New Canadian Kid + Invisible Kids

By Dennis Foon
Introduction by Marcus Youssef
Subjects: Theatre for Young Audiences, By Age - 8-10, By Age - 11-14, Western Playwrights, British Columbia, (Im)migration, Canadian Classics
Casting: 2 f, 3 m | 2 f, 2 m

Two of the most produced, popular, and important Canadian plays for young audiences are back in an updated edition.

In New Canadian Kid, Nick has just moved to Canada from a country called Homeland, where ...

Mary's Wedding

By Stephen Massicotte
Subjects: Award Winners, Canadian Classics, Romance, History, Theatre for Young Audiences, By Age - 15-18, Theatre of War, Community Theatre Picks
Casting: 1 f, 1 m

On the night before her wedding, Mary dreams of a thunderstorm, during which she unexpectedly meets Charlie sheltering in a barn beside his horse. With innocence and humour, the two discover a charming ...

Einstein's Gift

By Vern Thiessen
Subjects: History, Award Winners, Community Theatre Picks, Large Cast, Western Playwrights, Alberta, Science & Scientists, Biography, Canadian Classics, Theatre of War
Casting: 2 f, 5 m

A revolutionary chemist, Dr. Fritz Haber discovered too late that when his knowledge was put in the hands of the wrong people, millions would die; his efforts to serve humanity futile against political ...

Lion In The Streets

By Judith Thompson
Subjects: Women Writers, Death, Grief & Loss, Canadian Classics, Ontario Playwrights
Casting: 4 f, 2 m, doubling

Seventeen years ago, Isobel was murdered at the tender age of nine. Now she finds herself back in her previous life as a ghost searching for the person responsible for her untimely death. But this time ...

Maggie and Pierre & The Duchess

By Linda Griffiths
Subjects: Biography, Anthologies, Women Writers, Solo Shows, Canadian Classics, History
Casting: 3 f, 4 m | 1 f

Winner of the first Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play, Maggie and Pierre chronicles the public and private relationship between Pierre Trudeau and Margaret Trudeau from 1974-1980. In this ...

Skin & Liars

By Dennis Foon
Subjects: Theatre for Young Audiences, Drugs, Alcohol & Substance Abuse, Anthologies, Family, By Age - 15-18, Canadian Classics, Western Playwrights, British Columbia, Coming of Age
Casting: 2 f, 2 m

Skin introduces us to a group of Canadian teenagers who are coming of age in the late 1980s. Faced with racial discrimination, Phiroza, Jennifer, and Tuan must navigate the choppy waters of high school, ...

Discovering Mavor Moore

By Allan Boss
Subjects: Canadian Classics

A cultural giant, Mavor Moore was active in one of the most important periods for the growth of Canadian identity. The years following WWII saw the creation of the CBC, the Canada Council for the Arts, ...

See Bob Run & Wild Abandon

By Daniel MacIvor
Subjects: Solo Shows, Anthologies, Canadian Classics, Atlantic Playwrights, Nova Scotia
Casting: 1 f | 1 m

Bob is on the road. Bob is on the run. But from what, or whom, is she running? Follow Bob as she hops from car to car telling her story to unsuspecting drivers as she tries to put her life in the rear-view ...

2 Pianos 4 Hands

By Ted Dykstra & Richard Greenblatt
Subjects: Musicals, Canadian Classics, Comedy, Ontario Playwrights
Casting: 2 m

Amidst pushy parents, eccentric teachers, hours of repetitive practice, stage fright, the agony of competitions and exams, and the dream of greatness, Ted and Richard grow up as "piano nerds." As they ...

The Little Years

By John Mighton
Subjects: Family Life, Siblings, Canadian Classics, Ontario Playwrights, Community Theatre Picks, Large Cast, Mental Health
Casting: 5 f, 2 m

Kate possesses the makings of a gifted mathematician with an enthusiasm for exploring the mysteries of space and time. But this is the 1950s and women are routinely laughed out of scientific circles. ...