Nightwood Theatre is proud to be a home for fostering and supporting new play creation. In our 2024/25 season we are thrilled to be assisting the development of various works including SOWWY by Celia Green; Where the Spirits Sit by Tamara Podemski, andTar by Jewelle Blackman and Meghan Swaby.
Nightwood Theatre’s Play Development Accelerator Program is generously supported by Bank of Montreal Financial Group
Recently supported projects include:
Mad Madge by Rose Napoli
Enormity, Girl & the Earthquake in Her Lungs by Chelsea Woolley
Weltamultiek by Lara Lewis
The Eigth Fire part 1: The Great Migration by Yolanda Bonnell
Sugar Plum by Lisa Karen Cox, Sadie Epstein-Fine, Teiya Kasahara and Colleen Snell
Wah Wah Wah by Celia Green
Death of a Father by Phoebe Tsang
Universal Child Care by Quote Unquote Collective
A Poem for Rabia by Nikki Shaffeeullah
Additionally we are thrilled to be supporting new works through Ontario Arts Council’s Recommender Grants for Theatre Creators program. In our 2024/25 season we recommended support for creations by: Alexandra Simpson and Morgan Brie Johnson of Animacy Theatre Collective, Marie Beath Badian, Diana Braithwaite, Maria Paula Carreno-Martinez, Vivian Chong, Anahita Dehbonehie, breton lalama, Rakhee Morzaria, Srutika Sabu, and Makambe K. Simamba.
2023/24 OAC RGTC artists:Yolanda Bonnell, Katarina Fiallos, Thalía González, Kaylie Kreatrix, breton lalama, Tabia Lau, Shira Leuchter, Marium Masood, Janis Mayers, Hanlon Uafás-Álainn (formerly McGregor), Mariló Núñez, Elizabeth Staples, and Chelsea Woolley.
2022/23 OAC RGTC artists: Rebecca Auerbach, Eva Barrie, Gillian Bennett, Brefny Caribou, Vivian Chong, Dr. Rita Deverell, Aria Evans, Jo Güstin, Ciana Henderson, Breton Lalama, Marilo Nunez, Julie Phan 潘家雯, PJ Prudat, Nicci Pryce, Athena Reich, Camille Rogers, Amy Rutherford and Keara Voo.
2021/22 OAC RGTC artists: Valerie Buhagiar and collaborator Angela Galea, Alex Cameron, Maria Alejandra Cortes, Carolyn Fe, Generous Friend (Erin Brubacher and Erum Khan), Rose Goodwin, Camille Inston, Marcia Johnson, Evie Jones, Emily Jung and collaborator Jennifer Park, Hanlon McGregor, Marissa Orjalo, Jessica Rose, Margarita Valderrama, Torey Urquhart and Rehaset Yohanes.