Poster Design by Sean Skerry
Halifax Fringe Presents:
Breaking Down Barriers into Theatre Workshop
Halifax Fringe Festival is hosting a workshop series called Breaking Down Barriers Into Theatre. This series is for new and emerging artists who identify as equity seeking artists.
The workshop will run May 17 & May 18 from 10:00am- 3:00pm AST. We are hosting 4 workshops at the Bus Stop Theatre Community Room. Each workshop will have snacks provided and will pay participants $50 / half day for their attendance to help remove the barriers of attending a workshop. Participants who attend all four workshops will receive an honorarium of $200 for their time. You do not have to be available for all 4 workshops to be able to attend.
There is space for 25 attendees, if more than 25 people sign up Halifax Fringe will use the lottery based system to decide for each workshop. You can sign up at the registration form below! We encourage in person attendance, but understand it is not accessible for everyone so have a zoom option available.
All workshops will be mask mandatory unless eating or drinking. Registration closes May 15 2024.
About the Workshops
Grant Writing
with Rooks Field-Green
Audition Prep
with Drew Douris-O'Hara
Writing with Care
with Andre Fenton
Accessible Festivals
With Sara Graham
Andre Fenton (he/him) is an award-winning African Nova Scotian author, spoken-word artist, and arts educator who has represented Halifax at seven national poetry festivals across Canada. He was the 2015 recipient of The Spirit of The Slam Award. Andre is an author of two YA novels, Worthy of Love, which won bronze in The Coast Best of, and was selected for In The Margins annual Fiction Recommendation List to highlight best fiction and non-fiction titles focused on youth populations living in marginalized existences. He is also the author of ANNAKA that was shortlisted for the Ann Connor Brimer Award for Atlantic Canadian Children’s Literature in the 2021 Atlantic Book Awards. Andre's workshop will include how to write authentically, how to pitch your writing, and what skills are really needed for a successful piece of writing. It is a great intro for those who are looking to write, but are not sure where to start!
Drew Douris O'Hara (he/him) is the Associate Artistic Director of Shakespeare by the Sea Halifax. Drew has spent countless hours on either side of the auditioning table. This introductory workshop will provide actors with all the basics of attending an audition: including the practical details of the submission process, what to expect when walking into "the room" and how to be your most confident self in any audition!
Sara Graham (they/she) is an accessibility consultant, execuitve director of Halifax Fringe and local multi-disiplinary artist. Sara's workshop will include the development of accessibility riders, how to ask for what you need from a festival and answer any questions about being involved in Halifax Fringe.
Rooks Field-Green (he/they) is a white, Jewish, and trans/non-binary theatre artist settled in Kjipuktuk. Rooks has been working in arts administration and non-profit strategic planning for the past 5 years. Rooks is the marketing and community relations director at Ship's Company Theatre. Rooks will go through the process of creating grant writing schedules, what to include in your grants, how to contact prgoram officers and other helpful information.
