Little One and Other Plays

By Hannah Moscovitch
Subjects: Family Life, Siblings, Women Writers, Anthologies, Atlantic Playwrights, Nova Scotia, Theatre for Young Audiences, By Age - 15-18, Dating & Sex, Mental Health
Casting: 1 f, 1 m | 2 f | 2 f, 1 m

A chilling psychological thriller, Little One is the haunting story of adopted siblings Aaron and Claire—one the definition of normal, the other deeply disturbed and unpredictable—and the strange lives ...

The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble

By Beth Graham
Subjects: Family Life, Siblings, Death, Grief & Loss, Community Theatre Picks, Women Writers, Western Playwrights, Alberta, Award Winners
Casting: 3 f, 1 m

Iris Trimble is trying to hold it all together. She may very well fly off the face of the earth if she doesn’t hang on to the kitchen counter. At least that’s how she feels after her mother, Bernice, ...

The Patron Saint of Stanley Park

By Hiro Kanagawa
Subjects: Family Life, Siblings, Theatre for Young Audiences, By Age - 8-10, Western Playwrights, British Columbia, Community Theatre Picks, Family, By Age - 11-14
Casting: 2 f, 3 m
Duration: 85 minutes

Siblings Josh and Jennifer are coping with the loss of their father, who disappeared in a float plane accident on Christmas Eve one year ago. While Josh scours the Internet for proof that his father is ...

Blood

By Meg Braem
Subjects: Horror, Western Playwrights, Alberta, Women Writers, Community Theatre Picks, Family Life, Siblings, Award Winners
Casting: 2 f, 2 m

Twin sisters Poubelle and Angelique are bonded in both biology and shared tragedy after a car accident leaves them orphaned along a prairie highway in a pool of blood. But the young twins are brought ...

The Hours That Remain

By Keith Barker
Subjects: Death, Grief & Loss, Family Life, Siblings, Indigenous Playwrights, Metis, Ontario Playwrights
Casting: 2 f, 1 m
Duration: 60 minutes

Denise has spent the last five years dedicated to uncovering the truth behind her sister Michelle's disappearance. Haunted by loose ends, she begins seeing visions of Michelle, who gradually guides her ...

The Best Brothers

By Daniel MacIvor
Subjects: Family Life, Siblings, Comedy, LGBT/Queer Theatre, Death, Grief & Loss, Atlantic Playwrights, Nova Scotia
Casting: 2 m

Bunny Best has met her unfortunate end after a mishap at a Gay Days parade. Now her two sons, Kyle and Hamilton, have the task of arranging her funeral and caring for her most beloved companion, a troublesome ...

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. ...

Feet of the Angels

By Evelyne de la Chenelière
Translated by Nigel Spencer
Subjects: Quebec Playwrights, Translations, Death, Grief & Loss, Family Life, Siblings
Casting: 5 f, 4 m

Ever since her brother’s untimely death, Marie has been fascinated with angels, believing her brother has become one. Now as a young woman, she has dedicated her doctoral thesis to the subject: the ...

The Melville Boys

By Norm Foster
Subjects: Family Life, Siblings, Canadian Classics, Death, Grief & Loss, Atlantic Playwrights, New Brunswick, Rural Settings, Community Theatre Picks, Comedy
Casting: 2 f, 2 m
Duration: 110 minutes

A relaxing weekend trip full of fishing, football, and beer is on the agenda for the Melville brothers. Unfortunately, so is confronting eldest brother Lee's terminal illness. But weekend plans are suddenly ...

Lutz

By Ryan Griffith
Subjects: Rural Settings, Family Life, Siblings, Atlantic Playwrights, New Brunswick, Community Theatre Picks
Casting: 2 f, 3 m + 1 actors

Thinking to find peace from his troubles, Christian realizes his brother still resents him for leaving with their mother years ago, and he struggles to fight those haunting memories. But the past has ...