Indie Producer Toolkit

Budget

• Indie Producer Budget Template

Contracts

• Non-Union LOA - Sample Letter of Agreement
• Designers - Associated Designers of Canada Indie Handbook
• Playwrights - PGC - Playwright's Guild of Canada
• Union - CAEA - Canadian Actors Equity Association
  • Artists Collective Policy
  • Festival Policy
  • DOT (Multidisciplinary) Policy
  • Independent Theatre Agreement Policy

Insurance

• Front Row Insurance

Scheduling

• OND - TAPA's Opening Night Directory

Publicity

• Media Contacts (from the Toronto Fringe Festival)
• Ballyhoo Push Pin Media
• Pattison Outdoor
• Incredible Printing

Crowd Funding

• FWYC - Fund What You Can
• Indiegogo
• gofundme
• Sample Private Donation Letters

Grants

• TAC - Toronto Arts Council
• OAC - Ontario Arts Council
• CCA - Canada Council for the Arts

Foundations

• Metcalf Foundation
• Trillium Foundation
• Laidlaw Foundation

Dance Resources

• DUO - Dance Umbrella of Ontario Resource Sheet

Venues

• Spacefinder

Suppliers

• PRG - Production Resources Group
• AirMagic Special Effects
• Ontario Staging Limited
• Dual Audio SVC
• Long & McQuade
• Christie Lites
• Rotblott's Discount Hardware
• Braids and Laces
• Bunning Splicing and Rigging
• Malabar Costumes Dancewear and Makeup
• Theatrix Costume House
• The Prop Room

Box Office/ Ticket Sales

• Brown Paper Tickets
• Arts Box Office
• Yapsody

Health and Safety

• Ministry of Labour - Performance Industry Standards

Other Resources

• Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport - Resources for Artists
• Generator