Studio 180 is pleased to announce that we’ve added our name to the growing list of Canadian theatres banding together to support the SummerWorks Theatre Festival in the face of a recent massive cut to the organization’s funding. We’re fully aware of the Festival’s invaluable role in developing new work given our own experience with Paul Dunn’s Offensive Shadows, which had its world premiere at SummerWorks in 2007 and went on to a full production at the Tarragon Theatre in 2008, and we’re delighted that so many theatres around the country are coming together to offer their support …
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Our Class was recently in the news on www.thenews.pl after winning the 2010 NIKE Award, the first time this prestigious literary award, established in 1997, has gone to a play …
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During the run of The Overwhelming (March 8 to April 3, 2010), to encourage a connection to the Rwanda of today we displayed photographs by Samer Muscati from the book The Men Who Killed Me, by Anne-Marie de Brouwer and Sandra Chu …
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Studio 180 is pleased to announce our 2009/10 recommendations for the Ontario Arts Council’s Theatre Creators’ Reserve program, which assists artists or collectives as they develop new work …
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Studio 180’s productions often invite opportunities for important partnerships, including our newfound connection – through mutual supporter BMO Financial Group – to Dignitas International, a vital humanitarian organization committed to providing health care for developing communities. On Wednesday, February 24, 2010, BMO will generously host a fundraising gala in shared support of Studio 180 and Dignitas …
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Tectonic Theater Project, the creators of the highly acclaimed The Laramie Project, which since 2000 has been one of the most performed plays in North America, will premiere a compelling epilogue to the original piece. Entitled THE LARAMIE PROJECT: TEN YEARS LATER, the play will be performed for one night only on October 12, 2009, in New York at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, in Toronto at Bread & Circus in Kensington Market, and in over 120 other theatres across the world …
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At this year’s Dora Awards ceremony, theatre producer and Studio 180 board member Marlene Smith earned the Silver Ticket Award, presented to an individual who has excelled in her career while also making a major contribution to the development of Canadian theatre …
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In NOW Magazine’s Best of Toronto issue (Oct 29-Nov 5), Studio 180 was named Best Indie Theatre Company of 2008!
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In February 2008, The Canadian Stage Company announced the launch of The Berkeley Street Project, a groundbreaking initiative that joins key members of Toronto’s independent theatre community – Necessary Angel Theatre Company, Nightwood Theatre and Studio 180 – with The Canadian Stage Company to develop a vibrant centre for theatre in Toronto …
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