Canadian Stage is pleased to announce a call for submissions for the 2021/22 RBC Emerging Artist Program, running from January 2022 to June 2022.

Through this program, Canadian Stage offers development support, creation space, mentorship, networking opportunities, and professional resources to our city’s emerging creators. Canadian Stage supports is interested in artists who are considering the future in their work, who are seeking to create innovative contemporary performance works in theatre, dance, and hybrid forms.

For this year’s intake, Canadian Stage is seeking applications from collectives of artists for this year’s program. This can include:

• Established performance collectives that have a production history
• Ad hoc groups working on a specific project for the first time together
• Multi-disciplinary collaborations
• Artistic research within a collective of artists