OAC Recommender Grants for Theatre Creators

GCTC is Accepting Applications to the Ontario Arts Council Recommender Grants for Theatre Creators

We are pleased to announce that we will once again participate in the OAC’s Recommender Grants for Theatre Creators program. This program provides funding to theatre creators, as recommended by GCTC and our peers in the professional theatre community.

How does it work?

• Candidates submit an application to GCTC through the OAC’s Nova portal (see information below)

• After reviewing applications, GCTC makes its recommendations for funding to the OAC

• OAC makes the final deliberation and delivers funding directly to the selected artists

What does this funding support?

• Creation of new theatrical work (see eligibility guidelines below)

Deadline for applications to GCTC:

• November 28, 2022, 1pm

GCTC encourages applications from members of equity-seeking and under-represented communities.

Priorities

BIPOC and local artists, equity and opportunity for all; to provide meaningful support for under-represented communities in Ottawa's theatre scene.

Submission Instructions

You will be asked to submit the following items:

• C.V. (mandatory)

• Script Sample of proposed project: 10 - 15 pages. If this doesn’t exist, a sample of previous work will suffice.

• Audio/visual material (optional)

For application access and information, please click here.

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Please read below for more information, as excerpted from the OAC website:

Eligible applicants

• professional theatre artists who are residents of Ontario with a permanent physical address in Ontario

• ad hoc groups/collectives composed of a majority of Ontario residents

Read the Guide to OAC Project Programs for more eligibility information.

Ineligible applicants

• organizations

• non-professional applicants

• employees or board members of the recommending theatre organization, or immediate family members of staff or board members 

This program funds

• any type of creation activity by eligible applicants

This program does not fund

• creation of non-theatre work – e.g. film, radio or TV, fiction, poetry, etc.

• workshop costs, except when the intention of the workshop is creation

• productions

• activities in French (see the Théâtre – projets francophones program)

 About recommender grants

Recommenders are organizations authorized by OAC to receive applications, review them and make grant recommendations. OAC allocates a budget to each of the participating recommenders. Within six weeks of an application deadline, the recommender will notify OAC of their grant recommendations. Funding recommendations are reviewed by OAC for final eligibility, and OAC then sends you an email letting you know that your notification letter is available online in Nova. 

If recommended a grant, all grant recipients must acknowledge the notification letter in Nova. Individual grant recipients must also enter their Social Insurance Number (SIN). OAC then sends the grant cheque by regular mail. 

Important

• Recommender grants are outright grants to artists from OAC and cannot be represented as any form of payment to or from the recommender, or to or from any member or director thereof.

• Under no circumstances should the grant be considered as a substitute for a commission fee.