Actors
GCTC operates according to the Canadian Theatre Agreement (CTA), annually presenting a subscription season of up to six productions.
We post submission information on Ottawa Arts Database and similar services, and below on our website. Please note that there is an annual deadline date for submissions to the general auditions. Auditions for specific roles are held according to the needs of our production schedule and the availability of directors, hence there is no standard timing for these meetings.
Auditions
See below for auditon calls
There are no upcoming auditions.
Designers
We produce at least four productions per season and provide both ADC and non-affiliated contracts to designers of all disciplines. If you’re interested in submitting your portfolio for consideration, just contact our Artistic Director, Sarah Kitz: sarah@gctc.ca
Directors
We operate under the Canadian Theatre Agreement and produce at least four productions per season.
Please note that we do not accept suggested play titles from freelance directors. This helps avoid misunderstandings in the event that a freelance director promotes a play that is already under consideration (this happens more often than you’d expect). If a director is affiliated with an existing script, we ask that the playwright pitch the project, with the director as a partner, or suggested artist. Freelance directors visiting Ottawa are welcome to contact us for complimentary tickets for any production, subject to availability of course.
If you’re interested in submitting your portfolio for consideration, please contact Sarah Kitz: sarah@gctc.ca.
OAC Recommender Grants
We are pleased to announce that we will once again participate in the Ontario Art's Council’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 through the OAC’s Nova portal (see below)
Applications are sent to GCTC by the OAC.
After reviewing applications, GCTC makes recommendations for funding to the OAC.
OAC makes the final deliberation and delivers funding directly to the selected artists.
What does this funding support?
any type of theatre-based creation activity by eligible applicants
Deadline for applications:
October 20, 2026 at 1 pm ET
GCTC encourages applications from members of equity-seeking and under-represented communities.
Priorities
IBPOC and local / regional artists, women and gender-expansive artists, established and senior/elder artists, LGBTQ+, under-represented communities in Ottawa Region.
Submission Instructions
You will be asked to submit the following items:
C.V. (mandatory)
Script Sample
Audio/Visual
For application access and full grant details, please click here to be taken to the OAC website.
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 applicant and project 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.
Application access and information about the Recommender Grants program can be found on the OAC website:
http://www.arts.on.ca/grants/recommender-grants-for-theatre-creators.
Theatre Recommenders Program
GCTC participates as a recommender in the Ontario Arts Council’s (OAC) Theatre Recommenders Program, subject to approval each year.
Residencies
GCTC supports independent artists’ applications to the OAC and to the Canada Council for the Arts.
Shannon Reynolds Fund
GCTC is the home of the Shannon Reynolds Fund, which supports an emerging female artist each season. The fund provides support in a different discipline each year (i.e. direction, design, stage management). We’ll be posting application guidelines here annually.