John Hirsch Prize
Made possible by the bequest from the estate of the late John Hirsch, the $6,000 prize is a tribute to the extraordinary contribution Hirsch made to theatre in Canada, most notably as founder of the Manitoba Theatre Centre, head of drama for the CBC television and artistic director of the Stratford Festival. Two prize are given every two years, one to a Francophone and one to an Anglophone emerging theatre director who has demonstrated great potential in combination with exciting artistic vision. Nominations for the prize are solicited from the Canadian professional theatre community, and a jury of established theatre artists chooses the winner from the list of the nominees.