Graduation Speech

Matjash Mrozewski, Director of the Directing program and Associate Director of Residencies

I have observed these two students unfailingly care for and support one another as they navigated the rigorous demands of this program. I also observed the potential for an awkward but endearing stand-up comedy double act.

Opinions

May 13, 2022

Graduation Speech

Andrea Romaldi, Director of the Playwriting Program

Theatre – the best theatre – asks us to see people as they really are, not as we wish them to be. And while we might see things we don’t like, the decision to see people, to see the world, as we actually are is a compassionate one.

Opinions

May 13, 2022

Graduation Speech

Stéphane Longpré, Director of the Set and Costume Design program

During the last year, you made us think, dream and travel with your creations. I would have liked to keep a few pieces of the poetic and evocative universes that you brought to the world.

Opinions

February 8, 2022

An Amazing Generation is On Its Way!

Frédéric Dubois

This pandemic is forcing us to rethink our very foundation—who we are, what we do and why. There are calls for help and clarity everywhere. Discouragement makes itself felt but it’s also an invitation to reaffirm loud and clear what the place of theatre should be in our world.

Community

July 15, 2021

ELECTRIC INNOVATIONS: Suitcase in Point’s 2-week theatre intensive

Marcel Stewart, Outreach Director, Suitcase in Point

"I believe it was the great Michael Scott who once said, “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” To me, the development of Electric Innovations has been all about shooting shots, dreaming big, and saying “why not?”. And that’s really what being a theatre maker is all about, right? Risk-taking, being innovative, and thinking outside the box."

Gascon-Thomas

April 1, 2021

Yvette Nolan: Recipient of the 2021 Gascon-Thomas Lifetime Achievement Award

Yvette Nolan

Yvette Nolan is an Algonquin playwright, director, and dramaturg from Saskatchewan. It is for her contribution to Canadian theatre that Yvette Nolan receives the Gascon-Thomas 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award. Her compelling and profound works contribute to highlight the claims and issues of Indigenous communities in Canada and to denounce the social injustices they are still experiencing.

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