This course is designed to be a tailor made stage voice technique class to address the particular needs of each participant. An individual analysis will be made of each student’s vocal needs during the first session. The remainder of the course will be specifically tailored to address the various needs which are highlighted on the first day. Tools and exercises will be shared so that each participant will have both workable and applicable tools to fix their particular needs. General vocal technique and healthy vocal habits will be touched upon as well.

This course is an opportunity to connect, collaborate, and create with a community of playwrights. Whether coming in with a draft in progress, or a completely new idea waiting to be launched: sessions will be structured to provide space to create, revise, and share material week to week – honed around the theme of generating material, working against perfectionism, working around nurturing curiosity and joy in playwriting. Through an exploration of playwriting exercises, practical conversations around new play development practises and dramaturgical collaborations, and discussions and sharing of material – participants will experience new tools and access tailored to their writing practise. From bristling language, to diving into the messiness of new writing, to that detailed process of revising, join us each week as we create, laugh, share, and connect over playwriting.

COMING SOON – WINTER 2024

So, you have a great idea for a play. You’ve got tons of research. Now what? Marcia Johnson will help participants learn to incorporate that information (without making it seem like information) into a dialogue-based, character- and story-driven script. Participants will not finish their scripts by the end of the workshop but will have the tools that they need to complete their drafts on their own. (No solo shows, please).

COMING SOON – Winter 2024

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COMING SOON – Spring 2024

Theatre is a live, connected art form, and if you happen to have more than one skill set, or area of interest, they can help each other. If you’re an actor and want to write your own material, or a writer and want to find a way to make your work more playable, this workshop is for you. Whether you have material that you want to develop, or an idea you aren’t sure how to make active, bring it to the group and we will bring passion, fun, and dynamism to the work.  

This workshop is for people who aren’t afraid to get up and write, who want to connect with an audience, and who want to reach out and make people think, laugh, and feel.

COMING SOON – Spring 2024

If you have an idea that you need to talk through, or a completed script that you can’t seem to crack, this workshop will tend to what ails you. Think of it as a visit to a playwrighting doctor, who will help you to diagnose your issues, and start to find a way to confront them, all with a positivity, gentleness, and precision. We will focus dramaturgically on the problems and possibilities, and you will leave excited to lose time with your story again.

This online course is an opportunity to connect, collaborate, and create with a community of playwrights. Whether coming in with a draft in progress, or a completely new idea waiting to be launched: sessions will be structured to provide space to create, revise, and share material week to week – honed around the theme of generating material, working against perfectionism, working around nurturing curiosity and joy in playwriting. Through an exploration of playwriting exercises, practical conversations around new play development practises and dramaturgical collaborations, and discussions and sharing of material – participants will experience new tools and access tailored to their writing practise. From bristling language, to diving into the messiness of new writing, to that detailed process of revising, join us each week as we create, laugh, share, and connect over playwriting.

Andy’s workshop at Tarragon is geared toward the experienced artist who is interested in creating new, physically-based theatre pieces. Exercises utilizing clown, pantomime and movement to tap your creative centre.

In this 4 week course, you will have the opportunity to explore writing as a vehicle for social and cultural change. Explorations will range from the personal to the political and you will have the opportunity to apply fundamentals of storytelling for the stage. If you are interested in translating social and political work into character driven narrative stories, this course will provide you the support you need.

At a good audition, the director feels like they have seen you. They have had a glimpse of you, allowing yourself to be seen, as you try to wade into the character’s mess.

This series of 6 studio classes will allow participants to build their audition confidence, to bring more of themselves to their auditions, and to refresh their approach to preparation.

This online course is an exploration of playwriting and play development practice and its relationship to dramaturgy. The work will include: in-class writing exercises; practical discussions on working with playwrights, dramaturgs and directors; and expectations for playwrights in a workshop environment.

Want to write a historical drama? How about delving into family history? Marcia will help you turn a true story into a play.

In this course, participants will investigate how to select, prepare and perform material specifically suited for the audition environment. We will break down techniques to feel more confident and prepared, so your audition is a true expression of you.

In multi week “grant-writing unit”, 30x grant winner, Aaron Jan will lead you through the basics of grant writing from an artist’s perspective, as well as walk you through various streams of funding and the strategies he uses to win them. He will discuss grants he’s been awarded at the OAC, TAC and CCA level, types of union contracts, common pitfalls of applying for grants, and his experiences on the other side as a theatre projects juror with the Toronto Arts Council, The Ontario Arts Council, the Manitoba Arts Council and an RGTC juror with Cahoots Theatre.