Toronto, Ontario, CANADA/Belgrade, SERBIA - You know we love long distance collaboration here, and this is such a beautiful example! Sent to us by Toronto-based director and creative producer on the this project, Stefan Dzeparoski, The Hopscotch is a beautiful meditation on love during these socially distant times. See for yourself!

Winnipeg, CANADA (and a few other places!) — This is absolutely one of the most original submissions we’ve received. It hilariously borders on the absurd! Quigital is a wacky corporate phone tree/installation. Originally the project was designed as an in-person audiovisual installation for Cluster Festival in Winnipeg, but after the festival was cancelled, the creators shifted gears and created a version that people could experience at home, from their phone.

Toronto, CANADA - If you’re looking for something warm and gently uplifting, here it is: a behind the scenes look at the musical “Selah’s Song,” an original folk musical that was set to tour across Ontario to British Columbia. This submission gives you a taste of the show’s sweet music and a chance to hear from its creators.

Montreal, CANADA - Called a “riveting political thriller” by the Associated Press, the Tony Award winning play “Oslo“ was slated to open at the Segal Centre in Montreal this spring. They’ve submitted some wonderful work by their designers, giving us a rare opportunity to look behind the scenes of play production.

Victoria, CANADA - In 1998, Intrepid Theatre launched Uno Fest – a curated festival of one-person theatre held annually in May. This year’s festival, which was to feature eight solo shows from across Canada, will no longer be in-person but online. UNO Fest has always pushed the boundaries of what solo performance can be, so they are embracing their festival tagline: Theatre outside the lines.

Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - We love new work, and we are so excited that playwright Rebecca Bauer submitted this piece! This video features Rebecca and actor Jacob Sheffield performing an excerpt from Inside my Head, a new play that was developed through Expect Theatre’s Beats & Intentions Unit. Unfortunately the final presentation of this unit was cancelled due to social distancing.

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In the post below, you will see tons of AMAZING content from the University of York Theatre Department. Submitted to us by Shawn Kerwin, a designer, faculty advisor and associate professor of Design at York University, everything featured in this post is created by students in the theatre department. Featured below is a gallery of images from the final dress rehearsal of ELIZABETH REX, the final production of Theatre@York’s 2019-2020 season, and a collection of three productions (full videos INCLUDED!) created in the Devised Theatre Program as part of the 2020 Devised Theatre Festival. ENJOY AND MARVEL! These are fantastic!

London, CANADA- This submission was sent in by Faly Mevamanana who wrote this song for the Grand Theatre’s theatre for young audiences show Juno’s Reward, as part of their “100 Schools Tour”.

Victoria, CANADA - David Elendune is a playwright, director, and producer in Victoria, who is facing the cancellation of several shows. In order to keep his work alive, he’s submitted his show Sherlock Holmes and the Curse of Moriarty.

London/Toronto, CANADA - Folks all over were eagerly anticipating the opening of Grow (Book-Matt Murray; Music-Colleen Dauncey; Lyrics-Akiva Romer Segal) at the Grand Theatre in London, ON. This was a show with BUZZ, having been developed at the prestigious Canadian Music Theatre Project and the Goodspeed Festival of New Musicals, and it sadly had to be postponed. Thats why we were so thrilled when the team made this video for The Social Distancing Festival (video credit- Fred Miller III). Check out The One I Choose, sung by composer Colleen Dauncey.

Toronto, CANADA - These Toronto creators and performers are staying strong amidst a barrage of disappointing and discouraging news!

CANADA - Submitted by Birnton Theatricals Artistic Director, Chris Stockton, this video features the cast of the Canadian Premiere of THE OTHER JOSH COHEN singing “Only the Beginning”. They are AMAZING. The video was filmed at the dress rehearsal of the production, which was the only chance the company got to perform the show in it’s entirety.

Winnipeg, CANADA- This post was submitted by Chase Winnicky, an actor in Winnipeg, Manitoba who was about to begin rehearsals for the role of Bobby Child in “Crazy for You: In Concert” with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra.

CANADA/USA - On a break from performing in Broadway’s Diana: A True Musical Story, Bruce Dow made a gorgeous video that I think really speaks to the place a lot of us are in these day. I’m calling it A Sonnet and a Song. Enjoy!

CANADA - Submitted by production Director, Ellie King, these promotional photos feature cast members from The Royal Canadian Theatre Company’s production of Norm Foster’s SCREWBALL COMEDY, which was set to complete a tour through Lower Mainland and Vancouver, BC during March and April.

Toronto, ON - This video, entitled “The Balladeer’s Speech”, is an excerpt from the disrupted [and disruptive] play THE SLAUGHTER BROTHERS DIME CIRCUS, which was to open at The Grand Canyon Theatre in Toronto on March 25.

BC, CANADA - This submission, written by UBC grad and Jessie Award-winning playwright Leisl Lafferty, is an excerpt from one of the Grad readings that was supposed to premiere at this year’s Brave New Rites Festival, March 17-22 in Vancouver.