Canadian Playwrights Conference and Festival

[Ric Knowles]

Announcing:

A Celebration of Canadian Plays and Playwrights

17 - 20 October 2002 at the Stratford Festival

To celebrate the Stratford Festival's 50th season and its Studio
Theatre's first, this gathering of scholars, students, teachers,
playwrights, performers, and theatre-goers will examine the
conditions of playwrighting in Canada.  Papers and panel discussions
will take up the following topics: theatre for young audiences; new
plays and new play development; translation and adaptation; Canadian
theatre history; politics and plays; and economics, plays, and
playwriting.  The program includes readings by the playwrights and by
members of the Stratford Festival acting company, an exhibition of
books sponsored by Playwrights Canada Press along with a launch of
new works, a celebration of the 30th anniversary of founding of the
Playwrights Union of Canada, and the premiere of Peter Hinton's play,
"The Swanne: George III (The Death of Cupid)."

Papers will be presented by Joanne Tompkins (Queensland), Michael
McKinnie (Birmingham), Reid Gilbert (Capilano), Ellen MacKay
(Columbia), Kevin Longfield (Manitoba), Denyse Lynde (Memorial),
Jerry Wasserman (UBC), Anne Nothof (Athabasca), Bruce Barton
(Toronto), Gerd Hauck (Waterloo), Catherine Graham (McMaster),
Shannon Hengen (Laurentian), Kirsty Johnston (Toronto), Aida Jordao
(Toronto) Jacqueline Petropoulos (York), Deborah Taylor (Victoria),
Claudia Barnet (Middle Tennessee State), Deborah Tihanyi (Toronto)

Playwrights participating include Sharon Pollock, Sheldon Rosen, Dan
Needles, Betty Jane Wylie, Henry Beissel, Michael Bawtree, Damien
Atkins, Kenneth Dyba, James Reaney, Paul Dunn, Peter Hinton, Dennis
Foon, Betty Quan, Rex Deverell, Djanet Sears, Alisa Palmer, dd
Kugler, Paul Thompson, Sally Han, Bill Glassco, Michel Marc Bouchard,
George Elliott Clarke, Conni Massing, Richard Rose, Yvette Nolan,
David Gow, Wendy Lill, Jean Yoon, Sky Gilbert, Rahul Varma,
Anne-Marie MacDonald, Guillermo Verdecchia, Linda Griffiths, Michael
Lewis MacLennan, Gail Nyoka, Anton Piatigorsky, Marty Chan, Michael
Redhill, Marie Clements, Andrew Moodie, Joan McLeod, and Judith
Thompson

Registration fees ($75 for students, $175 for others) include the
opening reception, the gala book launch, coffee breaks, Saturday
lunch, and admission to all talks, panel discussions, and readings.
Those attending the conference may also obtain 20% off the regular
price of a ticket to "The Swanne: George III" on Saturday 19 October.

To register, obtain information about accommodations, and purchase
theatre tickets, contact the Stratford Festival Box Office:
1-800-567-1600.  For further information, contact Ted McGee
(cemcgee at watarts.uwaterloo.ca) or Ric Knowles (rknowles at uogueoph.ca).