Means of Production (pmtd.ca) is a collective of Production Managers and Technical Directors working together to reexamine the way we build shows. Incubated by Generator, and funded by the Canada Council, from 2021-2022 we are researching and developing a values-based approach to production that prioritizes equitable, sustainable working conditions and improved relationships between Producers, PMs and TDs.
This roundtable invites Production Managers, Technical Directors, Technicians, Suppliers and Arts Workers to discuss:
**What is a values-based approach to production?
**How can production and technical leadership contribute to the paradigm shift of building back better post-pandemic?
**Which tools and practices can PMs and TDs develop to support under-represented arts workers and their productions?
**Where can PMs and TDs affect change to improve working conditions for arts workers, within or outside of an institutional framework?
**When must the show not go on?
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Presenters:
Sue Balint, Producer Sue is a longstanding member of the Toronto arts community, having been active at various stages of her career as a playwright, dramaturg, theatre maker and currently as a producer and facilitator. Recent projects include: Festival Producer for Aluna Theatre’s CAMINOS and RUTAS festivals, Progress (SummerWorks / The Theatre Centre), and Weesageechak Begins to Dance (Native Earth), as well as collaborations with Modern Times Stage Company, Chocolate Woman Collective, So Much Drama, and others. Sue was the 2018 recipient of The Leonard McHardy and John Harvey Award for Leadership in Administration, and is an Adaptive Facilitator for the Metcalf Foundation’s Staging Change program.
Pip Bradford, Production Management, Live Art, Production Outreach Pip Bradford is an arts worker based in Toronto, mostly working as a production manager and producer with dance companies and festivals. She sometimes makes events and spaces with Rebecca Vandevelde as part of Art Is Hard.
Crystal Lee, Production Manager Crystal Lee began her independent career as a freelance Production Manager in Toronto where she received a Harold Award for her contributions to the community. She currently works full-time with Why Not Theatre as their Production and Technical Manager.
Sally Roberts, Production Manager, Stagehand, Technician Sally Roberts lives and works in Toronto. She has been the head technician in the Baillie (Downstairs) Theatre at Berkeley for 3 years. In 2019, Sally was the PM for The Black Drum, produced by the Canadian Cultural Society for the Deaf, supported by Soulpepper Theatre, and is passionate about work with both Deaf and hearing artists.
Em Aubin, Stage Manager Em Aubin (they/she) is a stage manager for theatre and experimental performance based in Tkarón:to. Select credits include: Century Song, Infinity (Volcano Theatre); Pass Over, School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, hang (Obsidian Theatre); Art (Soulpepper); Lady Baby, Portrait (The Dietrich Group); The Men in White (Factory Theatre); Tributaries (LuminaTO 2017); Freedom Singer (Project:Humanity); We Keep Coming Back (Selfconscious Theatre); Counting Sheep (SummerWorks 2015); It Comes in Waves (Bluemouth Inc and Necessary Angel); M’dea Undone (Tapestry Opera); Harper Regan (Canadian Stage).
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