The RISER Project is a new collaborative producing model for theatre artists and companies to create and present new work. It was developed by Ravi Jain and Owais Lightwala of Why Not Theatre in order to address some of the challenges of producing independent theatre in Toronto, including the high cost of production, difficulty of building audiences and inefficient use of resources and infrastructure.
Thanks to the generous support of the Toronto Arts Council’s Open Door Program and the Government of Canada, we have been able to do 2 rounds of RISER thus far (2015 and 2016), and are currently planning for 2017.
For the 2016 round of RISER, we have 4 new productions in The Theatre Centre BMO Incubator Space, and once again bring together a micro community of Senior Partners, operating companies that have larger capacity and often been around for 20+ years. The Senior Partners contribute in kind resources, cash and mentorship support to the model, and over the course of the year we will facilitate long-term relationships between them and the RISER artists.
Thanks to the generous support of the Toronto Arts Council’s Open Door Program and the Government of Canada, we have been able to do 2 rounds of RISER thus far (2015 and 2016), and are currently planning for 2017.
For the 2016 round of RISER, we have 4 new productions in The Theatre Centre BMO Incubator Space, and once again bring together a micro community of Senior Partners, operating companies that have larger capacity and often been around for 20+ years. The Senior Partners contribute in kind resources, cash and mentorship support to the model, and over the course of the year we will facilitate long-term relationships between them and the RISER artists.