New Voices Playwriting Residencies
Applications for the 2024/2025 program are now closed.
About New Voices
The New Voices Program is a GTNT initiative to cultivate the next generation of storytellers. Currently in it's fifth enrolment cycle, the program focused on new Indigenous writers.
New Voices is a paid, six month residency guided by Dan Macdonald. The goal of the program is to give the participants the tools and experience to write stories for the stage.
At the end of the program, the participants work will be presented to the public in a staged reading to gather feedback from presenters, and audience members and facilitate further development of the stories.
Interested in joining the New Voices program?
Applications for the 2025/2026 program are now open! Click the link below to submit.
Staged Readings: Every year the work that our New Voices participants complete is read for a live audience in Saskatoon.
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Applicant Profile
Are you an Indigenous storyteller who wants to bring your ideas to the stage? Are you a new or emerging playwright who is looking for formal training and mentorship? Do you have an idea for a story bouncing around in your head and want to learn some tools and techniques to bring it out onto paper? Then this program is for you!
Participant Commitment
Participants are committed to consistently writing their stories and sharing that writing with Dan Macdonald in monthly one-on-one meetings to discuss their stories, ideas, techniques, structure, and pace of writing and a monthly meeting with Dan and the rest of the New Voices participants to read sections of their work and receive feedback from the other participants.
Payment
Participants are paid a monthly stipend of $100 for every month they actively participate in the program and continue to write new work.
Appicant Selection Process
Applicants are selected into the program following a review of their applications and submitted writing samples by the Artistic Director and the Program Coordinator.
All applicants will be contacted after applying regarding the status of their application.
How to Apply
To Apply: Fill out the Google Form linked here.
Application Deadline: October 9th, 2025
If you have any questions about New Voices or how to apply you can contact Roxanne Dicke, our Artistic Director, at AD@GTNT.ca or by calling into our office (306) 933-2262 ext. 1.