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The Paprika Festival is Toronto's only free theatre festival for young artists. The annual juried festival seeds, develops and presents works of theatre written, devised, directed, performed, designed and stage managed by artists who are 21 and under. Founded by Anthony Furey in 2002, the Festival is produced in March in the Studios at the Tarragon Theatre. Our emphasis is on connecting passionate young artists with professional artist mentors, giving them a unique opportunity to develop their craft. Over the past eight years, the Paprika Festival has received over 350 submissions from across Ontario, and programmed work engaging over 300 participants under the age of 21.
