Carole Fréchette: Two Plays

By Carole Fréchette
Translated by John Murrell
Subjects: Translations, Anthologies, Women Writers, Quebec Playwrights
Casting: 1 f, 1 m

John and Beatrice

High above the city, Beatrice sits on the 33rd floor of an office tower waiting for the right man to respond to her ad. When John appears, the games begin. But if he wins, what then? ...

He Speaks

Edited by David Ferry
Subjects: Scenes & Monologues, Anthologies, Theatre Studies, Acting & Technique

A collection of contemporary Canadian monologues for men, intended for auditions, study, or general interest.

"Sometimes [the author] will talk about horror, sometimes about love. Sometimes the love they ...

I Still Love You

By Daniel MacIvor
Subjects: Anthologies, Award Winners, Atlantic Playwrights, Nova Scotia

"Daniel MacIvor's plays have been labelled everything from postmodern to metatheatrical, but these are cold terms that do nothing to capture the warm, accessible soul of a writer whose honesty and compassion ...

Sharon Pollock: Collected Works, Volume 2

By Sharon Pollock
Edited by Cynthia Zimmerman
Subjects: Anthologies, Western Playwrights, Alberta, Women Writers, Canadian Classics

Sharon Pollock is Canada's best-known woman playwright. Produced nationally and internationally, author of a large and varied canon, she has had a long and illustrious career in the theatre. From backstage ...

She Speaks

Edited by Judith Thompson
Subjects: Theatre Studies, Acting & Technique, Anthologies, Scenes & Monologues

"A monologue must give voice to those who have been silenced. The speaker must urgently need to speak, to proclaim, to persuade, to incite, to inspire, to agitate, to fabricate, to contaminate or whitewash, ...

Sharon Pollock: Collected Works, Volume 1

By Sharon Pollock
Edited by Cynthia Zimmerman
Subjects: Women Writers, Canadian Classics, Western Playwrights, Alberta, Anthologies

Sharon Pollock is Canada's best-known woman playwright. Produced nationally and internationally, author of a large and varied canon, she has had a long and illustrious career in the theatre. From backstage ...

Darrell Dennis: Two Plays

By Darrell Dennis
Introduction by Lee Maracle
Subjects: Indigenous Playwrights, First Nations, Solo Shows, Anthologies
Casting: 1 m | 1 f, 2 m

Tales of an Urban Indian is a one-person play that follows the trials and tribulations of Simon Douglas, a young First Nations man who moves from his rural reservation to the big city of Vancouver. This ...

Robert Chafe: Two Plays

By Robert Chafe
Introduction by Denise Lynde
Subjects: Family Life, Atlantic Playwrights, Newfoundland & Labrador, Anthologies, History, Biography
Casting: 2 f, 2 m | 1 f, 1 m

Butler's Marsh

Thirty years ago Nora's mother disappeared into the small, dense forest of Butler's Marsh. She emerged three days later, covered in blood, badly shaken, and completely silent about what ...

Staging Coyote's Dream Volume 1

Edited by Monique Mojica & Ric Knowles
Subjects: Indigenous Playwrights, Anthologies

An anthology of First Nations drama in English, Staging Coyote's Dream is the first anthology of First Nations plays to be published in Canada. It brings together ten major plays by First Nations playwrights ...