Ink to Audio is a paid audio drama creation program for emerging Toronto-based writers (18-30 years old), with priority given to artists from equity-seeking communities. Participants develop a 5–10 minute original audio drama through a 12-week hybrid workshop series, recording sessions, and a public listening event. No prior audio experience is required. This program will be led by writer Marcia Johnson (Serving Elizabeth, Binti's Journey, Perfect on Paper), and Laura Mullin and Chris Tolley from CBC’s PlayME Podcast, plus guest industry artists.

Who the program serves
Early- to mid-career writers, playwrights, and storytellers, with priority given to those who identify as Black, Indigenous, People of Colour, Deaf or disabled, 2SLGBTQIAP+, and/or face socio-economic barriers.

Participants receive a $300 honorarium and professional mentorship.

Paid Opportunity: A Hybrid Course with CBC’s PlayME Podcast, with playwright Marcia Johnson and PlayME Hosts Laura Mullin and Chris Tolley

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Marcia Johnson is a Toronto-based actor/playwright/librettist and dramaturg.
Her World War II play, Just Like Paris, was featured recently as a staged reading for the Advance Theatre Festival produced by Ruby Slippers Theatre. Serving Elizabeth, her most well known play, had a well-received production at Prairie Theatre Exchange. Other plays include Perfect on Paper, Binti’s Journey (based on ‘The Heaven Shop’ by Deborah Ellis), Say Ginger Ale and the Dora-nominated opera My Mother’s Ring (with composer Stephen A. Taylor).
Marcia has led playwriting workshops through Tarragon Theatre, Peterborough Theatre Guild and Expect Theatre.
Acting performances include The Wonderful (Caravan Farm Theatre), Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (YES/STC) and The New Canadian Curling Club (Blyth). Marcia makes the odd TV appearance (American Gods, American Gothic) and is in two short films making the festival circuit (Comics, Memento Mori).

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