By: Pat the Dog Admin
Playsmelter 2015! Call for Submissions
December 4, 2014PlaySmelter calls for scripts by Northern creators. Sudbury’s festival of new play readings is calling for projects to develop during PlaySmelter…
Read MorePat the Dog Receives $235,400 Award- Press Release
November 20, 2014November 20, 2014… Pat the Dog Theatre Creation is pleased to announce that they have received $235,400 in funding from the…
Read MoreCarey Dodge Text + Tech’s First Visiting Artist
October 17, 2014October 17, 2014 “How can dramatists integrate technology to enhance the meaning of a piece of theatre?” This is a question…
Read MoreDirector Q&A: Jillian Keiley
October 1, 2014Jillian Keiley is an award-winning director from St. John’s, Newfoundland and founder of Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland. Ms. Keiley has directed…
Read MoreEquity in Theatre
September 18, 2014Pat the Dog Theatre Creation Partners with Playwrights Guild of Canada and Theatre Sector’s Major Players for Equity in Theatre (EIT)…
Read MoreArtistic Director Q & A: John Koensgen
September 8, 2014John has been a professional theatre artist for over 35 years. He is currently the Artistic Director of New Theatre of…
Read MorePlaywright Q&A: Bev Cooper
July 4, 2014Beverley’s writing for theatre includes Thin Ice (co-written with Banuta Rubess– Dora/Chalmer’s Awards), Clue in the Fast Lane (co-written with Ann-Marie…
Read MorePodcast: Colleen Murphy Master Class
May 31, 2014On May 6, 2014, Pat the Dog held its second-annual PlaySmelter festival of new works in Northern Ontario. As part of…
Read MoreTo Speak or Not to Speak: Exploring Direct Address in Kristin Shepherd’s Hope Op
May 22, 2014We kicked off the first of our PlaySmelter readings with a unique situation: Kristin Shepherd’s raw talent led her straight from…
Read MoreTriplets: Examining how to birth multiple story lines in Cora Eckert’s Conception
May 22, 2014Our second reading came from PlaySmelter-veteran Cora Eckert, whose play Conception is one of our private readings this year. Eckert’s piece…
Read MoreChimerism in Lara Bradley’s Sperm Wars
May 22, 2014Lara Bradley is another of our PlaySmelter veterans. We featured her first play last year Blind Nickel Pig, which is set to…
Read MoreBreathing Together in Jenny Hazelton’s Dead Pan Land
May 22, 2014We expanded the PlaySmelter program this year by including Jenny Hazelton’s Dead Pan Land, a piece that blends silent theatre, mime,…
Read MoreFinding the Magic: Combining mythology with reality in Karen Thistle’s The Intermediaries
May 22, 2014Like with last year’s PlaySmelter creators, there is a distinct voice and connection to the Sudbury landscape. Karen Thistle’s first play…
Read MoreWho’s the singing for? Exploring the concept of the narrator in Jesse Brady’s The Ballad of the Locked Out Gang
May 22, 2014We concluded our first round of PlaySmelter readings with Jesse Brady’s The Ballad of the Locked Out Gang. As a Sudbury…
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