Nightwood Theatre’s Board of Directors are thrilled to announce Naz Afsahi (she/they) as the new Managing Director. Bringing over a decade of experience in the Toronto theatre sector, Naz first joined Nightwood in 2015 as the Metcalf Foundation General Manager Intern, working closely with the previous executive leaders, Beth Brown and Kelly Thornton. Over the …
Nightwood Theatre is delighted to share the incredible artists we have selected to receive Ontario Arts Council’s Recommender Grants for Theatre Creators (RGTC)! We were honoured to receive so many engaging applications and we thank everyone who took the time to share more about their exciting work-in-progress! Congratulations to Nightwood’s 2022 OAC RGTC recipients (pictured above left to …
Nightwood Theatre and Tapestry Opera are deeply disappointed to share the news that the lease for our offices and The Ernest Balmer Studio in the Distillery Historic District will not be renewed, after operating out of the Distillery for almost 20 years. As of March 2022, and five months in advance of the signed lease, …
After eight seasons as Nightwood’s invaluable Managing Director, Beth Brown is moving on to a new adventure as the Executive Director at Soundstreams at the top of November.
We are thrilled to share the newest group of powerhouse theatre practitioners that we’re welcoming into the 2021-22 Nightwood Innovators program!
Nightwood is delighted to share the exciting new cohort of playwrights that we’ll be welcoming to our Write From the Hip program in the 21/22 season!
Nightwood is thrilled to announce our newest board member Tara Remedios!
If your feminism doesn’t address and aim to dismantle anti-Black racism, it isn’t feminism. Nightwood Theatre unequivocally condemns the systemic racism and persistent threats to Black and Indigenous lives, and adds our voices toward seeking urgent justice.
We held a gathering last week for all of the artists associated with this past season’s productions – it ended up being about a twenty-person Zoom-gathering with friends from our casts, creative and production departments.