Dramaturgy Conference Schedule

[Brian Quirt]

(apologies if this is a duplicate copy)

The Theatre Centre and the
Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA)
Mini-Conference on
DRAMATURGY   July 8 and 9, 2002  ...  Toronto

Bringing together playwrights and dramaturgs with other members of the
Canadian theatre community, this annual conference features two full days
devoted to the art of dramaturgy.

Guest speakers will discuss specific projects by addressing in detail the
process they used to develop the play. We also welcome artists from across
Canada and beyond, feature reports on activities in other major theatre
centres.

Conference Schedule:   {subject to change}

Monday July 8

10am - 1pm              Introductory Session: who is doing what?
1pm - 2:30pm           Lunch
2:30pm                     Djanet Sears on the creation of her hit play
Adventures of a Black Girl
                              in Search of God
3:45pm - 5:00pm      Playwrights at large theatres:
                              Vern Thiessen on establishing a play
development program at
                              the Citadel Theatre; Celia McBride on her new
play Walk Right Up
                                 premiering this summer at the Stratford
Festival

Tuesday July 9

10am                       Ross Manson on the creation of his
multi-disciplinary hit Mortality
11:00am                  Michael Miller discusses Factory Theatre's
CrossCurrents Festival of
                             Cultural Ideas
12:00pm                  Habib Tanvir on translating and producing Rahul
Varma's Bhopal; and on
                             the creation of his own play Bahadur Kalarin
1:15pm - 2:30pm     Lunch
2:30pm                    Wayne Strongman outlines Tapestry's innovative
Composer-Librettist
                             Laboratory
3:45pm - 5:00pm     Rachel Ditor on dramaturgy and the Vancouver theatre
community; Rachel
                             will also report on June's LMDA conference on
play development.

Location:                  Theatre Centre (1087 Queen Street West)
                              (enter off Dovercourt Road, just south of
Queen Street W.)

Admission is free.
All spaces for the conference have been filled, but a waiting list has been
started.
To add your name to the waiting list or for further information, please
contact:
bquirt at interlog.com

NOTE:  If you have booked a space for the conference, but are unable to
attend, please let us know so that we can offer spaces to the waiting list.
Thank you.

Participants include:

Rachel Ditor (dramaturg, Arts Club Theatre; Rumble Productions, Vancouver)
Celia McBride (playwright)
Ross Manson (artistic director, Volcano, Toronto)
Michael Miller (playwright; General Manager, Obsidian Theatre, Toronto)
Brian Quirt (director/dramaturg, Nightswimming and Factory Theatre, Toronto)
Rahul Varma (artistic director, Teesri Duniya, Montreal)
Djanet Sears (playwright/director, Toronto)
Wayne Strongman (artistic director, Tapestry New Opera Works, Toronto)
Vern Thiessen (playwright; Artistic Associate, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton)

We are honoured that Habib Tanvir will be speaking at this year's
conference.
Habib Tanvir is a noted journalist, actor, and director in India. In 1954 he
founded Delhi's first professional theatre company, Hindustani Theatre. In
1959 he founded Naya Theatre in Bhopal, working with tribal and village
people. For his innovative work he has received numerous awards, and this
year received the title of Padmabushan, one of India's highest civilian
awards, from the Government of India.




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