Franco Boni

Franco cherishes his role as facilitator, producer, director, dramaturg, programmer, and cheerleader of artists making new work. He has served as artistic director of several theatres and festivals and has been a member of the professional arts community for over 25 years.

For over ten years, he served as General and Artistic Director of The Theatre Centre in Toronto’s Queen West neighbourhood, where he transformed a former Carnegie Library into a live arts hub. At The Theatre Centre, Franco designed programs that championed new ideas by cultural innovators (theatre and dance makers, composers, journalists, scientists, etc.).

Franco is Head of Arts at the Schroeder Foundation, where he is supporting the creation of new musicals and overseeing the development of a new facility in midtown Toronto.

Awards include the inaugural Ken McDougall Award for emerging directors, the George Luscombe Mentorship Award in Theatre, multiple Dora Awards and nominations, and the Rita Davies Cultural Leadership Award, recognizing his outstanding leadership in the development of arts and culture in the City of Toronto.