24-Hour Playwriting Contest 2010
We’re doing it again. Pat the Dog Playwright Centre will be hosting our second annual 24-Hour Playwriting Contest from 4:00 PM Friday, October 1st to 4:00 PM October 2nd, 2010. Fire up the computer, grab your lucky mug and jump into your pjs because this year all contestants write offsite. Hit the keys at home, [...]
Artistic Director Q&A: Douglas Beattie
Best known as director and producer of the Wingfield series of solo comedies written by Dan Needles, performed by Rod Beattie, Douglas Beattie writes here as founding and current Artistic Director of Touchmark Theatre in Guelph. What do you look for in a script? For Touchmark I look for a well-crafted dramatic action and characters [...]
piece/meal follow-up
Pat the Dog Playwright Centre’s piece/meal sessions played to full houses during the recent Magnetic North Theatre Festival. Our audience members aren’t the only ones to take notice. Four piece/meal scripts have made their way to theatre festivals in Toronto, Hamilton and Winnipeg. Aftershock by Evan Tsitsias is playing at Summerworks in Toronto from August [...]
