bringing the next generation of theatre to life…
An award-winning, Toronto-based, queer, immigrant-led theatre company dedicated to showcasing new work by emerging and marginalized artists. First Born Theatre curates creative spaces and helps artists build a strong artistic community through innovation, kindness, community feedback, and peer support.
What we’re up to
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Killy Willy: Live at the second city
October 28-31
at Second City Toronto’s Theatre ‘73
After a successful run at the Toronto Fringe Festival, First Born Theatre has been invited to perform the hit musical-comedy, Killy Willy on the Second City Toronto stage! First Born Theatre is honoured to showcase their work where many of the country’s top comedians got their start.
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Artists In residence program
A new, year-long initiative at First Born Theatre, designed to support emerging artists with queer, BIPOC, or multilingual identities that are creating big, bold work – just like us! Each artist chooses to focus on an independent project that is supported by First Born through feedback sessions, community connections, and more.
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The Playwriting Roundtable
The Playwriting Roundtable is a 5-month long program where emerging playwrights work to develop new pieces of theatre with the support of emerging dramaturgs and facilitators. Each session, the roundtable focuses on creative and career building skills through a series of workshops led by different emerging artists in the Toronto theatre community, who we believe are the future leaders of our industry. The program concludes with a play-reading series where each artist has the opportunity to showcase their work.