It’s a wrap on our incredible 35th year! Relive all of the wonderful SummerWorks happenings in 2025, with our annual highlights video! Fun. (full video credits available on our website!)

Submit your project proposal by 5:00pm EST today!

>>> Deadline is fast approaching…

📣 Accepting project proposals for The Expansion Pack Call for Submissions! ❗️DEADLINE: December 18, 2025 @ 5:00pm EST 🤝 SummerWorks and @outside_the_march are proud to launch a new partnership that aims to support innovative, sustainable, site-engaged performance. Learn more + apply @ LINK in BIO

📌 Learn more about the The Expansion Pack Call for Submissions, and register for our Online Info Session! ➡️ Tuesday, December 2nd 7:00 - 8:30 PM ET Online (Zoom) ASL interpretation will be provided. Registration required. Register at LINK in BIO 🔗

📣 Accepting project proposals for The Expansion Pack Call for Submissions! ❗️DEADLINE: December 18, 2025 @ 5:00pm EST 🤝 SummerWorks and @outside_the_march are proud to launch a new partnership that aims to support innovative, sustainable, site-engaged performance. Learn more + apply @ LINK in BIO

Just over 24 hours to go before the Call for Submissions deadline: November 5th at 11:59pm EST!

📣 Just one more week to submit your project proposals to the 2026 Festival Call for Submissions ! ❗️DEADLINE: November 5th, 2025 at 11:59 PM EST Uncover more detailed information about the Call for Submissions, learn more about our Festival processes, and apply at LINK IN BIO 🔗 #summerworksfun

🙋Learn more about the 2026 Festival Call for Submissions, and register for our Online Info Session! Saturday, October 11th 10:00 - 11:30 AM ET Online (Zoom) ASL interpretation will be provided. Register at LINK IN BIO 🔗

⭐️Are you passionate about the arts and live performance? We are actively seeking new board members who are excited to contribute to SummerWorks’ future! Please detail your relevant professional experience and why you would like to join the SummerWorks community, and send to [email protected]

📣 Now accepting project submissions for our next Festival: August 6 - 16, 2026 in Tkaronto (Toronto), Canada, as well as other year-round programming initiatives and presentation opportunities. Uncover more at summerworks.ca ❗️DEADLINE: November 5th, 2025 at 11:59 PM

unrelated thank you @summerworksfun.bsky.social @theatregargantua.bsky.social for letting me learn a lot about lucky bastards.

In my latest newsletter, I review Soulpepper's OLD TIMES, @outsidethemarch.bsky.social's RAINBOW ON MARS and a handful of performance pieces at the just-closed @summerworksfun.bsky.social. I also point out a new monthly sketch series at Second City. www.goaheadsumi.com/reviews-old-... .

Had the chance to check out some neat shows at @summerworksfun.bsky.social this year. Here's my recap of three of 'em: Le Concierge, The Sankofa Trilogy and The Chains. www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/article...

26 Doctors at @summerworksfun.bsky.social got reviewed! www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/2025...

🌟It’s not too late to catch The Sankofa Trilogy “extraordinary stories of three generations of powerful Jamaican womxn“ 🗓️August 15, 9:00 PM - benu 🗓️August 17, 1:00 PM - word! sound! powah! —— #torontotheatre

🌟Sharing moments from a great opening night! #torontotheatre #koreanartists “stories told from ghosts, whose vibrant lives have been interrupted in the name of human joy” (info in thread)

Tonight’s @summerworksfun.bsky.social show.

👀Did you miss this show last night? —— The Red Rose Bleeds by Phoenix The Fire (Gaitrie Persaud) 🗓️ August 14, 9:00 PM | August 16, 5:00 PM 📍Venue: Theatre Passe Muraille, Mainspace, 16 Ryerson Ave, Toronto —— Photos by Jae Yang. —— #toronto #theatre #torontofestival

‼️Don’t miss your last chance to catch this show at SummerWorks today! —— Public Consumption by Lester Trips 🗓️August 14, 7:30 PM 📍Venue: Factory Theatre, Studio, 125 Bathurst St, Toronto —— Photos by Jae Yang #toronto #torontotheatre

@theatregargantua.bsky.social @danielmacivor.ca @johnalcorn.bsky.social @summerworksfun.bsky.social 🙏🙏🙏

Lunchtime Visuals: My conversation with multidisciplinary artist Irma Villafuerte. Her latest choreographic work, XILOPANGO, premieres @summerworksfun.bsky.social this Friday. youtu.be/xBj_9XnOhPw?...

Lunchtime Visuals: Para mis amiguis que hablan español, mi conversacion con la artista Mexicana-Canadiense Sonia Bustos sobre su ultima pieza 'Je ne vais pas inonder la mer' que se estrena en @summerworksfun.bsky.social este fin de semana. youtu.be/TuRgTzNAfog?... #Toronto

🗞️Read our feature article on Next Magazine about our exciting programs! nextmag.ca/preview-summ...

TUESDAY, AUG 5TH 5:30 - 7:30 PM - SummerWorks at Union Co-curated with The Black Pledge, and presented with Union 📍Venue: Union Summer, TD Stage, 65 Front St W, Toronto 📣This is a FREE event (no registration required) #summerfun #reclamationto #afriquelikeme #launchparty #tbp #reclamation2025

🌟ASL Vlog for SummerWorks 2025🌟 www.instagram.com/reel/DM3i1Z0... Uncover more about the ASL interpreted programs at the 2025 SummerWorks Performance Festival, with this ASL Vlog produced by Deaf Spectrum, with our Festival friend and signer, Sage Lovell.

summerworks.ca/show/lucky-b... AUG 10 - 5PM - @summerworksfun.bsky.social

Summer-work, work, work, work, Works!

Gaylord: Johnnie Walker brings Will Munro, no longer "just out of sight," and his underwear to SummerWorks drewrowsome.blogspot.com/2025/07/gayl... #theaTO @summerworksfun.bsky.social #WillMunro #LGBTQ #Gaylord #underwear @johnniewalker.bsky.social

UPDATE! Switching Regent(s) is moving forward at 9 PM this evening…. Meet at Daniels Spectrum — public sharing will happen outdoors, and audience will be under a covered area! Bring your ☔️!

WHEN: AUG 10 at 5 pm @summerworksfun.bsky.social WHAT: A reading of my new show, LUCKY BASTARD. Dramaturgy/direction: @danielmacivor.ca Featuring: @johnalcorn.bsky.social + me TICKETS: summerworks.ca/show/lucky-b... #torontotheater #torontotheatre #summerworks2025

Just a reminder that tickets for 26 Doctors at @summerworksfun.bsky.social on sale now! $15 PWYC tickets still available. Click “Get Tickets” button in the 26 Doctors page: summerworks.ca/show/26-doct...

📣Tickets are now on sale!⏰ SummerWorks Performance Festival (August 7 - 17, 2025) Bold contemporary performances with 40+ projects and 200+ artists in venues across Toronto. ☀️🕰️ Book your summer Festival experience at: summerworks.ca/tickets-2025/

A whole summer of theatre in the city with #torontofringe and #summerworks ! 🤩

From immersive dance to thought-provoking theatre, @summerworksfun.bsky.social returns August 7 to 17 with over 35 performances from 200+ artists across the city — all reflecting on the past while imagining the future 💭

Please go follow my beloved local theatre festival & returning client from last year, which remains a rare organization that supports Palestinian liberation! 🍉 Having served as the Accessibility Coordinator for @summerworksfun.bsky.social in 2024, I am excited for this year's 35th festival lineup! 🥳

It’s official. 26 Doctors at @summerworksfun.bsky.social for one show only Aug 13 9PM at Factory Theatre Studio 125 Bathurst St, Toronto. Tickets on sale July 15. I wrote and will perform with video/sound design by Christo Graham. summerworks.ca/show/26-doct...

Today, we announce the performances and events at the 35th anniversary SummerWorks Performance Festival! Join us at venues across Toronto for 11 days of theatre, dance, music, live art, and more! Tickets on sale July 15! Festival / August 7 - 17 #summerworksfun #summerfun #futurepast #pastfuture

Announcing the 2025 SummerWorks Performance Festival artists and creative collaborators! 👀 ☀️ summerworks.ca Stay tuned for our full programming announcement in June! ✨ 🗓️ Mark your calendars for FUN! August 7 - 17! #SummerWorksFun #SummerWorks #theaTO #danceTO #performancefestival

We are thrilled to announce the three (3) artists/companies for 2025/26 – The Switch Collective, Johnnie McNamara Walker, and Chimerik 似不像 !

👋 We're back, rebranded as @SummerWorksFun on ALL of our social media platforms! 🤝 Join us on Instagram / TikTok / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky  ❓ Why fun? SummerWorks co-leadership ruminates on how 'fun' is an essential part of the Festival experience… 🔗 Read more on our website (LINK IN BIO)

Help us shape our future, and complete the SummerWorks survey! 🔗 LINK IN BIO

🚨 Deadline: January 7th at 9:00pm ET, for the 2025 Festival Call for Submissions! Submit your project at LINK IN BIO 🔗 #summerworksfun #contemporaryperformance #theaTO #danceTO #musicTO #callforsubmissions #opencallforartists #festivalsubmissions

Consider a donation to SummerWorks today, and DOUBLE your impact… and help us to boldly move into our 35th anniversary festival season. All donations received by Dec 31st will be matched, dollar for dollar, up to $2,500! Visit LINK IN BIO to support SummerWorks today. #summerworksfun #SW35

Check out our 2024 Year-End Wrap Video! We are excited to relive all of the wonderful SummerWorks happenings in 2024! Our thanks to @drewberry15 and @stewartlegere for their incredible creative work. (excerpt below; full vid on IG or TikTok) #summerworksTO

⭐️ INFO SESSION // Dec 17th, 2:00-3:00pm ET // 2025 Call for Submissions // Zoom ⭐️ Artistic Director Michael Caldwell reviews the Call for Submissions info and responds questions. ➡️Registration required - LINK IN BIO #summerworksTO #performancefestival #callforsubmissions #opencall #calltoartists

🙋Ask Anything! on Instagram Stories // December 12th, 6-7pm ET Curious about the 2025 Festival Call for Submissions? Ask us a question! @summerworksto on IG 📷: @camillehuangxia in ‘Slug Meal’ (SW2024), photo by @silentjae #summerworksTO #callforsubmissions #festivalsubmissions

🤔 Curious about the Call for Submissions? ➡️ Register for our Zoom info session, happening this Sunday!

⭐️ INFO SESSION // Dec 8th, 11a-12pm // 2025 Call for Submissions // Zoom ⭐️ Join us this Sunday! ASL interpretation will be provided. ➡️ Registration required on the Call for Submissions webpage at LINK IN BIO 📷: Sur-veil Salon (SW 2024), Jae Yang #summerworksTO