Sequence (Second Edition)

By Arun Lakra
Subjects: Award Winners, Science & Scientists, Canadian Classics, Community Theatre Picks, South Asian Canadian Playwrights, Western Playwrights, Alberta
Casting: 2 f, 2 m
Duration: 80 minutes

“Luck is like irony. Not everybody who thinks they got it, got it. ”

Theo has been named Time Magazine’s Luckiest Man Alive. For twenty consecutive years he has successfully bet double or nothing ...

New Canadian Kid&Invisible Kids

By Dennis Foon
Introduction by Marcus Youssef
Subjects: Western Playwrights, British Columbia, (Im)migration, Theatre for Young Audiences, By Age - 8-10, Canadian Classics, By Age - 11-14
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: Community Theatre Picks, Theatre for Young Audiences, By Age - 15-18, Romance, Canadian Classics, History, Theatre of War, Award Winners
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 ...

Never Swim Alone & This Is A Play

By Daniel MacIvor
Subjects: Canadian Classics, Atlantic Playwrights, Nova Scotia, Comedy
Casting: 1 f, 2 m | 2 f, 1 m + 1 actor

A funny, satirical story, Never Swim Alone is about Frank and Bill, two egotisitical men locked in a ruthless competition of one-upmanship for seemingly no reason. A hilarious metaplay, This Is A Play ...

The Foursome

By Norm Foster
Subjects: Canadian Classics, Atlantic Playwrights, New Brunswick, Community Theatre Picks, Comedy
Casting: 4 m

Rick, Ted, Donnie, and Cameron are home for their fifteen-year college reunion; a great time to go out for a game of golf and catch up on each other’s lives. Unlike their college days, the conversation ...

Einstein's Gift

By Vern Thiessen
Subjects: Award Winners, Science & Scientists, Community Theatre Picks, Large Cast, Biography, Theatre of War, Canadian Classics, Western Playwrights, Alberta, History
Casting: 2 f, 5 m
Duration: 135 minutes

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: Canadian Classics, Ontario Playwrights, Death, Grief & Loss, Women Writers
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: Anthologies, Solo Shows, Women Writers, Canadian Classics, Biography, History
Casting: 1 f | 3 f, 4 m

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: Canadian Classics, Theatre for Young Audiences, By Age - 15-18, Anthologies, Drugs, Alcohol & Substance Abuse, Family, 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, ...