The Spur-Of-The-Moment Shakespeare Collective (SOTMSC) was founded in March 2010 by Victoria Urquhart and Sean Horbatiuk, to cultivate a community of emerging artists with a shared interest in Shakespeare and street theatre. Our first work was the Shakespeare-On-The-Subway Project (summer 2010), the goal of which was to provide opportunities for high school students to see Shakespearean performance for free, outside of an institutionalized context. The project ran one day each week for eight weeks, on the Bloor-Danforth subway line. By its completion, SOTMSC had gained attention from several different media outlets, including Global (national and local), CBC As It Happens, Here and Now, and the Toronto Star.

The SOTMSC continues to grow and develop projects in 2014, under the mandate of:   Establishing and cultivating community engagement in areas in and around Toronto experiencing isolation based on economic, social, and physical barriers. Our mission statement is to marry classical text, contemporary performance, and audience interaction to invite and encourage people to dialogue and engage with their community.