January 13 National Roundtable : Flexible Working Models

Adrienne Wong and her daughter. Photo credit: Tetsuro Shigematsu

Join us online January 13th from 1-2:30pm EST for our Flexible Working Models National Roundtable, co-presented by PACT (Professional Association of Canadian Theatres).

Featuring guest panelists Anna Ehnold-Danailov (UK), Co-founder and Joint CEO, Parents and Carers in the Performing Arts (PiPA), Ralph B. Peña (US), Producing Artistic Director, Ma-Yi Theatre (New York), and Means of Production (CAN).

These roundtables are a series of ‘working conversations’ between our Level UP! Strategy Partners and international guests. Come and listen in as Roseneath Theatre, Neptune Theatre, Toronto Fringe, and Outside the March pose the challenges of their Level UP! flexible work pilot projects to the roundtable. Moderated by Sehar Bhojani, Associate Artistic Director of Theatre Direct.

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ASL English interpretation and French interpretation provided.

Flexible Working Models Roundtable Guest Panelists:

Anna Ehnold-Danailov (UK), Co-founder and Joint CEO, Parents and Carers in the Performing Arts (PiPA)

Founded in 2015, PiPA works with theatre, dance, opera, and music organizations across the UK to address the lack of provision for parents and carers in the performing arts through research-driven strategies for change.

Ralph B. Peña (US), Producing Artistic Director, Ma-Yi Theatre (New York)

Founded in 1989, Ma-Yi Theater Company’s primary mission is to develop and produce new and innovative plays by Asian American writers. Ma-Yi aspires to exemplify the extent to which theater makers can be active local partners to the diverse communities that inspire them, while also participating in larger, global conversations about our roles as artists/citizens.

Means of Production (CAN)

A support network with shared resources for freelance Production Managers, Technical Directors, and related Arts Workers, advocating for a safe, equitable, and supportive work culture rooted in creating the conditions for workers to thrive in the gig economy.