Grants to Playwrights

Who can apply

The Project Start Date must be after you receive the notification of results. While it is understood that works in progress will have begun before the submission deadline, the period of time covered by this grant must commence after September 30.

1. All projects must be completed within two years of the date that the Notification Letter was issued.

To be eligible for this funding, an applicant must:1

1. be Canadian Citizens or Permanent Residents or have an application pending for Permanent Resident status or be a Protected Person (approved refugee claimant) and, if requested, be able to provide documentation to verify this.
2. be residents of the City of Toronto for at least one year prior to the application deadline. Temporary absences of up to 12 months may be considered, subject to written explanation and special permission; please contact the Program Manager. A Post Office Box address can’t be used to meet the residency requirement.
3. Undergraduate students cannot apply.
4. Professional artists pursuing graduate studies may not apply for work related to their program of study. A letter from the graduate program director specifying that the project is not related to the graduate student’s program of studies must be submitted with the application.
5. Writing projects in languages other than English or French are accepted if the writing sample is accompanied by an accurate English translation.
6. An applicant must have started writing the play for which funding is requested. A sample of writing from the proposed project is required for this application.
7. Applicants may submit an application to either the Playwrights or the Writers program, but not to both.
8. Applicants may apply for funding for only one project per deadline.
9. Applicants may receive a grant through TAC’s Playwrights or Writers Program only once every two years. Those who received a grant in 2024 are not eligible to apply in 2025 but may reapply in 2026.
10. Collaborative proposals (involving a co-applicant) are eligible. For these proposals, one of the applicants must identify a principal applicant. Co-applicants are subject to the same eligibility criteria as single, individual applicant and must be involved equally in creation of the work. If the application is successful, the grant payment will be payable to the principal applicant, as listed in the application. Similarly, a T4A slip will be issued to the principal applicant.

Co-applicants can’t apply as the main applicant with a different play in the same round.

1. Please note: the Theatre Projects program and the Playwrights program will not support the

same play in the same calendar year.