There’s lots to celebrate. Last week, not only did Pat the Dog Playwright Center sign on our 100th member, we won the Gowlings Literary Award at the 22nd Annual K-W Arts Awards on June 6th. Being first-time nominees, we were taken by surprise. Thanks to everyone who sent good wishes and had their fingers crossed
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Pat the Dog Playwright Centre is pleased to announce we’ve been chosen to present the playwright reading series for this year’s Magnetic North Theatre Festival. piece/meal is a brunch-time series providing an intimate, playful introduction to fresh new plays in development from intriguing new theatre artists. All excerpts are from full-length plays currently under development
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A Multi-Media Collective Theatre Piece for the Waterloo Community For more than a decade, a pyramid of Seagram’s barrels sat at the corner of Erb and Caroline Street in downtown Waterloo. In August 2009, the landmark barrels went up for grabs. Within hours, the kegs had found new homes but left many questions. What happened
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Pop the cork and pass the glasses! Pat the Dog is celebrating our spiffy new website. It’s got categories and slideshows and a handy downloadable membership form. With the latest news right on the front page, you’ll always be up to date on what’s happening. And if you miss something? Poke about the archives. Between
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Pat the Dog now has an e-Bulletin. Subscription is free. All you have to do is sign up. We’ll deliver news about local and national theatres, contests, calls for submissions, workshops, professional development opportunities, special events and more. And we promise never to sell, rent, lend, share or give away your email address. The primate
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Waterloo, we have a winner! Allowed only a page of notes, a computer and their imaginations, playwrights from across Ontario spent 24 non-stop hours drinking coffee and pounding out an original play. Some wrote from the comfort of their homes, while others brought their laptops to Kitchener City Hall and wrote in the rotunda. After
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Whiteboard? Check. File folders? Check. Pens? Check. Mandatory air-cleansing plant? Nope. We’re still setting up in our office. But with floor-to-ceiling books, a view of the railroad tracks and an organic coffee shop nearby, we’ll be just fine.