The CTDF is funded through the Ontario Heritage Trust (OHT), an agency of the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Gaming (MTCG) and administered by the Toronto Alliance of the Performing Arts (TAPA) and MTCG.

New Deadline: November 12, 5:00pm

CTDF Objectives:

  • To assist the Ontario commercial theatre sector through associations with Ontario-based Producers who seek to produce mid-sized to large-scale Workshops that will have a high likelihood of concluding in a Commercial Presentation in Ontario;
  • To assist Producers with their Workshops that are chosen on the basis of their profit-making potential;
  • To encourage mid-sized to large scale Ontario-based Workshops of at least one full equity work week in duration, with a requirement for the work to be majority original Canadian created content, and a particular emphasis on development initiatives within Ontario outside of Toronto; and
  • To assist theatre arts workers who are residents in Ontario and who can be employed as the Commercial Production company.

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