In a world that glorifies innate genius and rewards perfectionism, the room for those who must slowly and steadily grow their craft is shrinking. As a team, we have met many talented emerging artists who are intimidated to pursue the theatre industry. Overwhelmingly, the growing perfectionism of the film industry has spilled over into live theatre and the industry's expectations of incoming artists. We believe that the opportunity of imperfection and unreplicable moments is what makes live performance so special. In correlation to this, we also noticed an unproportionate level of well-known new Canadian works and mainstream Canadian playwrights, composers, directors, and performers.

The problem that we see is the lack of middle ground and low-pressure areas for learning and development.  We see two sides of a canyon. On one side stands the ready and willing stage enthusiasts and on the other side the networks and resources to create art and initiate conversations for a wider audience. Many talented writers, directors, composers, and performers must jump off the cliff but only those with the perfect form can make it to the other side.