The Montreal English Theatre Awards (METAs) is a not-for-profit arts organization that carries out the METAs ceremony annually, celebrating artistic excellence in our Montreal English Theatre Community.

Our three-tier mandate

Celebrate artistic excellence.

Recognize and celebrate outstanding artistic work in Montreal’s English Theatre community.

Promote our artists.

Promote professional and emerging English theatre artists and companies in Montreal, and heighten their visibility, both regionally and beyond.

Elevate discourse.

Elevate the level of critical discourse about theatre in Montreal, among artists and within the community at large.

The METAs Committee

The METAs is managed by a volunteer Committee (the METAC) of active members of the theatre community from varying disciplines who are committed to guiding and fulfilling the METAs mandate, ensuring its integrity as a project “by the community and for the community”.

The METAC’s responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Jury renewal and oversight of jury process;

  • Determining awards criteria, including special awards;

  • Liaising with theatre companies and producers;

  • Organizing and producing the Awards Ceremony;

  • Fundraising and Public Relations;

  • Fiscal responsibility;

  • Ensuring the successful continuance of the METAs.

Meet the Committee

  • Brianna Bagshaw-Stocks (she/they)

    CO-COMPANY LIAISON

    registration@metas.ca

  • Chelsea Dab Hilke (she/her)

    CO-JURY LIAISON

    jury@metas.ca

  • Karine Kerr-Gillespie (she/her)

    TREASURER

    finances@metas.ca

  • Danielle Laurin (she/her)

    CO-JURY LIAISON

    jury@metas.ca

  • Orlando López (he/him)

    CHAIR / COMMUNICATIONS

    communications@metas.ca

  • Cat Preston (they/she)

    CO-COMPANY LIAISON

    registration@metas.ca

The METAs Committee wishes to acknowledge the contributions of its previous members:

Jessica Abdallah, Eloi ArchamBaudoin, Deena Aziz, Trevor Barrette, Adèle Benoit, Samantha Bitonti, Tau S. Bui, Davide Chiazzese, Michaela Di Cesare, Danielle Desormeaux, Kym Dominique-Ferguson, Andrea Elalouf, Bonnie Feigenbaum, Alain Goulem, Corrina Hodgson, Shauna Janssen, Amanda Kellock, Tristan D. Lalla, Jacky Lalonde, Erin Lindsay, Dayane Ntibarikure, Elaine Normandeau, Leni Parker, Johanne Pomrenski, Vanessa Rigaux, Peter Roberts, Stephen Maclean Rogers, Danielle Skene, Jen Viens, and Kathryn Westoll.