Spark Development Series
Develop your script!
The Spark Development Series is a script development program that provides local Simcoe County playwrights the opportunity to further develop their new scripts.
Selected scripts will receive a one-day new play development workshop, led by Dramaturg & Education Co-ordinator, Leah Holder, working with paid actors. Playwrights will also receive additional dramaturgical support and professional guidance on avenues where the playwright can receive further guidance on their new script.
Check out the participants of our 2023 program below!
Alexandra Gaudet
Alexandra Gaudet is a playwright from Barrie, currently based in Eastern Ontario. Her most recent work, Murth Island, was presented at the Five Points Theatre in the 2022 Simcoe County Theatre Festival. Her other past works include Fat Girls Club, Stage Three: The Wandering, and Dear Adam. She graduated with a BFA in Theatre from York University with a Playwriting and New Play Dramaturgy specialization in 2022. Her work explores both personal, lived experiences as well as finding hidden magic throughout parts of Ontario.
Megan Adam
Megan Adam is a playwright-performer from Barrie. As an actor she's performed in festivals across the province and recently starred in the short film Locked, which won the People's Choice Award at the Barrie Film Festival. For TBTB: The Cowgirl of Suburbia (playwright), and Canoe Lake (playwright-performer).
Megan is the co-founder of A Bit Much Productions, @bitmuchprod, and shares her life, art, and more on her Instagram @magicmaterial.
