Invitation for Submissions!

Smile Theatre is a participant in the Ontario Arts Council’s Theatre Creators’ Reserve program. We are inviting submissions from Writers with an interest in writing for Musical Theatre.
Information and application forms are available from the OAC by calling 1-800-387-0058 or by visiting The Arts Council Website.

Submissions can be sent to Smile Theatre either by mail (188 Lowther Ave., Toronto, ON. M5R 1E8) or email (jim.betts@smiletheatre.com).

When submitting to Smile, please include: 1) the official OAC application form; 2) Brief bio(s) of the project writer(s); 3) One page description of the proposed project; and 4) at least 10 pages of sample writing, plus at least 1 recording of a completed song (from either the proposed project or an earlier work).

The applications will be reviewed by Smile Artistic Director Jim Betts.

Submission deadline is January 16, 2012.

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David Warrack

David has been musical director for more than 250 shows for television and stage productions across North America, including Broadway. He has orchestrated everything from small jazz combos to symphony orchestras, and is credited with writing over 70 professionally produced musicals in a 39 year career. This past summer he appeared with Rebecca Caine and Michael Burgess at the Elora Festival, and with Len Cariou at the Stratford Summer Music Festival. He also workshopped his newest musical, A Dance With Duarte. David is the founding conductor of the Canada Pops Orchestra.

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Jordan Klapman

Jordan Klapman is a multi-talented pianist, accompanist, bandleader, arranger, popular music lecturer, and album producer. He has over thirty years’ experience performing many genres of music, including swing and jazz standards, cabaret, Latin, R&B, Pop, Broadway, and Jewish music of all kinds – around the world. Jordan is equally at home in mainstream jazz and folk festivals, clubs, concert halls, theatres, and private residences, and he accompanies numerous vocalists including Julie Michels, Adi Braun, Sharon Smith, Warren James, Donna Greenberg, and Karen Andrew. He also leads several musical groups of his own throughout the GTA and internationally. His recordings can be heard on CBC television and radio, and he’s appeared on JazzFM’s My Kinda Jazz programme as a guest co-host with the late Jeff Healey. Jordan also performs and lectures about the music of The Great American Songbook, Tin Pan Alley, and the history of Jewish klezmer music. He currently presents several original lecture series including Broadway’s Greatest Composers, The History of Tin Pan Alley, Klezmer 101, and Simply Brill: Great Songs of the 1960s.

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