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Western Gold Theatre Auditions

Please check back for future auditions.

Thank you to all who auditioned for our 2024 season.

Mentorship

As a company comprised of established professionals in our senior years, we take great pride in the mentorship we offer to our younger colleagues as they share ‘the boards’ with us. In addition, we in turn learn from, and are inspired by, the extraordinary talent that is coming up through the ranks. It is a two-way street.

If you are an emerging arts professional interested in an apprenticeship (hands on and in the trenches with us!) please contact us at [email protected] with the subject line of Mentorship. Include a resume (headshot if you’re an actor) and a cover letter outlining what your hopes and dreams are.

WESTERN GOLD employs and mentors emerging artists in all areas of operations.

  • Actors
  • Assistant Directors
  • Dramaturges
  • Literary Managers
  • Musicians
  • Playwrights
  • Choreographers
  • Set/Lighting/Costume/Sound Designers
  • Stage Management
  • Production
  • Marketing/Promotion/Social Media
  • Outreach/Audience Development
  • Administration

Community Engagement

To fulfill our objectives to create a range of opportunities for senior artists to continue their life-long work and to encourage conversation amongst the Canadian public on the impact and joys of aging, Western Gold Theatre continually seeks opportunities for community engagement.

Community engagement events provide a forum in which to discuss the challenges of aging in the performing arts and brainstorm on how best to support our community to continue doing the work they love.

Read on to learn about the community engagement opportunities we’ve participated in and/or hosted.

 

AGING IN THE LIVE PERFORMING ARTS
Saturday, May 27 @ 2:00PM (2hrs)
With Dr. Julia Henderson (The Creatus Project), Glenn McDonald & Tanja Dixon Warren (Western Gold Theatre). 

No matter what their age or their physical or mental abilities may be, older adults can and should participate in the arts. Exploring Active Access Design for Seniors and the integration of access into the generative process of making theatre with Elder Artists.

  • Location: Presentation House Theatre, 2nd Floor Studio
  • 333 Chesterfield Avenue, North Vancouver, BC V7M 3G9
  • Limited Seating: To ensure a seat, please register here

 

New Plays

Western Gold welcomes and encourages playwrights and new theatrical creations. If you have an idea, please contact [email protected]

Over the course of our history, Western Gold has commissioned, developed, and staged the following plays by Canadian playwrights:

  • 2022 90 DAYS by Salim Rahemtulla
  • 2021 Quills Don’t Tweet 2 conceived and created by Bernard Cuffling and Anna Hagan
  • 2021 The Ballad of Georges Boivin by Martin Bellemare, Translated from French by Jack Paterson and Johanna Nutter
  • 2018 Red Birds by Aaron Bushkowsky
  • 2016 Comfort Cottages by Jane Clayton & Judy Ginn Walchuk
  • 2008 Old Goriot by James Fagan Tait
  • 2004 One Last Kiss by Aaron Bushkowsky
  • 2003 Strangers Among Us by Aaron Bushkowsky

Submissions

Western Gold welcomes programming ideas, play submissions and community engagement initiatives. If you have a project that you feel may be of interest to us, please submit the project description, with a cover letter (and copy of the script if applicable) to [email protected]

Actors/Directors/Artists/Arts Professionals: If you are interested in working with Western Gold, we would love to hear from you. Please submit your resume (and headshot if an actor) with an accompanying cover letter to [email protected]

 

CALL FOR ARTISTIC CONTENT CREATORS
Have a Senior Moment Short Videos (TikTok, Instagram, Facebook)

Western Gold Theatre in partnership with the University of British Columbia is seeking ARTISTIC CONTENT CREATORS who identify as Seniors / Elders to work in collaboration with young people (aged 16 to 25) to create a series of short videos (10-20 seconds) which celebrate older individuals (55+) actively engaging in creative and joyous activities.

The intent is to take the ageist notion of a “senior moment” (normally understood as a moment of forgetfulness, a foolish mistake, or a lack of understanding based on age) – and reclaim the term to mean a moment showing older adults living their lives in richness, fullness, and in relationship with their communities and environments.

Each Artistic Content Creator will be paired with a Student Technology Facilitator who will assist the Content Creator in filming and preparing the video for dissemination.  Using a cell phone, together they will create a short TikTok-style video sharing a moment of the Artistic Content Creator’s life which has meaning to them, and represents older age in a non-ageist manner.

The videos will not exceed 20 seconds and must be suitable to be shared on social media platforms, included in our Virtual Gold Series.

We welcome and encourage individuals of all identities, ethnicities and abilities and equity seeking groups.

We anticipate this will require about 2 hours of time. We are able to offer a nominal honorarium of $50 and our heartfelt thanks.

Deadline is April 15, 2024.

Please email your interest to Tanja at [email protected] with the subject “Have a Senior Moment – Videos.”

Note: If you have any accessibility requirements for your submission please email [email protected] or call 604 363-5734

*This project takes place in partnership with Dr. Julia Henderson, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of British Columbia, and is funded by the UBC Partnership Recognition and Exploration Fund

 

Creativity has no expiry date! ™

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Contact Us

Phone: 604-363-5734

Email: [email protected]

Mailing Address:

PO Box 93513,
Vancouver RPO Nelson Park, BC V6E 4L7

Supported By

Live Plays Vancouver
Live Plays Vancouver
plays in Vancouver
Vancouver theatre companies
The Humber Foundation

The McGrane-Pearson Endowment Fund,
held at Vancouver Foundation

Stewart Fund,
held at Vancouver Foundation

McLean Foundation

Community Partners

We gratefully acknowledge that we are on the traditional and unceded territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam),Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations. We deeply thank them for so generously allowing us to live, work, and play on their beautiful lands.

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