[Candrama] The SureFire List

[PGC Membership Rebecca Burton]

Hello CanDramers,

I wanted to share the release of *The SureFire List* with you. You can
check it out here:
https://playwrightsguild.ca/intro-the-surefire-list-top-23-final/

And, here's an edited version of the press release:

Ontario, October 16th, 2018 - *The Women’s Caucus* of the*Playwrights Guild
of Canada (PGC)* is announcing *The SureFire List*, 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 *The SureFire List
<https://playwrightsguild.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2ca5b5e280d1f81507240586d&id=2af2477f70&e=c21b5aae0b>*.



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, *Kelley Jo Burke*(Chair), *Frances Koncan* (Previous
Chair), *Marilo Nunez* (Deputy Chair), *Beverley Cooper*, *Marcia Johnson*,
and *Deborah Williams*, along with PGC staff liaisons *Rebecca Burton*
and*Suzette
Corrie*, were at the helm of this initiative. *The SureFire List*,
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.


*Rebecca Burton* 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.”
The SureFire List
<https://playwrightsguild.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2ca5b5e280d1f81507240586d&id=144cf65f6d&e=c21b5aae0b>

*Playwrights Guild of Canada* 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.
Cheers,

Rebecca

-- 
Rebecca Burton,
Membership and Professional Contracts Manager,
Playwrights Guild of Canada
401 Richmond Street West, Suite #350
Toronto, Ontario
M5V 3A8
Phone: #416-703-0201
Email: rebecca at playwrightsguild.ca

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Also, check out The Pledge Project - a searchable database of large cast
plays by Canadian women: www.pledgeproject.ca
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