The Negroes Are Congregating

By Natasha Adiyana Morris
Subjects: Women Writers, Comedy, Black Playwrights, Ontario Playwrights
Casting: 1 f, 2 m

In this unapologetic and sharp-witted perspective about the evolving Black experience in Canada and around the world, a rhythmic fusion of spoken word, satire, and soulful dialect emerges steady as a ...

Do This In Memory of Me

By Cat Walsh
Subjects: Western Playwrights, Alberta, Death, Grief & Loss, Women Writers, Family Life, Comedy, Community Theatre Picks
Casting: 1 f, 2 m

Twelve-year-old Genevieve has been having a hard time at home, and all she really wants is to be an altar server at her church. Except it’s 1963 and Father Paul tells her that’s not allowed. After ...

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 ...

Jonas and Barry in the Home

By Norm Foster
Subjects: Comedy, Death, Grief & Loss, Atlantic Playwrights, New Brunswick, Family Life, Community Theatre Picks, Comedy
Casting: 1 f, 2 m
Duration: 120 minutes

“When life comes knocking you don’t want it to find you on the couch in a soiled bathrobe. ”

Norm Foster’s quick wit is strong in this lighthearted buddy comedy about living life to its fullest. ...

Between Breaths

By Robert Chafe
Subjects: Atlantic Playwrights, Newfoundland & Labrador, Biography
Casting: 1 f, 2 m

Dr. Jon Lien is a risk-taker and respected researcher, working for over twenty years in the dangerous waters off Newfoundland to rescue massive humpback whales and save the fishing gear in which they’re ...

Squawk

By Megan Gail Coles
Subjects: Theatre for Young Audiences, By Age - 15-18, Atlantic Playwrights, Newfoundland & Labrador, Women Writers, Coming of Age
Casting: 1 f, 2 m

Annie Runningbird doesn’t have time for the games boys want her to play. She’s aging out of foster care on her next birthday. The system has decided she is an adult, so Annie must make adult decisions. ...

Outside

By Paul Dunn
Subjects: LGBT/Queer Theatre, Theatre for Young Audiences, LGBTQ, By Age — 11–14, Ontario Playwrights, By Age — 15
Casting: 1 f, 2 m

Daniel’s ready to talk. And his friends Krystina and Jeremy are ready to help. But is it too late? Set in separate but simultaneous lunch periods at two different high schools, the teenagers are faced ...

Punch Up

By Kat Sandler
Subjects: Ontario Playwrights, Women Writers, Comedy
Casting: 1 f, 2 m

Duncan has always been a pretty boring guy, leading a simple life while working at a bread factory. Then he stumbles upon Brenda, a sad young woman who’s about to end her life. Convinced he’s fallen ...

Never Swim Alone & This Is A Play

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

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 ...

I, Animal

By Daniel MacIvor
Subjects: Atlantic Playwrights, Nova Scotia, Scenes & Monologues
Casting: 1 f, 2 m

"Man in Scrubs" follows the story of a queer black nurse who is getting awfully tired of being put in a box. He's queer, not gay, and he'll tell you the difference. He's always been an outcast, and constantly ...