Mistatim / Instant

By Erin Shields
From an idea by Sandra Laronde
Foreword by Stephen Colella
Subjects: Rural Settings, Anthologies, Theatre for Young Audiences, By Age - 8-10, By Age - 15-18, Women Writers, Quebec Playwrights, Bullying
Casting: 1 f, 2 m | 2 f, 1 m
Duration: 45 minutes

In these two plays for young audiences, award-winning playwright Erin Shields presents the challenges of friendship and communication.

In Mistatim, which is based on a concept from Sandra Laronde of Red ...

Botticelli in the Fire & Sunday in Sodom

By Jordan Tannahill
Foreword by Kirsten Bowen
Subjects: 2SLGBT / Queer Theatre, History, Anthologies, Award Winners
Casting: 2 f, 4 m

Botticelli in the Fire & Sunday in Sodom presents wildly apocryphal retellings of two events—one historic, one mythic—that reconsider the official record through decidedly queer and feminist lenses. ...

Q2Q

Edited by Peter Dickinson, C.E. Gatchalian, Kathleen Oliver, and Dalbir Singh
Subjects: Anthologies, 2SLGBT / Queer Theatre

A companion anthology to Q2Q: Queer Canadian Theatre and Performance, the work contained in this volume provides a snapshot of Canadian contemporary queer performance practices—from solo performance ...

Indian Act

Edited by Donna-Michelle St. Bernard
Foreword by Daniel David Moses
Preface by Falen Johnson
Subjects: Anthologies, Indigenous Playwrights

Indian Act is a tribute and thank you to those who survived the Indian Residential School system so that future generations could be free to pursue their lives unhindered by educationally enforced lowered ...

The Femme Playlist & I Cannot Lie to the Stars That Made Me

By Catherine Hernandez
Subjects: Solo Shows, Asian Canadian Playwrights, 2SLGBT / Queer Theatre, Feminist Theatre, Women Writers, Anthologies, Ontario Playwrights
Casting: 1 f | 4 f

From masturbation to motherhood, body shaming to burlesque, Catherine Hernandez reveals the reality of living as a queer woman of colour. Set to the music of her life, The Femme Playlist shows what it’s ...

Vimy

By Vern Thiessen
Subjects: Anthologies, Western Playwrights, Alberta, Death, Grief & Loss, Award Winners, Community Theatre Picks, Large Cast, Theatre of War
Casting: 3 f | 1 f, 5 m

France, 1917. Four wounded Canadian soldiers recover in a field hospital in the wake of the battle for Vimy Ridge, waiting to find out where they’ll be sent next: back home or back to the front. Along ...

Queer / Play

Edited by Moynan King
Subjects: Women Writers, Anthologies, LGBT/Queer Theatre

Queer / Play includes plays, performances, interviews, and more, shining a light on important and radical voices in Canada’s performance community.

Through these works by both emerging and established ...

Up the Garden Path & The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God

By Lisa Codrington
Subjects: Anthologies, Award Winners, Community Theatre Picks, Large Cast, Women Writers, Family Life, Ontario Playwrights, Black Playwrights
Casting: 3 f, 5 m | 4 f, 3 m

From the author of Cast Iron comes two plays that feature young black women who suddenly find themselves navigating unfamiliar territory on their own. As they embark on journeys from the only homes ...

Hedda Gabler & Sirens: Elektra in Bosnia

By Judith Thompson
Foreword by Cynthia Ashperger
Subjects: Anthologies, Ontario Playwrights, Theatre of War, Family Life, Adaptations, Women Writers
Casting: 4 f, 3 m | 4 f, 6 m + chorus

In Hedda Gabler, a moving exploration of female oppression, a recently married Hedda navigates her new identity as a wife and the intense constraints put on her by society. She prefers pistols to cooking ...

Past Lives

Edited by Heather Davis-Fisch
Subjects: History, Anthologies

A companion anthology to Canadian Performance Histories and Historiographies, Past Lives: Performing Canada’s Histories brings together plays that not only stage moments in Canada’s past but also act ...