Over 2 weekend intensives, course participants will hone their ability to work with new text while investigating their unique directorial vision, and discover how to articulate it.  Through guided exercises, practical discussion, collaboration and critique, learners will translate source material, plan, execute and present their concept. Ignite your imagination, insight, and passion in this exciting new directing course led by Tarragon Artistic Director, Mike Payette.

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.

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.

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.