Theatre

Grant Programs

Grants to Theatre Artists: Creation/Residency/ Professional Development
Travel Grants to Theatre Artists
Theatre Production Project Grants for Emerging Artists
Theatre Production Project Grants for Established Artists
Developmental Support to Aboriginal Theatre Organizations
Artists and Community Collaboration Program in Theatre
Travel Grants for Theatre Artistic Directors, Administrators and Presenters
NEW - Theatre: Multi-Year Grants to Professional Organizations
Theatre Touring and Special Initiatives Program
Theatre International Program
Support to Theatre Service Organizations
The Flying Squad: An Organizational Development Program
Visiting Foreign Artists Program
Artists and Community Collaboration Program (ACCP)

Endowments and Prizes

Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards
John Hobday Awards in Arts Management
Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Awards
J.B.C. Watkins Award
John Hirsch Prize
Molson Prizes
Peter Dwyer Scholarships
Walter Carsen Prize for Excellence in the Performing Arts

The Canada Council for the Arts' Theatre Section provides creation, production, dissemination and play translation assistance to professional Canadian theatre artists and organizations. The Theatre Section also contributes to operating costs and touring costs in Canada and abroad, as well as to special initiatives for the promotion of coproductions and artistic collaborations at the national and international levels.