Toronto, October 1, 2019 — The Ontario Arts Foundation and the Wuchien Michael Than Foundation are pleased to announce the 2019 grants from the Wuchien Michael Than Fund. This year’s grants are being given to help fund productions across the country, including two 2018 Development Grant – Phase II projects Here Are The Fragments at the Theatre Centre and Mahabharata at Why Not Theatre.
Subventions de production
Here Are The Fragments de Suvendrini LenaB.A.A.N.N. Theatre Centre
A Caribbean immigrant psychiatrist, early in his training, develops psychosis and ultimately, treatment resistant schizophrenia. Twenty years later, Eduard, his son, struggles to re-connect with his estranged father, and faces difficult treatment decisions.
Here are the Fragments is an immersive theatrical installation, a unique combination of story, experiential exploration, and analysis, fostering empathy for and understanding of the experience of schizophrenia. In this unique collaboration between art and medicine, artists, scientists and clinicians will work together in development workshops in December 2018 and July 2019, with public performances scheduled in November 2019 at The Theatre Centre.
Lady Sunrise de Marjorie ChanFactory Theatre
Lady Sunrise, set among the wealthy and hangers-on in Vancouver’s Chinese and Chinese-Canadian community, is a tale of social climbing and the fraying of the social fabric that holds us all together. Lady Sunrise is inspired by Chinese playwright Cao Yu, who single-handedly introduced Western modernism to Chinese theatre. Inspired by Yu’s own Sunrise (1936), Chan’s play, set within Vancouver’s condo and casino playground, examines the moral degradation of contemporary Canadian society. A remarkable play with seven powerful roles for Asian-Canadian women performers, this will speak to Toronto audiences as our city continues to grow vertically, while often forgetting the people who live on the ground.
Gramma de Maki Yi
Three Women of Swatow de Chloe Hung
Mahabharata adapté par Ravi Jain et Miriam FernandesSubventions de développement - Phase II
The Frost Fair de Marjorie Chan, Eponine Lee, Jeff Yung, Nina Gilmour, Courtenay Stevens, Jennifer Brewin, Kate Walker, Alex Bulmer, Laura Baxter, and Jenny Salisbury
Common Boots Theatre
The Frost Fair will be an immersive, site-specific performance that shows off both the diverse artistic and cultural fabric of Toronto in winter. Its story will be performed by large company of professional artists. The world of the play will be populated by community arts groups, such as choirs and dance ensembles.
K BODY AND MIND by Conor WylieTheatre Replacement
K BODY AND MIND is envisioned as a new evening-length work of science-fiction, a wild convergence of maximalist anime cyberpunk and experimental theatrical minimalism. The development process will employ a hybrid playwriting and design-led devising process, exploring questions of mixed identity, genetic and physical memory, and a “post-racial” society.
Les subventions de production et de développement du Fonds Wuchien Michael Than sont disponibles pour de nouvelles œuvres par des dramaturges canadiens d’origine asiatique qui sont soit en phase de production ou en pré-production et qui devraient être prêtes pour une production publique complète d’ici une à deux saisons.
Les demandes de développement de phase un peuvent être déposées à tout moment. Pour plus de détails, veuillez visiter le site internet de Wuchien Michael Than.
Le Fonds Than Michael Wuchien a été établi à la Fondation des arts de l'Ontario par Michael Than en 2012 et lancé en 2013 pour soutenir le développement et la croissance des arts de la scène au Canada, avec un accent particulier sur les nouvelles œuvres de dramaturges canadiens d'origine asiatique, et le développement de nouveaux talents dans le milieu du théâtre canadien d'origine asiatique.
Liste des récipiendaires precedents
Pour plus d'informations, veuillez contacter :
Richard Lee
info@wmtfoundation.ca
Alan Walker
Directeur général, Fondation des arts de l'Ontario
Tel: (416) 969-7413
awalker@oafdn.ca
Établie en 1991, la Fondation des arts de l'Ontario (OAF) is passionately committed to building long-term support for the arts in Ontario. In 2018-2019, the OAF paid out over $4.35 million in endowment income and $315,000 in awards and scholarships.
Le Wuchien Michael Than Foundation was established to support the development and nurturing of theatre arts in Canada, with particular emphasis on the creation, development and production of new works by Asian-Canadian playwrights .
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