The second annual Fostered Playwrights Festival presents three selections from emerging and established Canadian playwrights, professionally performed and directed in public readings over a weekend. The three scripts to be featured this year are Sew Far Sew Good by Marni Walsh, Packing Up by Alison Lawrence, and Every Little Thing by The Foster Festival’s Artistic Director Emily Oriold. In 2023, an astounding 72 submissions were received from across the country, and ultimately, Time & Tide by Jody Stevens McCluskey, received its world premiere production at the Mandeville Theatre in October 2024. A second play was also chosen from our inaugural Playwrights Festival to receive a full production: Mechanically Inclined by Steve Ross will have its world premiere this August during our 2025 Mainstage Season.