Driftwood Theatre is now accepting applications for its 2025 Gillespie House Playwrights Retreat (GHPR) series. The GHPR is an entirely self-directed, paid opportunity that offers time and space to Ontario theatre makers who are developing new plays that are epic and mythic in nature. In 2023, Driftwood Theatre launched a bold new artistic vision. Blending […]
Welcome to Driftwood Theatre’s Board of Directors: Peter Fernandes & Brandi Sundby This season, we announced Driftwood’s journey of transformation from producing and touring outdoor summer theatre to cultivating and supporting the development of epic plays that respond to the world we live in today. To support this shift, our Artistic Director Jeremy Smith and […]
Attention all Driftwood friends and family! This summer we’re calling on you to help celebrate Driftwood’s 30-year commitment to epic theatre. After decades of touring Shakespeare’s works across Ontario, this season, Driftwood Theatre has embraced a bold new artistic vision. Now in its 30th year, Driftwood has turned its focus to the incubation and development of […]
Driftwood Metcalf Intern Artistic Director and dramaturg Caitie Graham reflects on our June playwrights retreat with some thoughts about that often elusive first draft. Hi! It’s Caitie here; Driftwood’s Metcalf Intern Artistic Director and Retreat Dramaturg. You’ll be hearing from me this month (how fun!) Last week, we hosted our second Gillespie House Playwrights Retreat […]
