The Canadian/Washington Theatre Partnership is an annual cultural exchange which, since 2000, has offered Washington area artistic directors the opportunity to explore Canada’s innovative theatrical offerings during a week-long residency. The Canadian Embassy established The Canadian/Washington Theatre Partnership, which annually invites an artistic director from Washington’s professional theatres, as a result of their long respect for the importance of theatre produced in Washington. theatreWashington facilitates the selection process of artistic directors participating in the program. Funding is provided by The Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs.

Congratulations to 2013 participant Hanna Bondarewska, Artistic Director of Ambassador Theater. 

Previous participants include:

• 2012: The Inkwell Artistic Director Jessica Burgess and Theater Alliance Artistic Director Colin Hovde
• 2011: Hub Theatre Artistic Director Helen Pafumi and Studio Theatre Artistic Director David Muse
• 2010: Forum Theatre Artistic Director Michael Dove and Adventure Theatre Artistic Director Michael Bobbitt
• 2008: Randy Baker and Jenny McConnell Frederick, Rorschach Theatre, and Janet Griffin, Folger Theatre
• 2007: John MacDonald, The Washington Stage Guild and Suzanne Richard, Open Circle Theatre
• 2006: Christopher Henley, Washington Shakespeare Company and Mark Rhea, The Keegan Theatre
• 2005: Jeremy Skidmore, Theater Alliance and Howard Shalwitz, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
• 2004: Scott Fortier, Catalyst Theater Company and Jennifer Nelson, African American Continuum Theatre Company
• 2003: Carolyn Griffin, MetroStage and Inna Shapiro, Classika Theatre
• 2002: Ari Roth, Theater J and Janet Stanford, Imagination Stage
• 2001: Didier Rousselet and Monica Neagoy, Le Neon Theatre and Rick Davis, Theater of the First Amendment
• 2000: Joy Zinoman, The Studio Theatre and Jerry Whiddon, Round House Theatre

A myriad of new Canadian work has been introduced to Washington audiences since the program began in 2000. Among the dozens of plays and artists discovered and brought to Washington as a result of this innovative program: Elizabeth Rex, presented by Keegan Theatre; The Araboolies of Liberty Street and The Neverending Story, presented by Imagination Stage; Girl in the Goldfish Bowl, One Good Marriage, and For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again at MetroStage; One Man Star Wars Trilogy, and MacHomer, presented by Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company; and playwrights Jason Sherman, Anton Piatigorsky, comedian Deb Filler as well artists from the Winnipeg Jewish Theatre and the Saidye Bronfman Centre Yiddish Theatre of Montreal, hosted by Theater J.

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