What Makes a Play?

Andrea Romaldi

An excerpt from the essay "Master Class: Dramaturgy and New Play Development" by Andrea Romaldi, Director of the Playwriting Program at the National Theatre School of Canada. In this passage, Romaldi shares with us what makes or breaks a play.

Playwriting

23 January 2020

Dramaturgy and New Play Development

Andrea Romaldi

An excerpt from the essay "Master Class: Dramaturgy and New Play Development" by Andrea Romaldi, Director of the Playwriting Program at the National Theatre School of Canada. Drawing primarily from her experience as a working dramaturge, Romaldi attempts to answer what dramaturgy is.

Production Design and Technical Arts

21 January 2020

Worlds of Make-Believe and Realism

Kaylie MacNeil

Kaylie MacNeil (Production Design and Technical Arts 1, North Bay, ON) shares her thoughts and experience as a first-year NTS student in the Production Design and Technical Arts program after her first month.

Playwriting

19 December 2019

The Texture of Words

Gillian Clark

A courageous speech by Gillian Clark (Playwriting 3) which speaks of the existential angst in which a writer finds herself in when confronted with her darkest ideas on paper.

Acting

19 December 2019

A New Power for Good

Todd Houseman

A heartfelt speech by Todd Houseman (Acting 3) on the challenges faced by Indigenous people in the world of theatre, such as the fight against tokenism, to be perceived as a full-fledged individual with all of one's complexity.

News

19 December 2019

Plays to go: Festive Readings

Marie-Claude Verdier

Are you looking forward to the winter holidays? So do we! This month, we are offering you a "4 plays to go" article to warm you up. 4 classical and contemporary reading suggestions to keep you company between two festivities.

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