PTC Fringe Prize

Interested in applying for this program?

The Vancouver Fringe Festival and Playwrights Theatre Centre are shaking it up with a brand new spin on our BC emerging artist opportunity. Give a warm welcome to the new PTC Fringe Prize!

Applications must include:

• A show/script idea, outline, fragment or draft. Fully completed shows are unlikely to be successful, as this is a program for 13-months of development
• A letter of intent, telling us what you plan to do with your idea
• The resumes of the artists involved in the creation
• A production plan**

**A production plan is a timeline of the production process for your project, including deadlines for important decisions and processes such as when and how all the major resources have to be in place – personnel, money, design, promotion etc. You are producing your own work and the Fringe model requires proficiency in independent producing.

Application eligibility:

• Production run time for shows/plays/performances must be under 70 minutes
• Must have a dedicated producer-collaborator 
• Performance format must follow Fringe’s production guidelines***
• Artists or production teams must have at least 1 – 2 credits in producing (not limited to performance productions and can include: arts and culture events, workshop series, arts festivals, community projects, etc.)
• Artists can apply if they are temporarily in another North American timezone during the 13-month period. However, artists or artistic leads MUST be in Metro Vancouver for the production phase of their project (mid-July to mid-September 2026)
• Artists outside the Vancouver Lower Mainland area are responsible for the costs of their travel and accommodation during the agreed-upon workshop and production phases

*We define “emerging” as any artists or playwrights who identify early in their performing arts career, and have had less than 5 years of publicly doing their practice.

***Fringe guidelines require shows to have setup and resets taking no more than 15 minutes, tech that can be achieved within 2 – 3 hours, and limited set and props requirements.

Prize selection will be made by a jury, based on the artistic potential of the show/draft and the feasibility of the production plan. Applications must be received no later than July 10th, 2025, and the winner will be announced mid-September 2025.  

PTC is continuously working to make all our programs accessible. We encourage artists with a lived experience of disability to apply for all of our programs. We are dedicated to creating spaces within which Indigenous, Black, people of colour, LGBTQAI2+people, and people with intersectional identity perspectives can lead and create.

We encourage applicants to consider joining PTC as a member! Help grow our community, and stay up-to-date on PTC news and opportunities.

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