New Play Actor Training 2025
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
Deadline: May 14, 2025
Program dates: September 15 – 27, 2025
We acknowledge, with deep respect and gratitude, our home on the side of Sacred Buffalo Guardian Mountain. In the spirit of respect and truth, we honour and acknowledge the Banff area, known as Minhrpa (translated in Stoney Nakoda as the waterfalls) and the Treaty 7 territory and oral practices of the Îyârhe Nakoda (Stoney Nakoda) – comprised of the Bearspaw, Chiniki and Wesley First Nations – as well as the Tsuut’ina First Nation and the Blackfoot Confederacy comprised of the Siksika, Piikani, Kainai. We acknowledge that this territory is home to the Shuswap Nations, Ktunaxa Nations, and Métis Nation of Alberta, Rockyview, District 4. We acknowledge all Nations who live, work and play, help us steward this land, and honour and celebrate this place.
Overview
New Play Actor Training provides an opportunity for actors to develop and implement the skills needed to meaningfully workshop new theatre. Participants will engage with a diverse list of texts at various stages of development under the tutelage of guest directors and playwrights. Actors will work on text analysis, be provided with a technical toolkit to assist with cold reading, and practice providing articulate and helpful feedback to creators.
Description
Actors can spend a large portion of their careers workshopping and acting in premieres, but there is very little training specifically for this practice. This program offers early career and established performers the opportunity to explore new plays, alongside lectures, Q & As, coaching’s, and on your feet practical application in the skills directors and playwrights look for when working with actors. Participants will receive:
- Mentorship with leading playwrights and directors and dramaturges
- Daily warmups and rehearsals in studio
- Hands on practical work on new plays
- Q and As and seminars with those experienced in the field
Requirements
Actors at any stage of their careers, ideally with some training in a post-secondary training environment, and some experience in a rehearsal room.
You pay (cost after scholarship applied): $1,087.80.
Standard scholarship: covers 100% of tuition fees, and 50% of meals and accommodation costs.
To learn more and apply, visit banffcentre.ca.
