About
William Lyon MacKenzie King with his faithful companion Pat
Pat the Dog has been helping emerging and established playwrights in Ontario since 2005.
Our non-profit organization is a member of the Playwrights’ Development Centres of Canada and supports the creative process through a series of script services.
We are advocates for playwrights‚ playwrights’ work‚ and the play distilled from that work. Our goal is to support, encourage and champion the plays and playwrights we work with.
We are non-producing. However, we do work to create an active link between the production draft of a play and a staged production.
Pat the Dog offers:
- Dramaturgical Support essential to the professional development of playwrights.
- A unique focus on the text and the writer.
- The first line of discovery of new voices writing and creating for the Canadian stage and beyond.
- An important resource and partnership for producing companies.
Our focus is on the playwright:
- We serve the playwright. We are concerned with developing each script to its fullest potential.
- We provide resources and advice to playwrights at all stages of their careers.
- We offer training and professional development assistance.
- We seek to identify talent; the work itself is more important that the playwrights resume or previous experience.
- Our work is process-orientated and devoted to the needs of the writers and their work.
