Play Development Accelerator Program
Nightwood Theatre is proud to be a home for fostering and supporting new play creation. In our 2025/26 season we were thrilled to assist the development of various works, including:
Where the Spirits Sit by Tamara Podemski, To a Flame by Erin Shields and 1s1 Theatre, The Brook by Lindsay Wilson, Bette Davis was Right by Andrea Scott, In Such a Night as This by Julie Tepperman, This Will Heal Me by Rakhee Morzaria, 0-45 by Quote Unquote Collective, and The Drum Major Instinct by Makambe K. Simamba.
Nightwood Theatre’s Play Development Accelerator Program is generously supported by Bank of Montreal Financial Group,
Recently supported projects include:
Where the Spirits Sit by Tamara Podemski
To a Flame by Erin Shields and 1s1 Theatre
The Brook by Lindsay Wilson
Bette Davis was Right by Andrea Scott
In Such a Night as This by Julie Tepperman
This Will Heal Me by Rakhee Morzaria
0-45 by Quote Unquote Collective
The Drum Major Instinct by Makambe K. Simamba.
Additionally we are thrilled to be supporting new works through Ontario Arts Council’s Recommender Grants for Theatre Creators program. In our 2025/26 season we recommended support for creations by: Teiya Kasahara, Rose Napoli, SATE Bey, Marline Yan, Iris Rhian, Kabrena Robinson, Breton Lalama, Mac Mccallum-Mallory, Tristan Whiston, and Zoë Magirias
2024/2025 OAC RGTC artists: 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