Our Mission

Equity Showcase Theatre exists to provide a range of training, professional development and performance opportunities to professional actors, directors and stage managers.

Equity Showcase Theatre encourages the pursuit of discover and mastery of the dramatic art form in order to honour the abundant talents of our artists, to support life-long careers, and to make a distinctive contribution to the body of dramatic arts in Canada.

We believe:

- In the value of the dramatic arts to society

- In the power of the artist to change the world and

- In the contention that artists and artistic potential must be nurtured and developed

We respect:

- Artists who are committed to life-long learning and the pursuit of excellence

- Both the established/working and the emerging/aspiring professional

- The individual artist’s choice to develop their talent on their own terms and in their own time.

We are committed to:

- A diversity of teaching styles and philosophies

- A generous, open and transparent management

- A diversity of students

- Supporting a friendly and stimulating creative environment

About EQUITY SHOWCASE THEATRE

We Provide:

Training and professional development through classes, artists' showcases, and networking opportunities.

Equity Showcase Theatre was founded in 1960 by Charmion King, Amelia Hall, Christopher Newton and others to: Encourage and develop any and all arts and techniques of the theatre by creating opportunities (for theatre artists) to practice their professions and to establish a centre or centres for the promotion and exchange of ideas, plans, or experiments relating to all and any techniques of the theatre...

~from the Letters Patent incorporating Equity Showcase Theatre in March 1960~