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Oct 1, 2026
Daniel MacIvorGUEST
Find the people that you feel like you can live with and you can love and you can learn together.
Daniel MacIvorGUEST
I mean, Thomas Morgan Jones, through the National Theatre School and the Playwrights Press, are collaborating on a book called to come out in the next year, somewhere soon-ish, I guess, about Canadian performance practice.
Daniel MacIvorGUEST
And there's a number of different practitioners who are participating in writing.
Daniel MacIvorGUEST
And I wrote it, I was asked to write a piece, and I wrote a piece where, and it's called, I call it, The Thing is Love.
JanineHOST
He's a finalist for the Playwrights Guild of Canada's Drama Award and the finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award.
JanineHOST
Nominated for four Doar Awards as well, he's a graduate of the National Theatre School and holds an MFA from York University.
JanineHOST
Jeff is also the Associate Artistic Director at Tarragon Theatre, which is where I've seen his work Cockroach, which we get into quite a bit, and where I will be seeing Prophetess this fall.
JanineHOST
We get to talk all about what Prophetess is about, about how Shakespeare affects his works, because he also is the author of Pastoral, which I saw with Shakespeare in the Rough.
LindsayHOST
His parents moved from New York to Canada in 1974.
LindsayHOST
He studied drama at the National Theatre School of Canada.
LindsayHOST
In 2026, it was announced that Kirby will join the cast of Law & Order: Toronto: Criminal Intent in the fourth season [laughs] as Detective Sergeant John Darcy.
LindsayHOST
[laughs]
Mena MassoudGUEST
I'm not auditioning for York, which, you know, Rachel McAdams graduated from.
Mena MassoudGUEST
I'm not auditioning for NTS.
Mena MassoudGUEST
I'm just going to go for the Ryerson program, and I got in.
Mena MassoudGUEST
That's amazing.
Phil RickabyHOST
You are, in addition to being a writer and a playwright and an actor, you are...
Phil RickabyHOST
Teaching and Mentoring Emerging Playwrights at NTS and U of T.
Phil RickabyHOST
Is there a piece of advice that you find yourself repeating to young playwrights?
Erin ShieldsGUEST
Absolutely.
Keith BarkerMODERATOR
He got to see us before, he got to see us hit stage, and then he got to be present in it.
Keith BarkerMODERATOR
And he actually ended up going to National Theatre School.
Keith BarkerMODERATOR
He ended up here at the Stratford Festival.
Keith BarkerMODERATOR
His name is Nick Nagabo.
Akbar GbajabiamilaHOST
No, a
Mena MassoudGUEST
conservatory program, typically, you know, whether it's Ryerson or the National Theater School of Canada in Montreal
Mike Yam and Trevor SykemaADVERTISER
or
Mena MassoudGUEST
Juilliard.
JamieHOST
Young Peter Cullen saw himself as king of the cows, and most notably, he had replicated their natural sound well enough that they all took notice.
JamieHOST
Cullen was drawn into the world of performing and eventually attended the National Theatre School of Canada and was part of the first graduating class in 1963.
JamieHOST
The Hollywood Reporter shares how Cullen studied acting under an operatic coach and then performed Shakespeare for a summer in Stratford, Ontario.
JamieHOST
This led to him performing even more, including for the Crest Theatre in Toronto.
VanessaHOST
As an actor, Kate currently has a recurring role on The Testaments, and select screen credits include The Girlfriend Experience, Degrassi, Stargate Atlantis, Holly Hobby, Murdoch Mysteries, as well as upcoming seasons of St. Pierre, Hudson & Rex, and Law & Toronto.
VanessaHOST
Kate is a graduate of the National Theatre School, Queen's University and the Canadian Film Centre.
Kate HewlettSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Midnight at the kitchen table.
Kate HewlettSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Irene Silverman, 82, missing since July 5th, 1998 from Manhattan, New York.