The Empire

By Susanna Fournier
Afterword by ted witzel, Leora Morris, and Alison Wong
Subjects: Political Theatre, Community Theatre Picks, Large Cast, Women Writers, Anthologies, Ontario Playwrights, Theatre of War, Feminist Theatre
Casting: 2 f, 2 m | 9 f | 1 f, 4 m

Explore a world on the edge of change through three epic stories spanning five hundred years of imagined history, unpacking systems of power and what we are capable of in the pursuit of freedom.

The story ...

Shakespeare's Nigga

By Joseph Jomo Pierre
Subjects: Black Playwrights, Ontario Playwrights, Shakespeare
Casting: 1 f, 4 m

Shakespeare holds the fate of several black slaves in his hands. Among them are the rebellious Aaron and the obedient Othello, who each have complicated relationships with Shakespeare's daughter, Judith. ...

Three in the Back, Two in the Head

By Jason Sherman
Subjects: Ontario Playwrights, Award Winners, Canadian Classics
Casting: 1 f, 4 m

The issue of loyalty and betrayal is dramatized through dialogue in the Governor-General's-Award-winning Three in the Back, Two in the Head, which appears to have been based on the assassination of Gerald ...