Lutz

By Ryan Griffith
Subjects: Rural Settings, Family Life, Siblings, Atlantic Playwrights, New Brunswick, Community Theatre Picks
Casting: 2 f, 3 m + 1 actors

Thinking to find peace from his troubles, Christian realizes his brother still resents him for leaving with their mother years ago, and he struggles to fight those haunting memories. But the past has ...

Inspiration Point

By John Garfield Barlow
Subjects: Indigenous Playwrights, First Nations, Atlantic Playwrights, New Brunswick, Rural Settings
Casting: 4 m

Poised between hope and despair, each man faces how best to move beyond the past and adapt to a future in which cultural legacy seems destined to diminish. Symbolic and politically charged, Inspiration ...

A Foster Christmas

By Norm Foster
Subjects: Anthologies, Community Theatre Picks, Comedy, Atlantic Playwrights, New Brunswick, Comedy

Ethan Claymore
It's a week before Christmas, and struggling egg farmer/artist Ethan Claymore meets a woman who could turn his life around. But things are shaken up when Ethan receives a visit from his ...

Theatre in Atlantic Canada

Edited by Linda Burnett
Series edited by Ric Knowles
Subjects: Non-Fiction / Essays, Atlantic Playwrights
Series: Critical Perspectives on Canadian Theatre in English

Includes:
Mermaid Theatre: The Mythic Dimension by Donna E. Smyth (1978)
On the Edge: Michael Cook's Newfoundland Trilogy by Brian Parker (1980)
The Political Dramaturgy of the Mummers Troupe by Alan ...

Afterimage

By Robert Chafe
Preface by Michael Crummey
Subjects: Rural Settings, Community Theatre Picks, Adaptations, Atlantic Playwrights, Newfoundland & Labrador, Family Life, Large Cast, Award Winners
Casting: 4 f, 4 m

Seeing beyond Winston’s disfiguring scars and foreseeing a future with him, Lise falls in love and the couple soon marry. Years later, having inherited Lise’s gift, two of their children, Theresa ...

One Voice

By Daniel MacIvor
Introduction by Daniel Brooks
Subjects: Canadian Classics, Death, Grief & Loss, Solo Shows, Atlantic Playwrights, Nova Scotia
Casting: 1 m

Giving his characters life in a whirlwind of words, Daniel MacIvor showcases his talents as a writer and performer in two of his most celebrated solo shows. Published here for the first time in their ...

East of Berlin

By Hannah Moscovitch
Subjects: Women Writers, Theatre of War, Canadian Classics, Atlantic Playwrights, Nova Scotia, Jewish Theatre, History
Casting: 1 f, 2 m
Duration: 90 minutes

Standing outside his father’s study in Paraguay, Rudi is smoking cigarettes, trying to work up the courage to go in. It has been seven years since he stood in that same spot; seven years since he left ...

Old Love

By Norm Foster
Subjects: Romance, Atlantic Playwrights, New Brunswick, Community Theatre Picks, Comedy
Casting: 2 f, 2 m, doubling

"The story spans three decades and half a dozen meetings between Bud, a salesman, and Molly, his boss's wife. One of them is smitten from the very first meeting—the other, let's just say—less so. ...

Dear Santa

By Norm Foster
Subjects: Comedy, Theatre for Young Audiences, By Age — 8–10, By Age — 11–14, Community Theatre Picks, Comedy, Atlantic Playwrights, New Brunswick
Casting: 2 f, 4 m+
Duration: 120 minutes

Santa Claus tries to fulfill a child's special Christmas wish while his staff attempts to overcome a supply shortage at the North Pole. This is a laugh-filled holiday play innocent enough for the youngest ...

Mending Fences

By Norm Foster
Subjects: Family Life, Rural Settings, Atlantic Playwrights, New Brunswick, Community Theatre Picks
Casting: 1 f, 2 m

Harry Sullivan hasn't seen his son Drew in thirteen years, and now Drew is coming to Harry's Saskatchewan ranch for a visit. This poignant comedy tells the story of two men who are too stubborn to give ...