Generator

Generator Generator is generously supported by the Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council, and Canada Council for the Arts.

Generator is a mentoring, teaching, and innovation incubator that expands the skills, tools, and competencies of independent artists, producers, leaders, and communities.

🌼 CHECK OUT MAY DAY / MAY MONTH AT GENERATOR🗞️ New on the Generator Blog: Can Theatre Love Us Back by Nikki Shaffeeullah...
05/05/2026

🌼 CHECK OUT MAY DAY / MAY MONTH AT GENERATOR

🗞️ New on the Generator Blog:
Can Theatre Love Us Back by Nikki Shaffeeullah
Read it here: https://generatorto.com/blog/can-theatre-love-us-back

🧡 Events:

- Tenant Rights for Arts Workers
In partnership with ACORN Canada
Wednesday May 6, 6-7:30pm EDT, ONLINE
Register here: https://generatorto.com/workshop-series

- Wellness Day for Arts Workers
For low-income and uninsured arts workers
In partnership with Rooted TCM

Free individual treatments in Traditional Chinese Medicine including: Acupuncture, Tuina, Shiatsu Massage, Acupressure, Cupping, Guasha & Moxibustion
Free group sessions: Soundbath, yoga, and community acupuncture

Friday May 22, all day, IN PERSON / LIMITED REGISTRATION
Registration information coming soon


- Wellness Strategies for Arts Workers
In partnership with Rooted TCM

Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner Saima Butt will lead participants through wellness exercises that participants can facilitate themselves, at home, to tune into their own rhythms, regulate their nervous system, and restore balance from within.

Sunday May 31, 2-3pm EDT , ONLINE
Registration information coming soon

đź’Ą REGISTRATION OPENTENANT RIGHTS FOR ARTS WORKERSWednesday May 66-7:30pmThe ongoing housing crisis in Ontario affects al...
02/05/2026

đź’Ą REGISTRATION OPEN
TENANT RIGHTS FOR ARTS WORKERS

Wednesday May 6
6-7:30pm

The ongoing housing crisis in Ontario affects all low- and moderate-income, precariously employed workers, including artist-producers in the performing arts. This workshop is an opportunity for arts workers in Generator’s extended community to connect with leading organizers in the housing justice movement to learn more about their rights as tenants, what housing justice organizing looks like locally, and how to connect with supportive resources. This 90-minute session will take place online and include a presentation from ACORN leaders followed by an opportunity for questions and answers.

This workshop is best suited for: People working (full-time, part-time, or occasionally) in the performing arts who are low- to moderate income and and have a vested interest in housing justice. This might include renters, people who are precariously housed, and people who are curious about renting in the future.

Registration is required. This workshop will take place online, on Zoom.

Accessibility information: ASL interpretation will be provided upon request and the Zoom call will have live captions. Workshop slides will be provided to registered participants after the session.

Registration link and more info in bio

đź’Ą REGISTRATION OPENTENANT RIGHTS FOR ARTS WORKERSWednesday May 66-7:30pmThe ongoing housing crisis in Ontario affects al...
24/04/2026

đź’Ą REGISTRATION OPEN
TENANT RIGHTS FOR ARTS WORKERS

Wednesday May 6
6-7:30pm

The ongoing housing crisis in Ontario affects all low- and moderate-income, precariously employed workers, including artist-producers in the performing arts. This workshop is an opportunity for arts workers in Generator’s extended community to connect with leading organizers in the housing justice movement to learn more about their rights as tenants, what housing justice organizing looks like locally, and how to connect with supportive resources. This 90-minute session will take place online and include a presentation from ACORN leaders followed by an opportunity for questions and answers.

This workshop is best suited for: People working (full-time, part-time, or occasionally) in the performing arts who are low- to moderate income and and have a vested interest in housing justice. This might include renters, people who are precariously housed, and people who are curious about renting in the future.

Registration is required. This workshop will take place online, on Zoom.

Accessibility information: ASL interpretation will be provided upon request and the Zoom call will have live captions. Workshop slides will be provided to registered participants after the session.

Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQ83d_y6xSLcWKmDT97mCWlxs2lsS09_THgVsUqj6sj8WrJQ/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=116670589595556656863

đź“… SAVE THE DATE - MAY 6TH AT 6PMWe're very excited to be partnering with the Association of Community Organizations for ...
15/04/2026

đź“… SAVE THE DATE - MAY 6TH AT 6PM

We're very excited to be partnering with the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) for a workshop covering tenant rights for artists on May 6 at 6pm. Save the date!

We will release more information and a registration link soon.

✨INTRODUCING THE 2026 ARTIST-PRODUCER LAB COHORTGenerator is thrilled to announce the 2026 Artist-Producer Lab (APL), a ...
08/04/2026

✨INTRODUCING THE 2026 ARTIST-PRODUCER LAB COHORT

Generator is thrilled to announce the 2026 Artist-Producer Lab (APL), a cohort of stellar artists who will be deepening their creative producing and arts leadership skills. These participants were curated in collaboration with our APL Organizational Partners. Each organization nominated an individual into the program and will act as a touchstone for them throughout their journey. The cohort will participate in a curriculum of professional development workshops, receive one-on-one mentorship, attend special industry events, and each lead their own sector research project. Our partners for the season are the Theatre Passe Muraille, Great Canadian Theatre Company, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Factory Theatre, and Soulpepper Theatre.

Please welcome:
Ahmad Meree (nominated by Theatre Passe Muraille ( )
Ava Alavi (nominated by Great Canadian Theatre Company ( )
Erum Khan (nominated by Buddies in Bad Times Theatre ( )
Paul Smith (nominated by Factory Theatre ( )
Will Parry (nominated by Soulpepper Theatre ( )

On World Theatre Day 2026, we are thinking of the artists and audiences around the world that are not able to safely cre...
27/03/2026

On World Theatre Day 2026, we are thinking of the artists and audiences around the world that are not able to safely create and witness theatre due to war and other forms of oppression.

Suppressing art and culture is a tool of erasure. In Canada, there is a long history of banning Indigenous culture and languages as a means of colonialism and genocide.

Article 27 of the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that “Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.”

As theatre artists, we stand in solidarity with theatre artists in Palestine, where cultural production is under direct attack. In Jenin, in the West Bank, members of The Freedom Theatre’s artistic leadership were violently arrested without charge in 2023. The Freedom Theatre was forced to close its doors in early 2025, when the refugee camp where it is located was attacked and occupied by the Israeli army. In November 2025, the El-Hakawati Theater in Jerusalem was raided during a performance of "Dreams Under the Olive Tree," a musical featuring children and teenagers, leaving audience members and performers in tears.

We know that groups that are directly complicit in Israel’s occupation and genocide in Palestine are funding theatre in Canada. These relationships contribute to the art-washing of Israel's genocide, the censorship of Palestinian artists and those in solidarity with them, and most egregiously - the dehumanization of Palestinian people.
In conversation with Canadian theatre artists in 2026, Rawand Arqawi, Artistic Producer of Fragments Theatre in Jenin, said, "Palestinian artists do not create from outside the reality we depict; we live under occupation ourselves. We face the suppression of our freedom of expression, including arrest, harassment, and intimidation, as well as severe restrictions on movement and travel. And yet, we persist in our cultural work as an act of resilience and resistance."
From Turtle Island to Palestine, Sudan to the Congo, Iran to Ukraine, and beyond, we stand together to protect the human right to create and enjoy theatre.
This World Theatre Day, we ask you to:
Share and repost this message
Follow and support Palestinian artists and theatres (suggestions linked in caption)
Learn more about and help advocate for the Palestinian Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)

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✨ Sector Research: Ludmylla ReisThe next offering from our 2025 Artist-Producer Lab cohort sector research projects is b...
17/03/2026

✨ Sector Research: Ludmylla Reis

The next offering from our 2025 Artist-Producer Lab cohort sector research projects is by Ludmylla Reis. This sharing takes the shape of a creative short story titled "From Camarez to Fraier". It was written, edited, and performed by Ludmylla Reis. We're thrilled with how this inspired research project took shape. Enjoy!

Find The Generator Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts.
Or here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2I9mBW5FCGJdauCrxUbDd6?si=oEYVXXhyRAGOKtbJCI63ig

16/03/2026

✨ There are still a few spots remaining. We'd love to have you there!

Direct Action Producing: Mobilizing Communities Through Art
Led by Shanae Sodhi
Sunday, March 22
10am-3pm

Register today: https://generatorto.com/workshop-series

✨ Sector Research: Kaylce CarterWe’re delighted to release the next micro-research project from our 2025 Artist-Producer...
10/03/2026

✨ Sector Research: Kaylce Carter

We’re delighted to release the next micro-research project from our 2025 Artist-Producer Lab cohort. This piece is a podcast episode in which Kaylce Carter sits down with host Taranjot Bamrah to talk about their research into the current state of accessibility and future-oriented accessibility practices (Dreaming Forward).

It is a wonderful articulation of the realities of our current time and a possible pathway to the future.

Find The Generator Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts.
Or here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/37wn5OpQVXuE4EWsHmlCfB?si=-xxJhQAxScyH6c9_jxaehw

Photo of Kaylce Carter (left) and Taranjot Bamrah (right)

🧡 UP NEXT IN THE IDEAS & LEARNING SERIESWhat if your art didn't just move people—it mobilized them?Direct Action Produci...
05/03/2026

🧡 UP NEXT IN THE IDEAS & LEARNING SERIES

What if your art didn't just move people—it mobilized them?

Direct Action Producing: Mobilizing Communities Through Art
Led by Shanae Sodhi

This workshop challenges the passive model of arts engagement and explores how artist-producers can transform performance spaces into launchpads for community-led change. We'll examine why so much socially conscious art stops at truth-telling, leaving audiences feeling informed but unequipped for real change. Together, we'll learn how to bridge the gap between witnessing injustice and taking action—reclaiming the social capital and power that gathering spaces have always held.

Read more by following the link in our bio

✨ Sector Research: Josh MarchesiniWe’re delighted to release the first micro-research project from our 2025 Artist-Produ...
04/03/2026

✨ Sector Research: Josh Marchesini

We’re delighted to release the first micro-research project from our 2025 Artist-Producer Lab cohort. Dive in to see what Josh Marchesini has been exploring.

What does it mean to produce a festival and ensure one’s physical and mental health is cared for, avoiding burnout and establishing sustainability and care for both the festival producer and the festival?

Participating respondents:
María Escolán
Kelly Li
Kafi Pierre
Shannon Corenthin
Lindsay Nelson
Ludmylla Reis

Graphic design by Oliver Pitschner

Find it on the Generator Blog: https://generatorto.com/blog/sector-research-josh-marchesini

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