Bluebirds

By Vern Thiessen
Introduction by Cynthia Toman
Subjects: Theatre of War, Community Theatre Picks, History, Death, Grief & Loss, Biography, Western Playwrights, Alberta
Casting: 3 f

Étaples, France, 1918. Nurses Christy, Maggie, and Bab have crossed oceans to care for wounded Canadian soldiers in the Great War. Despite the terrible injuries they must deal with, they manage to stay ...

Brontë: The World Without

By Jordi Mand
Subjects: Feminist Theatre, Biography, Ontario Playwrights, History, Family Life, Siblings, Women Writers
Casting: 3 f
Duration: 135 minutes

What happens when a passion is turned into a means to survive?

Sisters Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë have always enjoyed writing and storytelling, but so far, it’s been for their own personal enjoyment. ...

Vimy

By Vern Thiessen
Subjects: Anthologies, Western Playwrights, Alberta, Death, Grief & Loss, Award Winners, Community Theatre Picks, Large Cast, Theatre of War
Casting: 3 f | 1 f, 5 m

France, 1917. Four wounded Canadian soldiers recover in a field hospital in the wake of the battle for Vimy Ridge, waiting to find out where they’ll be sent next: back home or back to the front. Along ...

Performing Back

Edited by Dalbir Singh
Subjects: Anthologies
Casting: 12 actors | 3 f | 3 m, doubling

The area of post-colonial studies is primarily concerned with how societies and cultures have been affected through the processes of colonization, and Canada is considered by many literary and cultural ...

The Drowning Girls and Comrades

By Beth Graham, Charlie Tomlinson, and Daniela Vlaskalic
Introduction by Liz Nicholls
Subjects: Anthologies, Biography, History, Women Writers, Award Winners
Casting: 2 m | 3 f

The Drowning Girls

Bessie, Alice, and Margaret have two things in common: they are married to George Joseph Smith, and they are dead. Surfacing from the bathtubs they were drowned in, the three breathless ...