THE WOMEN OF THEATRE OUEST END (TOE)
"Theatre Ouest End believes theatre exists to provoke empathy, challenge apathy, and inspire change not only in its audience, but also in its performers, production team, and community."
Launched in the spring of 2019, Theatre Ouest End (TOE) was founded by Ann Lambert, Laura Mitchell, Alice Abracen, and Danielle Szydlowski. These four women wanted to bring together an intergenerational community of experienced and emerging theatre artists who would bring timely and compelling work to people whose access to theatre is challenged by income, limited mobility, opportunity, and the perception that theatre is really about and for someone else. TOE is committed to making vital theatrical experiences more accessible to communities who traditionally cannot or do not participate and to mentoring young theatre professionals by giving them a place to begin practicing their craft and to encouraging new work. This model of seniors and youth working together is evident in our own founding members: we are two established theatre artists and two emerging theatre artists. We have recently added two more members to our team: Anissah Vanhorn and Ayesha Hasan.
Theatre Ouest End believes theatre exists to provoke empathy, challenge apathy, and inspire change not only in its audience, but also in its performers, production team, and community. We want to make theatre which takes the raw stuff of our lives and transforms it into spectacle which celebrates and affirms the universal. Therefore, TOE is committed to reaching across perceived barriers of every kind.
We believe we can achieve social change by offering opportunity and encouragement to all participants regardless of race, ethnicity, language, class, age, gender, sexual orientation, and dis/ability. TOE values work that reveals the spectrum of human experience and affirms life in all its diversity. We believe our inclusive model of theatre is a tremendous addition to the diverse communities of the west end ofMontreal.
We hope to foster creativity through theatrical productions that explore the core issues of these populations in a welcoming, safe, interactive community setting.
Theatre Ouest End is excited to continue meeting these goals through:
We believe we can achieve social change by offering opportunity and encouragement to all participants regardless of race, ethnicity, language, class, age, gender, sexual orientation, and dis/ability. TOE values work that reveals the spectrum of human experience and affirms life in all its diversity. We believe our inclusive model of theatre is a tremendous addition to the diverse communities of the west end ofMontreal.
We hope to foster creativity through theatrical productions that explore the core issues of these populations in a welcoming, safe, interactive community setting.
Theatre Ouest End is excited to continue meeting these goals through:
- Continuing our weekly generative writing workshops
- Hosting evenings of staged readings of new work
SPECIAL THANKS
BEANDUCK
https://www.beanduck.com
NATIONAL THEATRE SCHOOL OF CANADA
A special thank you to the National Theatre School of Canada for awarding us two Theatre Engaging Community (TEC) grants which without which our writing workshop would not have been possible.
TEESRI DUNIYA THEATRE
For coordinating the great space at la Cité-des-Hospitalières.
https://www.beanduck.com
NATIONAL THEATRE SCHOOL OF CANADA
A special thank you to the National Theatre School of Canada for awarding us two Theatre Engaging Community (TEC) grants which without which our writing workshop would not have been possible.
TEESRI DUNIYA THEATRE
For coordinating the great space at la Cité-des-Hospitalières.
Danielle Szydlowski was very pesky (or inventive as her mother would kindly put it). She would break things just so she could put them back together (or at least try to). She would make various concoctions that she would sell to her family if they didn’t explode in the microwave or freezer. Luckily, the most influential people in her life are playwrights, actors and directors, so they challenged Danielle to channel this "creativity" into theatre. At a very young age, she got involved in many theatre productions by organizing, sewing costumes, constructing sets and designing light and sound. After graduating from the National Theatre School’s Production program, Danielle moved on to work as a Production & Stage Manager as well as a Technical Director. She is now working as a casting agent at Ubisoft Montreal and is very excited to dip her toes back into the world of theatre by launching Theatre Ouest End with none other than the women who inspired her to pursue theatre.
TOE PARTNERS
"The Writers Collective of Canada (WCC) was founded in 2012 by Susan Turk, a certified Amherst Writers and Artist facilitator to encourage voice and illuminate undiscovered strength in Toronto’s most vulnerable communities." - WCC
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If you are interested a partnership with Theatre Ouest End, send us an email at [email protected]
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