International:New Conversation Award: (British Council, Canadian High Commission/UK and Farnham Maltings.) To mentor the Lyth Arts Centre in North Scotland on the creation of a Women’s Room North modelled after Pat the Dog Theatre Creation’s Women’s Room (since 2015 in Kitchener/runs annually). Awarded 2019.
National:Sectoral Innovation and Development Award (Canada Council) For Regional Women Lead, a grassroots approach to gender-parity for Canadian women in theatre. $96,000/2-years. Awarded 2019. National Partners: Playwrights Canada Press, National Arts Centre (Ottawa), Directors Lab North (Toronto).
Provincial:Back-to-Back Provincewide Awards (Ontario Trillium Foundation/OTF) $231,000/3-years (2010-2013) + $235,000/3-years (2014-16) for programming throughout ON. First mid-sized arts organization in ON to receive back-to-back prestigious Provincewide awards. NOTE: The Provincewide Program is determined by the OTF Board of Directors. Recognition and receipt of this award is extremely competitive and very prestigious.
ARTISTIC AWARDS: Awarded to Individual Artists whose work was developed at PTD
7 RBC Emerging Playwright Awards (National)
5 RBC Emerging Directors Residencies (National)
Weinberg Award for Emerging Musical Theatre Librettist (NYC)
Several Best of Festival Awards (Toronto, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Ottawa, Hamilton Halifax Fringe)
Several Best of Summerworks Festival (Toronto)
1 New York Musical Theatre Festival
3 Playwrights’ Guild of Canada Comedy Award
3 Carol Bolt Awards (Playwrights Canada Press)
Dozens of regional theatre and literary awards
MASTER CLASSES: Master Classes Programmed by PTD (Selected)
