Theatre Passe Muraille has introduced the launch of a brand new endowment fund to assist the creation of latest works. The Andy McKim Endowment Fund for New Works shall be formally launched, and the inaugural recipient introduced, at a public occasion at Theatre Passe Muraille on February 2, 2026.
“The Board of Theatre Passe Muraille is honoured to assist the creation of the Andy McKim Endowment Fund for New Works. Andy’s imaginative and prescient continues to form TPM’s creative identification, and this Fund extends that legacy by offering sustainable, significant assist to artists who’re pushing boundaries and increasing the probabilities of Canadian theatre. We’re excited to have fun the inaugural recipient early subsequent 12 months,” feedback Jeff Chan, Chair of the TPM Board of Administrators.
The annual fund, first established in 2024, is devoted to supporting modern and socially engaged new Canadian theatre works. Conceived by TPM’s former Creative Director Andy McKim, in collaboration with TPM’s Board of Administrators underneath then-Chair Jim Roe and former Managing Director Régine Cadet, the Endowment Fund has been designed to prioritize the event of latest works. It’s notably necessary on this period of diminished funding out there by commissions and artist-development assets within the theatre sector.
With founding contributions from the Atkinson Martin Basis, a registered charity established in 1942 that helps to fund social and financial justice tasks in Ontario, together with a big bequest by a long-time theatre patron, the Endowment Fund has been established to offer a sustainable annual dedication that can prolong into the years to come back.
The Fund will assist any type of creation that aligns with Theatre Passe Muraille’s mandate, with a versatile and sustained strategy to supporting artists on the earliest levels of growth.
Andy McKim
Andy McKim served as Creative Director of Theatre Passe Muraille from 2007 till 2019. Different vital appointments embody:
- President of the Skilled Affiliation of Canadian Theatres (PACT)/ 2002 – 2005
- President of the Toronto Theatre Alliance (now TAPA)/ 1997 – 1999
- Affiliate Creative Director of Tarragon Theatre/ 1985 – 2007
Over time, he has served as director, dramaturge, and trainer, and is the recipient of many awards and nominations, together with successful two Dora Mavor Moore Awards, and two Edinburgh Fringe First Awards, together with a 2010 Playwrights Guild of Canada Bras D’or Award, which acknowledged his devoted to gender fairness in selling and producing the work of ladies playwrights.
All through his profession, Andy has demonstrated a dedication to artist-driven creation, community-rooted storytelling, and equitable, inclusive practices.
“Theatre Passe Muraille wants an endowment fund as a result of there may be treasured little cash left over for artwork as soon as mounted prices are paid — administration, workplace house, constructing operation and upkeep, and workers. In my last season as Creative Director, we had been solely capable of commit roughly 10% of the price range to artwork,” McKim feedback in a press release.
Creative Director Marjorie Chan and Creative Producer Indrit Kasapi remark, “New work is the heartbeat of Theatre Passe Muraille. It’s how we evolve, reply, query, and dream. The institution of the Andy McKim Endowment Fund ensures that artists have the assets and room to discover concepts on the earliest levels, the place creativeness is most fragile and most alive. We sit up for sharing the inaugural recipient quickly — an artist whose work displays TPM’s values of innovation, thoughtfulness, and community-rooted storytelling.”
Keep tuned for the announcement occasion within the new 12 months.
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Anya Wassenberg is the Toronto Metropolis Editor at Ludwig Van. Beforehand, she was a contract author with a specialty in tradition and journey for 3 a long time, and a inventive writing teacher for Ontariolearn.
