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Please post on CanDrama Listserv. Thank you!<br>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Join the Centre des Auteurs Dramatique (CEAD) and the Playwrights Guild of Canada (PGC) this<b> Monday, February 24th at 2:00 pm PT / 5:00 pm ET / 6:00 pm AT</b> for an official
</span><span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><b><u><a href="https://playwrightsguild.ca/surefire-2025-press-release/" id="OWAf40e0799-884a-ef60-414c-0be24ccfb66a" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">SureFire 2025</a></u></b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b> launch
event!</b></span></div>
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Featuring excerpted play readings by SureFire playwrights Madeleine Dahlem, Mishka Lavigne, and Marie-Claire Marcotte. Hosted by Alexis Diamond with a Q & A following the readings.</div>
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This is a FREE event being presented in French and English on Zoom.</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Registration is required to get the Zoom link. Sign-up here:
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Please share this info with your networks far and wide!</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><i><u><a href="https://playwrightsguild.ca/surefire/" id="OWA4b641dc9-c8a3-919e-3c8b-8af3f5371312" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">SureFire</a></u></i></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i> is
a community-generated list of un- or under-produced plays by women, two-spirit, trans, and non-binary creators in Canada. For the
</i></span><span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><i><u><a href="https://playwrightsguild.ca/surefire-2025-press-release/" id="OWA00812863-678b-20ef-8e44-bea932578034" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">2025 edition of SureFire</a></u></i></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>,
PGC partnered with CEAD to create a special Francophone version.</i></span></div>
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<b>Joignez-vous à nous Lundi le 24 février, à 17h heure de l'Est</b> - <b>nous lancerons officiellement la liste Surefire 2025!</b></div>
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Au programme :</div>
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Présentation de l'édition 2025</div>
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Lectures de textes par leurs auteur·ices Madeleine Dahlem, Mishka Lavigne, et Marie-Claire Marcotte.</div>
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Évènement en ligne et bilingue avec inscription obligatoire, en partenariat avec le Centres des auteurs dramatique (CEAD) et le Playwrights Guild of Canada (PGC)</div>
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Animée par Alexis Diamond.</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Formulaire d'inscription pour obtenir le lien visio :
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Veuillez partager cette information avec vos réseaux partout dans le monde! Merci!</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><i><u><a href="https://playwrightsguild.ca/womens-caucus-programs/#surefire" id="OWA46a6a3af-486c-8c8d-8a3b-7f5cf86d41b9" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">SureFire</a></u></i></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>
est une ressource générée par la communauté théâtrale et visant à promouvoir les œuvres dramatiques écrites par des femmes ainsi que par des artistes bispirituel·les, transgenres et non binaires au Canada. Pour l’édition
</i></span><span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><i><u><a href="https://playwrightsguild.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Liste_SureFire_en_fran_ccedil_ais.pdf" id="OWA56ef9ef2-c9c8-5e91-3811-042d1a747d21" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">2025
de SureFire</a></u></i></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>, PGC s’est associé à la CEAD pour créer une version francophone spéciale.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">And, check out The PLEDGE Project - a searchable database of large-cast plays by Canadian women, two spirit, trans, and non-binary creators:
</span><span style="color: rgb(94, 50, 124);"><a href="http://www.pledgeproject.ca/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(94, 50, 124);">www.pledgeproject.ca</a></span></div>
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resides, the traditional land of Indigenous nations, such as the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the
</span><span style="font-family: "Playfair Display", serif; font-size: 8.5pt; color: black;">Métis</span><span style="font-family: "Playfair Display"; font-size: 11.375px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, 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
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