Guidelines+for+submissions

=How to add an opening yourself=

If you are a professional company with a show opening this season anywhere Canada, please feel free to add your opening to the directory. It's easy.

1. Go to the month your showing is opening. (Note: For the purposes of this calendar, opening night is the night you invite media NOT the first preview.) 2. Click edit. 3. If don't see your city, add it to the list of cities in ALL CAPS. 4. Under your city, in the proper place chronologically, type in your opening in the following format.

DAY OF THE MONTH: TITLE OF PLAY, COMPANY, VENUE (Full run dates from first preview to closing)

So, for example, if you are Toronto's Tarragon Theatre and you are staging The Clockmaker from September 14 to October 24, with your media night on September 22, you would put in:

22: The Clockmaker, Tarragon Theatre, Tarragon Mainspace (Sept 14 - Oct 24)

5. If you have a website, you can add a link to it by highlighting it the title of the play, clicking "Link" and adding in the link on the "External Link" tab. Then, it will look like this:

22: [|The Clockmaker], Tarragon Theatre, Tarragon Mainspace (Sept 14 - Oct 24)

6. Click save.

Easy as that.

NOTES - Please, don't add any more information to the directory than this. The purpose of this directory is very specific - so I and anyone else who is interested can know when media nights/opening nights are for upcoming plays. - Please, no festival shows (Fringe/Summerworks, etc) - the directory will just get too cluttered. (You can add the festival as a whole, however.) - Sorry, only professional shows - so Equity productions only, though co-ops are OK as well. - I reserve the right to delete any improperly formatted listing.

How to have me add your opening
In order to have your 2010 - 2011 opening night included in this directory (sorry, professional companies only), please email it to knestruck@globeandmail.com in one of the formats included below. In either case, please email it to me with the subject heading: DIRECTORY - NAME OF PLAY, COMPANY, CITY


 * SIMPLE LISTING**

Here is the format to get a basic listing in the directory - this is the minimum amount of information you can submit for a listing. Email your play information in the body of an email as follows:

MONTH CITY Day: Name of Play, Company or Companies involved, Venue

So, for example, if you are Factory Theatre and you and Cahoots Theatre Company are presenting Neworld's production of Ali & Ali: The Deportation Hearings in your studio space on September 30, you would write an email like this:

//To: knestruck@globeandmail.com// //SUBJECT: DIRECTORY - Ali & Ali, Factory Theatre, Toronto//

//BODY of EMAIL://

//SEPTEMBER TORONTO// //30: Ali & Ali: The Deportation Hearings, Factory Theatre/Cahoots/Neworld, Toronto//

No more information is needed, though you can, of course, say hi.


 * SLIGHTLY MORE INFORMATIVE LISTING**

As a theatre critic, I compile this directory so I can know at a glance what is opening in the coming week and organise my schedule, see when might be a good opportunity to take trips outside of Toronto, etc.

Now that I'm making this public, I could see how you might want to include other information might be useful, so I will be happy to link to your website and include the running dates of you show if include them in the following format.

MONTH CITY Day: Name of Play, Company or Companies involved, Venue (START DATE - END DATE) http://www.websiteofyourplay.com

So, using the same example as above, you would send an email like this.

//To: knestruck@globeandmail.com// //SUBJECT: DIRECTORY - Ali & Ali, Factory Theatre, Toronto//

//BODY of EMAIL://

//SEPTEMBER TORONTO// //30: Ali & Ali: The Deportation Hearings, Factory Theatre/Cahoots/Neworld, Toronto (Sept 28 - Oct 17)// //http://www.factorytheatre.ca/1011season.htm//


 * COMPLETE SEASON LISTINGS**

If your company is putting on multiple productions this season, please feel free to send them all in a single email. Just make your email subject line "DIRECTORY - COMPANY, CITY, Full 2010-2011 Season" and list one show after another in one of the formats above.

NOTE: If you email me a press release or do not follow this format, I may not put up your listing. It just has to be quick and simple for me.