Industry Hangouts
Come and have a snack or a drink and socialize with people who are in the same boat as you! If you're new to the industry, events will have hosts present to help make introductions and connections. And the GVPTA buys appetizers!
Questions? Contact Mishelle Cuttler, Programs Manager, at mishelle@gvpta.ca
Upcoming Events
Prince George Area Artist Reception
Once again, Theatre NorthWest is excited to invite their local artists to join for a sneak peek at our 2026–2027 season. During the evening, they will share details about the upcoming productions and discuss potential artistic opportunities in the season ahead. Anyone who identifies as a theatre artist is welcome!
The gathering will take place at 6:00 PM in the Theatre NorthWest lobby on Monday, April 6.
We recognize that this falls on Easter Monday, and apologize for any inconvenience. Unfortunately, due to the production schedule, this was the only available time the team could make work.
There will also be a few sips and nibbles on hand, sponsored by the Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance. We hope you’ll come by, catch up with colleagues, and hear what’s coming next at the theatre!
Francophone Hangout with Théâtre la Seizième
Join the La Seizième family! If you are a francophone or francophile artist working in Vancouver, come hang out with peers and practice your French. This hangout is an opportunity to meet cultural workers who speak French in the community. Drinks are provided by Théâtre la Seizième and GVPTA, with a food truck on site!
Rejoignez la famille de la Seizième! Si vous êtes francophone ou francophile, venez passer un moment avec vos pairs et échanger en français. Ce hangout est une opportunité de rencontrer d'autres travailleuses et travailleurs culturels qui parlent français dans la communauté. Des boissons seront offertes par le Théâtre la Seizième et le GVPTA, avec un food-truck sur place.
Stage Managers' Hangout 2026
The Stage Manager’s Hangout is an informal gathering for anyone who works in Vancouver in Stage Management. Whether you are an established SM, just getting started, or curious about the field - all are welcome! Please come and have a snack or drink and socialize with people who are in the same boat as you. If you are new to the industry, there will be a host present to help make introductions and connections. And the GVPTA is buying appetizers!
Yvonne Yip
Yvonne is a Hong Kong-Canadian stage manager based in Vancouver on the traditional and unceded territories of the the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations. Yvonne has been fortunate enough to work with companies across Canada, and had the chance to tour all over the world. Recent credits include the world premiere of Tomson Highway's Rose (NAC Indigenous Theatre), East Van Panto: West Van Story (Theatre Replacement), Much Ado About Nothing and The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Bard on the Beach), and Salesman in China (Stratford Festival). Next up will be the continuation of the tour of Kidd Pivot's Olivier Award-winning Assembly Hall, with stops in Taipei, Seoul, and Shanghai.
Where My People At? A Black Artists & Industry Workers’ Salon
Calling all Artists of the Black/African diaspora! We’d love to connect with you!
Rumble Theatre in collaboration with GVPTA and host, Adonis King, invite Black artists and cultural workers to Where My People At? A Black Artists & Industry Workers’ Salon.
How often have you heard that we’re “hard to find”? *eyeroll emojil* We know that the Black population is steadily growing in Vancouver, but how many of us still find it hard to find a Black artistic community? There is a long and significant history of Black Arts and excellence in BC. For instance, the widely known Hogan’s Alley was home to several influential Vancouver artists and athletes including Leonard Lane, Ernie King, Barbara Howard and the Gibson Siblings. The Sepia Players, Vancouver’s first Black theatre company, was founded in 1969!
The community was here, and despite the city’s best efforts, we’re still here. So, come join us for an intergenerational Black Artist’s chat and hangout. Meet your elders and the next generation. Eat some food and deepen the bonds of our community as we explore the legacy of Black Arts in Vancouver; past, present and future.
We will be joined by special guests; Celeste Insell, Siobhan Barker and Britany Buren.
Doors will open a half hour early at 7 pm. Light food and refreshments will be provided.
This is a FREE event and registration is required. Check out our website for more info.
Past Events
March Drinks with Designers
Drinks with Designers is an informal hangout for anyone who works in theatrical design or who would like to learn more about the Vancouver design community. Come and have a snack or a drink and socialize with people who are in the same boat as you. If you are new to the industry, there will hosts present to help make introductions and connections. And the GVPTA is buying appetizers!
Offline: In-person gatherings for company leaders
Hosted by Touchstone Theatre, PACT, and the GVPTA, these gatherings are a chance for folks in leadership roles within the Vancouver Theatre Community to connect with each other and discuss issues in our sector and how we can face them together. These sessions are meant to build community connectivity, and bring together local arts leaders at all stages of their careers to foster mutual support. We'll start the session off with introductions, followed by a round-table discussion topic, and then some time to mix and mingle. We hope you'll join us on Monday, January 12 from 3pm - 5pm at the Post 750 (110-750 Hamilton street, Vancouver). Snacks and non-alcoholic beverages will be supplied.
Black Theatre Artists Hangout
Join us on Monday, October 27th for an informal evening to connect, chat, share snacks, and build community. Whether you’re a playwright, designer, director, producer, actor—or simply part of the vibrant theatre world—you’re warmly invited.
Adonis Critter King
Adonis Critter King is a Black, Queer, Trans and non-binary, multi-disciplinary writer, director, producer, dramaturg, and Obeah in training. Their work interweaves the mundane and the divine, the monstrous and the holy, the laughter and the grief, to explore collective liberation, revolution as a way of life, and the strength it takes to stand sturdy in the difficult choices it takes to liberate ourselves and our futures. Adonis was the 2016 Youth Poet Laureate of Victoria, received the 2017 VACCS Community Recognition Award, and the 2020 Witness Legacy Award for Social Purpose and Responsibility Through Art. Their work has been published by Playwrights Canada Press & and produced by CBC Gem.
Playwrights Hangout 2025
Join Playwright Theatre Centre's Artistic Producer and Dramaturg Davey Calderon at Luppolo Brewing Co (1123 Venables St, Vancouver, BC) on Wednesday, May 28th from 5 to 7pm. Come by to talk about your plays, ask Davey about PTC, and come together as an amazing community!
Davey Samuel Calderon (PTC)
Davey Samuel Calderon, Vancouver, BC (he/they/siya) - is a director, performer, writer, producer, drag artist, dramaturg, and settler on the traditional, ancesteral and stolen lands of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, so-called Vancouver, BC. Currently, he is the Playwrights Theatre Centre’s Artistic Producer and Dramaturg. Select dramaturgical credits are: God's A Drag by Jessica Lemes Da Silva (2023-24 Fringe New Play Prize Winner; 2024 Vancouver Fringe Festival). The Frontliners by Zahida Rahemtulla (2021-22 New Play Prize Winner; 2022 Vancouver Fringe Festival special workshop presentation), Before They Cut Down Our Treeby Karter Masuhara (2023 Vancouver Fringe Festival; 2020 & 2021 vAct’s MSG Lab), and It Lives in my Bedroom by Mily Mumford (2021-23 PTC Associate). Davey has worked with nationally recognized companies and individuals – including Neworld Theatre, Alley Theatre, Paul Wong, rice and beans theatre, and Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Association. Learn about PTC at www.playwrightstheatre.com
“Dis-Respect,” “Dis-Aloud” and other Punny Titles: A D/disability Theatre Artist Hangout
Hey, D/disability-identified theatre artists, friends, allies, and would-be-allies! Come chat, share ideas, and just plain hang out with Realwheels Theatre's Co-Artistic Director Adam Grant Warren and the (company currently known as) Realwheels team. All D/disability-identified artists, established, emerging, or poised to emerge are welcome. So is anyone curious about joining, hiring, or otherwise connecting to D/disability theatre community. The bar will be open; there will be snacks, gentle music, a relaxation station, board games, conversation starters - and maybe some updates about what Realwheels is up to these days. The venue is wheelchair accessible. Transit via Route 84 (Manitoba Street stop) or Olympic Village Station (10-12 mins away on foot).
Adam Grant Warren & the Realwheels Theatre team
Now based in Vancouver, Adam was born and raised in Newfoundland, Canada. He started writing professionally in his early twenties, as a radio columnist for the CBC Morning Show. In that time, he also became Newfoundland’s youngest ever winner of both the Arts and Letters Award for Fiction, and the George Story Medal of Excellence in the Arts. Adam then moved west to study at Vancouver Film School. His films have since screened as official selections at festivals including California’s Newport Beach Film Festival, the National Screen Institute’s Online All-Star Reel, and the Vancouver International Film Festival – where his film “Float” took home the honours for Best Canadian Short in 2012. In 2016, Conocerlos: Get to Know Them earned him his first BC Film Award nomination for Best Screenwriting. In addition to his new position with Realwheels, Adam is an Artistic Associate with Vancouver’s All Bodies Dance Project. He has appeared in stage productions including Frank Theatre’s All In, Realwheels’ CREEPS, and Touchstone’s Kill Me Now — the latter two earning him Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards. Following development as part of the National Writers’ Circle at Vancouver’s Playwrights’ Theatre Centre, Adam’s solo show, Last Train In, premiered to critical acclaim at UNOFest and rEvolver. More recently, Lights won Touchstone Theatre’s 2019 Flying Start Playwrights Competition and marked the beginning of the company’s 50th anniversary season. Adam’s current play, Saturday Nights at Axles, was the final component of his full-scholarship MFA in Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia and is now in development nationally. In 2024, he joined the Scotiabank Dance Centre as an Artist-in-Residence. Learn about Realwheels Theatre at realwheels.ca.
Black Theatre Artists Hangout 2025
The Black Theatre Artist Hangout is an informal gathering for Black folx in the theatre community to come chat, have a snack, and build community with each other. Whether you're a playwright, designer, director, producer, or actor, you're invited! Appetizers are provided by the GVPTA & the frank theatre company.
Adonis Critter King
Adonis Critter King is a Black, Queer, Trans and non-binary, multi-disciplinary writer, director, producer, dramaturg, and Obeah in training. Their work interweaves the mundane and the divine, the monstrous and the holy, the laughter and the grief, to explore collective liberation, revolution as a way of life, and the strength it takes to stand sturdy in the difficult choices it takes to liberate ourselves and our futures. Adonis was the 2016 Youth Poet Laureate of Victoria, received the 2017 VACCS Community Recognition Award, and the 2020 Witness Legacy Award for Social Purpose and Responsibility Through Art. Their work has been published by Playwrights Canada Press & and produced by CBC Gem.
T4T: A Trans Theatre Artists Hangout
Calling all trans, non-binary and Two Spirit theatre artists! GVPTA with Neworld Theatre and the frank theatre company invite you to the T4T Trans Theatre Artist Hangout, a space by and for our community to gather, connect with fellow creators, and foster joy in these dark times. Gender-diverse theatre-makers at any stage of their careers are welcome, whether you're emerging, established, or anywhere in between. There will be games, mingling, ice-breakers, a low-sensory chill space, delicious snacks and zero-proof beverages. Let's stoke the embers of collective care, because we're stronger together.
A New Year Mixer for Artists & Arts Workers with Intrepid Theatre
Join the Intrepid team in Victoria to kick off the new year over drinks, snacks, socializing and friendship bracelet making! FREE! This is a great chance to mix & mingle with other local artists and arts workers, ask questions about Intrepid's artist programs, residencies or festivals, and maybe meet your next collaborator.
