Artists in
Residence
Artists-in-Residence Program
Infinithéâtre occasionally invites playwrights and theatre creators to join up with the company as they develop a script or project in tandem with the company. The Artist-in-Residence program includes dramaturgical support and mentorship as requested.
For all Artists-in-Residence, the primary focus of their residency will be the progression, development and potential creation of an artistic project. This may be a finished script or performance piece. All artists have access to development workshops during their residency. Among the considerations in selecting the candidates, Infinithéâtre is keen to offer this precious opportunity to unique and compelling artists with fire, drive, and urgency to tell stories and create theatrical magic. Special consideration will be given to artists of under-represented social and cultural groups.
To apply as an artist in residence,
please submit a brief letter of introduction, project description, CV and headshot to submissions@infinitheatre.com clearly indicating Artist in Residence Submission in the subject line.
“My time at Infinithéâtre was a great gift during a transitional time of my theatre career. As a young artist fresh out of school, I was craving the space and opportunity for a consistent creative practice, but no longer had access to University resources. With Infini, I had a place to rely on for dedicated writing time, rehearsal space, a self-tape location, or movement studio.”
Artist-in-Residence
Sylvia Cloutier
Sylvia Cloutier is an actor, musician, playwright, television and theatre producer, director, motivational speaker and mother from Kuujjuaq, Nunavik (Northern Quebec), currently residing in Montreal. During her more than twenty-five year career in the performing arts, she has shared the stage with musicians and ensembles such as Tafelmusik, the National Art Center Symphony Orchestra; co-founded Aqsarniit, the Inuit performing arts company promoting Inuit culture; and was Artistic Director of Qaggiq theatre company (2004-2009), among other accolades. A highly sought after director and producer for both stage and screen, Cloutier has produced six Inuktitut television shows, and numerous high-level events and concerts; in 2009 she was named “Woman of the Year” by Pauktutiit, the national Inuit women’s organization, and in 2013 she received an award for “Outstanding young woman of the year” from Qullit Nunavut women’s morganization.
Artist-in-Residence
Poonam Dhir
Poonam Dhir (they/she) is a queer playwright, poet, Punjabi descendent, and settler currently based in Tiohtiá:ke (Montréal), on the traditional, unceded territory of the Kanien’kehá:ka people. Poonam’s work explores identity, trauma, memory and the relationship between belief and belonging. They contemplate themes of migration, displacement and loss. They are the recipient of a 2022 Lambda Literary Fellowship in Playwriting and a finalist for the 2021 PEN Canada New Voices Award, Poetry. Poonam was selected to participate in Nightwood Theatre’s 2022-23 Write From the Hip Program led by Donna-Michelle St. Bernard. They are on the editorial teams of The Puritan & carte blanche literary magazines. You can read her latest pieces in Vallum, Contemporary Verse 2, PRISM International and forthcoming in The Capilano Review.
Find Poonam on twitter @pnmdhir.
Previous Artists in Residence include
Drew Hayden Taylor
Masha Bashmakova
Jeremy Lewis
Recent Artists in Residence at Infinithéâtre have been generously supported by The Cole Foundation, Azrieli Foundation and The Conseil des Arts de Montréal.
