2013 Playwriting Mentorship
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The 2012/2013 Playwriting Mentorship Program is currently underway. We are now accepting submissions for the 2013/2014 season. (Though there is still time to create a play for the stage this season in our Directing (Devised Material) Mentorship Program.)
The two winners of the 2012 Young Playwrights’ Competition have been paired with two of Canada’s premiere playwrights: Dave Deveau and Amiel Gladstone. Working closely with their mentor, the two participants will edit and redraft their winning submissions, preparing the scripts to be handed off to the participants of the 2013 Directing Mentorship. These plays will be produced as part of the 2013 Theatre IGNITE! Festival. The shows will run May 6-May 11, 2013 in the Vancity Culture Lab at The Cultch.
To participate in the 2013/2014 Playwriting Mentorship Program beginning in the spring of 2013, you must submit a one-act play to the 2013 Young Playwrights Competition.
The deadline for submission is March 31, 2013.
About the Mentors
Dave Deveau
 Dave Deveau investigates queer themes in plays that speak to a broad audience. Plays include: My Funny Valentine (Sydney Risk Award, Jessie Nomination), Tiny Replicas (Neanderthal Arts Festival, Playwrights Theatre Centre), Homecoming King (a musical with James Coomber at Neanderthal Arts Festival) and Nelly Boy (Zee Zee Theatre). Dave has written the libretti for two short operas for Toronto’s Tapestry New Opera Works and is currently working on a new short opera with composer James Coomber about the plight of gay people in Ghana that will premiere in May. He has worked extensively as a dramturg, most recently for Studio 58’s Risky Nights play What A Drag! as well as with Deb Williams on the development of her latest play. A graduate of UBC’s MFA Creative Writing program, his thesis play Map of the West was shortlisted in both the Herman Voaden Competition as well as Tarragon Theatre’s RBC National Playwriting Competition. Dave is the managing director of Zee Zee Theatre. Upcoming: he is currently working on the screen adaptation of his play Tiny Replicas which has been optioned for a feature.
Amiel Gladstone
 Amiel Gladstone is a director and playwright. He has developed world premieres with numerous companies including Alberta Theatre Projects, Arts Club, The Belfry, Caravan Farm, Firehall, the National Arts Centre, Ramshackle Theatre, Rumble Productions, Solo Collective, Theatre Bombus, Touchstone Theatre, Theatre Replacement, Theatre SKAM, Western Edge Theatre, University of Victoria and Langara College’s Studio 58. A collection, Hippies and Bolsheviks and Other Plays, is available wherever published scripts are sold. He has mentored and taught with the Vancouver Playhouse, the BC Drama Festival and the Vancouver Film School. He lives in the The Cultch’s neighbourhood.
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