After graduating from the professional theatre program at John Abbott College, Amy found it incredibly hard to break into the theatre scene ..read more

PARC is conducting a survey of equity-owed community members to help improve our programming that is designed to serve them.   ..read more

Thanks to Arts Nova Scotia and Halifax Regional Municipality PARC promoted workshops and readings of 4 new plays in Halifax, NS earlier this year. Arts Nova Scotia also sponsored workshops and readings of 2 new plays in Sydney, NS ..read more

Lauren Jean Lawlor was announced the winner of the PARC PEI Award at the Island Fringe Festival this year for her play "Thinking About A Dog". The prize was awarded on the last day of the Festival, August 4, 2024 ..read more

Thanks to funding support from ArtsNL and the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, PARC offered play development support to NL members Jude Benoit's Ne'multes, Joseph Dennis's Caribou, Jeremy Nolan's shit, piss and cystic fibrosis, Sobia Shaheen Shaikh's Braiding Peonies, and Kira Sheppard's Sweet Dreams will be receiving workshops next week in St. John's, NL ..read more

With the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council Year of the Arts Initiative's generous financial support and partnership with the Rotary Arts Centre, Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre (PARC) is thrilled to be supporting the development of two new plays by Western NL playwrights Jamie S. Merrigan and Fin Deeley ..read more

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Born in Antigonish Nova Scotia, Laura Teasdale studied at Acadia and Concordia. She worked in Quebec for 27 years as an actor, playwright, musician, cartoon voice, director, teacher and clown for such companies as The Centaur, Geordie, Playwrights’ Workshop Montreal, The Segal, Cinar, Ubisoft, CBC and NTS. Since returning home in 2019, she wrote, directed and acted for Festival Antigonish & Mulgrave Road Theatre and was nominated for a Merritt Award and three ECMAs. Her specialties include historical, social, outdoor & site-specific theatre ..read more

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Yesterday, July 23, 2024, Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre (PARC) held a special ceremony at the Eastern Front Theatre Rotunda in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, to present the inaugural Jenny Munday Atlantic Canadian Play Award. The event honoured the memory and legacy of Jenny Munday, PARC's founding Artistic Director while recognizing exceptional new work by playwrights from the region ..read more