Board of Directors

What We Do.

We seek to redefine equity, inclusion and representation for the world stage one artist, one project, and one theatre at a time.

We advance marginalized artistic voices by:

• helping to develop works by and about marginalized communities,

• connecting flagship theatres and their leaders with underrepresented artists and their works, and

• offering exposure, advocacy and professional development to artists who live outside of the dominant culture.

How we do it.

Co-Produce Live Performance Works that hit you in the gut and leave you wanting more.

We co-produce works that transform audiences through audaciously bold, unflinchingly honest, and stunningly executed story-telling. The scope of our work is epic. We exist to present live performance that is a feast for the senses.  Our work grabs our audience and doesn’t let go.  We broadcast the marginalized experience in all of its joy, pain, vitality, and tragedy at full blast.  Our artists’ work leaves a ringing in your ears, a song in your heart, and an aching in your gut.  WE GET UNDER YOUR SKIN.

Develop Master Playwrights & Masterworks

We support the creation and development of new Canadian classics by and about underrepresented voices which are produced on flagship stages and which shape how the world views marginalized stories and people

Under the Writer’s Block umbrella, Prime Mover Theatre Company’s  three-pronged new works development program, we will create inspiring, inventive, relevant multi-disciplinary works by the most exciting marginalized voices.

Provide education, outreach, and training for artists, aspirants, and art lovers at all stages of development

We nurture and develop world-class artists to imagine, create, and populate our new works and an educated audience to engage with them. Prime Mover Theatre Company provides mentorship and apprenticeship, training, professional development, and educational programming that builds community and capacity for deeper engagement with the performing arts for marginalized arts professionals and arts lovers.

Where we work.

The scope and reach of our work is national, with an emphasis on large scale theatres and production.

Our offices are in Tkaronto (Toronto) which is in the 'Dish With One Spoon Territory’.  The Dish With One Spoon is a treaty between the Anishinaabe, Mississaugas and Haudenosaunee that bound them to share the territory and protect the land. Subsequent Indigenous Nations and peoples, Europeans and all newcomers have been invited into this treaty in the spirit of peace, friendship and respect.

The "Dish", or sometimes it is called the "Bowl", represents what is now southern Ontario, from the Great Lakes to Quebec and from Lake Simcoe into the United States. We all eat out of the Dish, all of us that share this territory, with only one spoon. That means we have to share the responsibility of ensuring the dish is never empty, which includes taking care of the land and the creatures we share it with. Importantly, there are no knives at the table, representing that we must keep the peace. The dish is graphically represented by the wampum pictured above.

We have a shared and ongoing responsibility to care for this land and the people who have lived on it since time immemorial. There are many resources available to help you learn more about the historic treatment of Indigenous people and their land. Click here to find out how you can do your part in the ongoing Truth and Reconciliation efforts.

Why we do it.

We do it for our artists, for our communities.

We are driven to create a world where all artists and audiences have equal opportunities to see themselves, their stories, and their works on the largest stages across Canada.