comprised of 23 plays, is impressive for its diversity (not only in terms of racialization, age, region, and so forth, but also for aesthetic style), and can now be picked-up, shared, read, discussed, and implemented far and wide.</span></span></span></p> <p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:georgia,times,"times new roman",serif"><strong>Rebecca Burton</strong> says, “The release of this list seems especially apropos at this time, given the momentum of the #MeToo and #TimeIsUp movements. Moreover, as a country, Canada claims official multicultural status for itself, but that isn’t always evident when one attends the theatre. It is time for our country to walk the walk along with the talk. Canada’s stages need to reflect the actual demographics of its population, and The SureFire List provides a resource tool that can help encourage and contribute to that transformation.”</span></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_5721486288365433864mcnButtonBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;min-width:100%"><tbody class="gmail-m_5721486288365433864mcnButtonBlockOuter"><tr><td valign="top" align="center" class="gmail-m_5721486288365433864mcnButtonBlockInner" style="padding:0px 18px 18px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="gmail-m_5721486288365433864mcnButtonContentContainer" style="border-radius:24px;background-color:rgb(184,12,12)"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" class="gmail-m_5721486288365433864mcnButtonContent" style="font-family:Georgia,Times,"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:18px;padding:15px"><a class="gmail-m_5721486288365433864mcnButton" title="The SureFire List" href="https://playwrightsguild.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2ca5b5e280d1f81507240586d&id=144cf65f6d&e=c21b5aae0b" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);display:block;font-weight:bold;line-height:18px;text-decoration-line:none">The SureFire List</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_5721486288365433864mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;min-width:100%"><tbody class="gmail-m_5721486288365433864mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_5721486288365433864mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top:9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_5721486288365433864mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:100%;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_5721486288365433864mcnTextContent" style="font-family:Helvetica;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(128,128,128);font-size:16px;line-height:24px;padding:0px 18px 9px"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:georgia,times,"times new roman",serif"><strong>Playwrights Guild of Canada</strong> is a registered national arts service association mandated to advance the creative rights and interests of professional Canadian playwrights, promote Canadian plays nationally and internationally, and foster an active, evolving community of writers for the stage.</span></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_5721486288365433864mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;min-width:100%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody class="gmail-m_5721486288365433864mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="gmail-m_5721486288365433864mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width:100%;padding:9px 18px"><table class="gmail-m_5721486288365433864mcnDividerContent" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%;border-top:1px solid rgb(224,224,224)"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Rebecca</div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Rebecca Burton,<br>Membership and Professional Contracts Manager,</div><div>Playwrights Guild of Canada<br>401 Richmond Street West, Suite #350<br>Toronto, Ontario<br>M5V 3A8<br>Phone: #416-703-0201<br><span style="font-size:12.8px">Email: </span><a href="mailto:rebecca@playwrightsguild.ca" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">rebecca@playwrightsguild.ca</a><br></div><div><br>_________________________________<br><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:14px"><a href="http://www.playwrightsguild.ca" target="_blank">www.playwrightsguild.ca</a><br>
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</div><div><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12px"><br></span></font></font></font></div><div><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12px">Also, check out The Pledge Project - a searchable database of large cast plays by Canadian women: <a href="http://www.pledgeproject.ca" target="_blank">www.pledgeproject.ca</a></span></font></font></font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:9pt">__________________________________________________</span><br></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">

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