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  • Announcing the Kathleen Flaherty Prize

    Announcing the 2025-26 Prize Winners – Marita Michaelis with Lauren Han and Alexandra (Ali) McDougall We are doubly excited to announce the following news! Interdisciplinary performing artist Marita Michaelis, with producing team Lauren Han and Ali McDougall, will join PTC and the Vancouver Fringe Festival in 13 months of intensive…

  • Remembering Kathleen Flaherty

    PTC honours Kathleen Flaherty, a beloved dramaturg, director, scholar, journalist, mentor, and colleague. Kathleen’s insightful and loving creative practice profoundly connected her to PTC artists, staff, board members, and community collaborators. The mark she made within the national theatre ecology lives on. Kathleen was a good and wise person whose…

  • Join our Associates’ Journey with Your Donation!

    Welcome Christina Cook and Conor Wylie, to PTC’s Associates! Conor and Christina will be PTC Associates from now to 2028. During their time with us, these playwrights’ visions for deep and meaningful new play development will unleash dreams of narratives reflecting extraordinary communities, deeply move us, and inspire us with…

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Our playwrights are working on some great projects.

Conor Wylie
PTC 2024

Are you a playwright interested in receiving trained, appropriate feedback for your work? Our dramaturgs are here to provide meaningful recommendations and help you get to the next phase! Open to submissions from across Canada, our Dramaturgical Reading Program is perfect for playwrights who are looking for a structured and critical response to their completed one-act or full-length play. We welcome submissions from playwrights at any stage of their careers. After receiving your completed submission, one of our experienced dramaturgs will respond with a report that includes a detailed analysis of your script, constructive criticism, and questions for consideration as you move forward with the next draft. Find out more at playwrightstheatre.com/programs/dramaturgical-reading/

Dramaturgical Reading Program
Really Queer Voices - a new podcast by Scott Button. Really Queer Voices

Join us in welcoming our Block D 2023 cohort! Victoria Bell, Chelsea Carlson, Ashley Chodat, Marc Castellini, Lili Robinson, and Jesse Del Fierro will be working with Dramaturg, Creative Engagement Joanna Garfinkel over 10 weeks in a small and supportive cohort to expand their dramaturgical tool kits and breadth of experience.

Chrisina is seated on a taupe couch against a large, open window with trees on the outside on the right and a bookshelf with books to the left. She is smiling at the camera. She has shoulder length blonde hair and wearing a black, loose shirt over a white tshirt with a multi-coloured skirt accessorized with a long gold chain around her neck. Christina Cook

The Vancouver Fringe Theatre Society and Playwrights Theatre Centre have jointly announced the winner of the newly renamed Kathleen Flaherty Prize. “For over 8 years, PTC has led a prize for an emerging theatre artist to create a new and bold Fringe piece.” said Joanna Garfinkel, the Artistic Director and Dramaturg at Playwrights Theatre Centre. She explained, “The prospective show receives extensive dramaturgy, production mentorship, and a guaranteed spot at the Vancouver Fringe Festival.”

Kathleen Flaherty Prize 2025-2026
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