A FUNDRAISER TO BENEFIT THE SUMMERWORKS FESTIVAL

A FUNDRAISER TO BENEFIT THE SUMMERWORKS FESTIVAL
Friday July 15, 2011

Toronto, ON (Thursday July 7, 2011) – Several Toronto theatre companies have begun working collaboratively to host a fundraising event for the SummerWorks Theatre Festival. The organization recently learned that it did not receive a major grant it had applied for, leaving a 20% budgetary shortfall to make up less than a month before the 2011 Festival opens.

Aether of Us, Aluna Theatre, Canadian Stage, IATSE Local 58, Native Earth, Tarragon Theatre, Theatre Passe Muraille, The Room, The Theatre Centre and Workman Arts are working collaboratively to host a staged reading of Homegrown by Catherine Frid as a fundraising event for SummerWorks. Inspired by the initial show of support from Western Edge Theatre, they are inviting theatre companies across Canada to sign on as producers as well, with staged reading as fundraisers scheduled on the same day.

(Companies listed above were Toronto collaborators at time of release, the current full list of participating companies across Canada is below and will be updated regularly).

Aluna Theatre originally produced Homegrown as part of the 2010 SummerWorks Festival, and it rapidly became one of the most talked about productions of the season.

The reading will be held Friday, July 15th at 8:00 p.m. at the Berkley St Theatre – doors open at 7:20 and admission is Pay What You Can.

“I think it’s fantastic that the theatre community is showing this support for the Festival,” said Michael Rubenfeld, Artistic Director of SummerWorks. “It shows what a valuable place it holds in both the Toronto and national arts scene. We’re very grateful.”

The Summerworks Festival has long been considered a testing ground for new works which are often picked up by larger organizations for longer runs and tours.

To donate, please visit the Summerworks page at Canada Helps

READINGS ACROSS CANADA

NANAIMO ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE
46 Nicol St.
Nanaimo BC

PROGRESS LAB
1422 William Street
Vancouver, BC

BERKELEY STREET THEATRE
26 Berkeley St.
Toronto, ON

PALACE THEATRE
710 Dundas St. E
London, ON

THE ROYAL GEORGE THEATREBAR
Shaw Festival,
Niagara on the Lake, ON

QUEEN’S PARK BENDSHeLL
at 5:30 pm
Stratford, ON

THEATRE AQUARIUS
190 King William Street
Hamilton, Ontario

SPEAKERS CORNERS
King & Benton Streets
Kitchener ON

THE IRVING GREENBERG THEATRE CENTRE
1233 Wellington Street West.
Ottawa, ON

DALHOUSIE ARTS CENTRE STUDIO 1
6101 University Avenue
Halifax, NS

THE OLD FIREHALL
1105 1st Ave
Whitehorse, YT

PARTICIPATING COMPANIES INCLUDE -updated July 14, 2011

ACTivist Theatre Company (Vancouver BC)
“A Company of Fools”
Aether of Us
Aluna Theatre (Toronto ON)
AlvegoRoot Theatre Company (London ON)
The Arts Club (Vancouver BC)
Blyth Festival (Blyth, ON)
Canadian Stage (Toronto
Channel Surfing Productions (London ON)
Convergence Theatre (Toronto ON)
COPA
Electric Company Theatre (Vancouver BC)
Evolution Theatre
Flush Ink Productions (Kitchener, ON)
Fu-Gen (Toronto ON)
Great Canadian Theatre Company
Gas Station Theatre (Winnipeg ON)
Gruppo Rubato
Gwaandak Theatre (Whitehorse YT)
Headlines Theatre (Vancouver BC)
IATSE Local 58 (Toronto ON)
Inter Arts Matrix
Kaufman Arts Studio
Kitchen Band Productions (Toronto ON)
Lady Remnants Productions
London Fringe Theatre Festival (London ON)
Mammalian Diving Reflex
Mi Casa Theatre
MISCELLANEOUS Productions (Vancouver BC)
Moving Parts Theatre (Whitehorse YT)
MT Space
Nakai Theatre (Whitehorse, YT)
Native Earth (Toronto ON)
New Theatre of Ottawa
Necessary Angel. (Toronto ON)
Neworld Theatre (Vancouver BC)
Nightwood Theatre (Toronto ON)
Northern Light Theatre (Edmonton, AB)
Obsidian Theatre (Toronto ON)
Open Pit (Whitehorse YT)
PAL Studio Theatre BC
Patrick Street Productions (Vancouver BC)
Palace Theatre (London ON)
Passionfool (London ON)
Playwrights Theatre Centre (Vancouver BC)
Prairie Theatre Exchange (Winnipeg MB)
Praxis Theatre (Toronto ON)
Presentation House Theatre BC
Ramshackle Theatre (Whitehorse YT)
Reaching Symmetry Theatre (Hamilton, ON)
Rock Theatre Co. (Vancouver BC)
Roseneath Theatre (Toronto ON)
Shakespeare in The Ruins (Winnipeg MB)
Soulpepper Theatre (Toronto ON)
Sour Brides Theatre (Whitehorse YT)
Studio 180 Theatre
Tarragon Theatre (Toronto ON)
The Coalition of Performing Artists
The MT Space
The Company Theatre
The Room (Toronto ON)
The Irish Repertory Theatre Company of Canada (Toronto ON)
The Shaw Festival (Niagara-on-the Lake ON)
Theatre Projects Manitoba (Winnipeg, MB)
The Theatre Centre (Toronto ON)
Theatre in London (London ON)
Theatre Passe Muraille (Toronto ON)
Touchstone Theatre (Vancouver BC)
urban ink productions (Vancouver BC)
Vancouver Playhouse (Vancouver BC)
Visceral Visions (Vancouver BC)
Winnipeg Jewish Theatre
Western Edge Theatre (Nanaimo BC)
Whitehorse Theatre Ensemble (Whitehorse YT)
Why Not Theatre (Toronto, ON)
Winterbird Arts (Hamilton ON)
Working Spark Theatre (Vancouver BC)
Workman Arts (Toronto ON)
Young People’s Theatre
Yukon Arts Centre (Whitehorse YT)

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