“I could not be more excited and honored in partnering with Nataki to introduce this extraordinary combination of digital and onstage programming as the OSF 2021 season,” said David Schmitz, OSF executive director. The timeline for streaming new work on the platform is still developing. In the meantime, some of the past productions will be streaming on OSF's digital platform, O!, as early as March and extending well into Spring. OSF said that it will not announce specific dates or make ticket sales available for on-stage productions until there is more clarity on the impacts of COVID-19 into this Fall. “Now joined together with a compelling schedule of Fall and Winter onstage programming, O! has evolved into a marquee fourth stage, where new and innovative projects will play alongside some of OSF’s most beloved and well-known productions.” In launching our digital platform, O!, nearly a year ago, the initial goal was to provide an exploratory space to intersect theatre with other forms of media,” said Nataki Garrett, OSF artistic director. “2020 marked a paradigm shift in which OSF was catapulted into different ways of creating and supporting artists and art-making. Alan has an MFA in Directing (York U), a BEd (York U), a BA in International Relations (UBC).OSF's live season has been shifted to Fall and will extend into January, though the organization cautioned that these performances will be subject to public health guidelines and restrictions that may linger. Notable works programmed by Alan include: Idomeneus, The Royale, Almighty Voice And His Wife, The Brothers Size, Oraltorio: A Theatrical Mixtape (with Obsidian Theatre), and A Streetcar Named Desire, programmed for, and directed by Soulpepper Artistic Director Weyni Mengesha.Īlan has taught and mentored at schools and theatres across Canada. He delivered its scheduled programming but also curated, and began to deliver 17 subsequent months of work. He met the challenge of keeping the theatre open during a period of crisis, and maintaining the confidence of artists, audiences and supporters. In 2018, Alan was named Acting Artistic Director at Soulpepper Theatre Company. Previous leadership includes the co-founding and co-artistic directorship of the award-winning Belltower Theatre (1999–2008) and Sheep No Wool (2009–2016). He was appointed Artistic Director of Necessary Angel Theatre Company in June 2019, assuming active leadership in September. He has worked across Canada, in the United States and Europe. “ Sitting still, is a way of falling in love with the world and everything in it.”Īlan Dilworth is an award-winning theatre director, playwright and teacher. Run time: 15-mins per session, three sessions: 12:00 pm, 1:00 pm and 2:00 pm. The program was piloted at Soulpepper Theatre Company where it ran for two years and was then implemented at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. A long-time meditation practitioner, Dilworth started The Stillness Room as a health and wellness offering for artists and theatre workers. The Stillness Room was founded in 2016 by Toronto theatre director, writer and teacher Alan Dilworth. We will have three sessions at 12:00 pm, 1:00 pm and 2:00 pm.We will talk briefly and then sit together in silence and stillness for 15 minutes.No experience with mindfulness or meditation is necessary.The Stillness Room is a coming together to experience the transformative qualities of stillness, silence and quiet connection, facilitated by Necessary Angel Theatre Company Artistic Director Alan Dilworth.