PLAYWRIGHTS grants for individual artists
The Playwrights program supports the creation of new works or works-in-progress for stage or radio plays. The program provides two levels of support.
LEVEL ONE: $2,000 – for new or emerging playwrights with little or no prior history of production.
LEVEL TWO: $8,000 – for mid-career or senior playwrights with a history of professional production. To meet this requirement you must have had at least one full-length play (minimum 40 minutes) professionally produced on stage or radio. Works produced within non-curated festivals will not be considered as evidence of professional production, regardless of length.
General Eligibility Requirements
- Applicants must be Canadian Citizens or Permanent Residents (Landed Immigrants) or have an application pending for Permanent Resident status and, if requested, be able to provide documentation to verify this.
- Applicants must be current residents of the City of Toronto and must have lived in the City for at least one year prior to the application deadline.
- Writing projects in languages other than English or French are accepted if the writing sample is accompanied by an accurate English translation.
- Applicants may receive a grant through Toronto Arts Council’s Playwrights or Writers program only once every two years.
This program does not fund:
- Film, video or television scripts
- Publishing
- Translation.
- Production costs associated with mounting a stage production or broadcasting a radio play.