Artists can audition in-person or by submitting a video. Submissions will be reviewed by Tim Blair, liza paul, and Ellie Posadas.  For those who are available, we strongly encourage attending in-person auditions, as they offer a chance to meet the panel and other auditioners. 

To submit, please read the instructions below and fill out this GOOGLE FORM by Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 11:59pm. 

In-person Auditions: 

• Taking place Wednesday, April 9 and Thursday, April 10 at The Theatre Centre (1115 Queen Street W, Toronto, ON) in the BMO Incubator
• In order to provide an audience, auditions will be held in small groups within 45 minute time blocks
• Auditioners will have 5 minutes to perform in front of our selection committee. Please have your material prepared for this time period and if you are performing scripted material, please have it memorized and show ready – no prompt notes, please. Also note that auditions under 5 minutes are okay! You don’t absolutely have to hit 5 minutes! But auditions will be cut off at the 5 minute mark if they run over time
• You may audition individually or as a group
• A member of The Theatre Centre Staff will reach out to confirm your audition time slot by Friday, April 4, 2025.

Video submissions:

• Video submissions can be clips from previous performances or self-tapes. All video submissions must be 5 minutes or less. If you are sharing a clip from a larger set, please indicate the five minute section you want us to view
• If the audio for your clip is not clear, we strongly recommend captioning your submission
• Please note that we are interested in complete, uninterrupted sets, i.e. not a trailer of assorted clips. Video submissions that do not meet this criteria will be automatically disqualified from submitting
• Upload video to a video streaming platform (e.g. YouTube, Vimeo) or a shared file drive (e.g. Google Drive; Dropbox)
• Insert the video link into the relevant section of the Google Form
• Video submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis up to and including the deadline. Submissions received after the deadline will not be reviewed.

All applicants will be contacted by June 6, 2025.

For questions, please contact [email protected].

The audition panel is composed of The Theatre Centre’s Associate Artistic Director liza paul, and comedy artists Tim Blair and Ellie Posadas!

liza paul is a writer, curator, artistic leader, director and producer who loves laughter, life, music, family, stories, all things bashment, impromptu dancehall-flavoured a cappella street jams, and pum-related non sequiturs.
she has trained at the second city’s improv conservatory and was selected to join their 2017 bob curry fellowship program. she has worked extensively in theatre and radio with ciut 89.5 fm, soulpepper theatre company, anitafrika! dub theatre, bCurrent, and the watah theatre. Liza also writes for television, and sits on the committee for the Junos Comedy Album of the Year.

liza started working at the theatre centre as our café/bar manager, and later became the associate artistic director. she curates Comedy is Art, a declaration and week-long festival which names comedy as an undersupported art form. she works to continue programming as many comedy shows by BIPOC women as possible.

Ellie Posadas is a Queer Filipinx-Canadian, multidisciplinary artist from Scarborough, Ontario. She is a co-creator, writer, and performer of the award winning, all Filipina comedy theatre group, ‘Tita Collective’. She is currently understudying Second City TourCo’s ‘Swipe Right: U up?’. Ellie was featured in the 2021 TIFF for the world premiere of ‘Scarborough’, based on the award winning novel by Catherine Hernandez and was a Vancouver Film Critics Circle nominee for ‘Best Supporting Actress’ in a Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2021 for her role as ‘Edna’. She is an alumni of Randolph Academy’s Triple Threat College Program. Other selected credits include: 34th TFF Official Selection film, ‘Wexford Plaza’ (CAAMfest, Slamdance), ‘The Morning After’. (2018 Toronto ‘Inside OUT’ Festival/ Los Angeles 2019 ‘OUT fest’)‘, Miss Titaverse (T.O Fringe Second City Best Comedy) Tita Jokes (MTL Sketchfest Just For Laughs award), Avenue Q (The LOT).

Tim Blair is a comedian and a founding member of the acclaimed comedy troupe, TallBoyz II Men. Alongside Bruce McCulloch from Kids in the Hall, they created the CBC sketch show TallBoyz, which has won seven Canadian Screen Awards. A versatile live performer, Tim excels in stand-up, sketch comedy, and improv. He has been a cast member of Second City Toronto’s Holiday Show, recorded an album with Just For Laughs Originals, and showcased his talents at the NBC Breakout Festival in Chicago.