Call for Submissions
Posted 5 days agoApplication Deadline:11/6/2026
Apply:https://ent-nts.ca/en/artistic-residency-artistic-leadership-residency/
Compensation:see details in post
Description and QualificationsABOUT THE RESIDENCY
Developing Theatre
This year, NTS will explore leadership through the lens of developing new creations in Canada. How do leaders carry a project from an idea to an audience? What does new creation ask of leaders, right now, in a very challenging climate for theatre, nationally and internationally?
A national cohort of 8 leaders will spend one week together in Montreal at NTS. Leaders thrive in community, so our goal is to build connections across geography and generations: to bring the country closer together for five days, so that participants leave with new relationships and new perspectives.
Through conversations, questions and shared experiences we want to explore how we create.
Each day, a new guest leader will join the cohort and open a conversation. Together, we hope to build a group that will keep connecting and nourishing each other for years to come.
Guest Leaders: Sarah Conn, Émilie Monnet, Andrea Romaldi, Eric Rose, Kevin Matthew Wong
The Residency will be held in person in Montreal, from Monday, March 15 to Friday, March 19, 2027.
Who can apply:
Leaders working in an organization that develops new work, with seven years or fewer of experience in any form of leadership: artistic directors, producers, managing directors, and more.
What we provide:
Travel, accommodation, and a small per diem
Space at the National Theatre School to host conversations and sessions
Guest leaders to lead conversations
What you bring:
Thought-provoking questions
An openness to collaborate
Readiness to lead a session
A willingness to share moments of challenge and success
Availability to be in Montreal for the entire Residency
Application InstructionsSend us the following, combined in one document attached to your email:
A short bio to help us get to know you
A letter (max. 750 words) describing how this experience would support your leadership practice and what you hope to get out of the week
Your résumé
Deadline to apply: Friday, November 6, 2026.
Participants will be informed by Friday, November 27, 2026.
Send your application to [email protected] with "Artistic Leadership Residency" in the subject line.
Inclusivity StatementNTS positions itself as a manifestly anti-racist and anti-colonial organization, working with IBPOC expertise to make the difficult changes that will be required to create an organization that not only refuses to participate in racist systems but works actively to undo them, in our sector and beyond.
We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible workplace for all and support the right to employability. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, sexual orientations, visible and ethnic minorities, Indigenous peoples and persons with disabilities.
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