In 2020, he worked with several theatre companies including Factory’s Mechanical Actors’ Enhancement Training, the Citadel’s RBC Directing Mentorship Program, Punctuate’s Partizan’s Creators Unit, Prime Mover/Musical Stage Company’s NoteWorthy Program, and Generator Toronto’s Artist Producer Training Program. His playwriting explores representations of queer Arab voices and aims to bridge interlocking political struggles to the intimate experiences of the people impacted by them.Īyache is the 2020 PGC’s Tom Hendry Award recipient for his play “Harun.” He has four Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Awards nominations for “Harun” (2018) and “The Green Line” (2019). Runner up: Makram Ayache – The Hooves Belonged to the DeerĪyache is a community-engaged writer, actor, director, and producer living between Edmonton and Toronto.

Stay tuned for Wildfire 2022! Congratulations to our 2021 Wildfire Winners! Thank you to everyone who has helped support Wildfire over the years, we quite literally couldn't do it without you. We have kept this competition free to make it more accessible to playwrights from all backgrounds and stages of their career.Īll six years of these awards have been solely funded by house parties, online crowd sourcing, and the support of the Sage Theatre. Over the five previous years the competition has run we have been able to award over $6,500 to young playwrights across the country as well as stage eight workshop readings of winning plays. We are a scrappy little company that believes the conversation between young theatre artists is vital in order for fresh, exciting theatre to continue in this country. This year we will be awarding the first-place playwright $750 and the runner up a prize of $250. *How workshops and readings are run is dependent on current COVID restrictions What kind of cash prize? Submitting a play to the competition is free and the two winning scripts selected by our jury receive a cash prize, a development workshop*, and a staged reading* at MMMC’s Wildfire Showcase in association with Sage Theatre’s IGNITE! Festival. We are looking for playwrights 30 years of age or under to submit fresh, young scripts that embrace risk, grit and innovation. We want to read awesome plays by young Canadian playwrights and we are willing to offer cash money! The Wildfire National Playwriting Competition What is it?

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