RESIDENCY PROGRAM

Participants will have access to eighty acres of secluded fields and forests, a large wood-heated rehearsal hall, three covered outdoor structures of varying sizes and shapes, as well as a kitchen, dining area, washroom and bathing facilities to care for the company. You also have the option of accessing dramaturgical support from Artistic and Environmental Programs Manager Vicki Stroich during your residency.

Residencies can last up to two weeks and available times are dependent on Caravan Farm Theatre’s production schedule. April, May, August and September are usually the months with the most availability. There is space for up to 12 artists to be in residence at one time.

Each company will be adjudicated with value placed on their capacity to offer exchange with the local artistic community. These exchanges can be in the form of an “invite only” performance of a work in progress, a round-table discussion, master classes, an instagram takeover, or another way of engaging with your work that is light and easy for you to manage within the scope of your residency. In whichever way you wish to share, the intent is to promote cross-pollination between local and visiting artists, for mutual benefit of each.

The size and scope of the project will also be taken into consideration during the selection process, as well as Caravan’s ability to support the work. In order to cover the costs associated with hosting people on the land, there is a $60 nightly fee per person applied to artist residencies.

There will be a high priority placed on applications from IBPOC theatre companies, the DisArts Community, 2SLGBTQIA+ and female/gender-diverse led theatre companies. Caravan Farm Theatre is a national resource for Canadian Theatre artists and artists from across Canada are welcome to apply but travel to the Farm will be the responsibility of the company. Caravan Farm Theatre is happy to provide letters of invitation to support artists requesting funding to support their time in residence.