| Siminovitch Prize | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best in Canadian theatre |
| Country | Canada |
| Presented by | Siminovitch Prize Foundation  |
| First awarded | 2001 |
| Website | https://www.siminovitchprize.com/ |
The Siminovitch Prize is Canada's largest theatre award recognizing excellence in mid-career directors, playwrights and designers. $100,000 is awarded annually to recipients.
Anyone may nominate a qualified candidate for the Prize, and winners are selected by a jury made up of prominent theatre professionals. Nominees must be a professional director, playwright, or designer who, in the preceding 10 years, has made a significant creative contribution to no fewer than three noteworthy theatre projects in Canada.[1]
A condition of the award is that one quarter of the prize (CAD$25,000) must be awarded to an emerging artist "Protégé" selected by the winner.[1][2] The Protégé must be an individual involved in professional direction, playwriting, or design in Canadian theatre.[3] The winner may choose to grant the amount to a single Protégé or divide it between two eligible Protégés. Three finalists also receive CAD$5,000.
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- ^ "Siminovitch Prize". Siminovitch Prize/BMO Financial Group. Retrieved 2011-11-10.