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. ...

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 ...

Dreary and Izzy

By Tara Beagan
Subjects: Western Playwrights, Alberta, Women Writers, Indigenous Playwrights, First Nations, Theatre for Young Audiences, By Age — 15–18, Family Life, Siblings
Casting: 3 f, 1 m

1975, Lethbridge Alberta. When the Monoghan sisters lose their parents in a car accident, Deirdre remains as the sole caregiver to her older sister, Isabelle. Just as Deirdre is poised to enter university ...

The Drawer Boy

By Michael Healey
Subjects: History, Ontario Playwrights, Mental Health, Canadian Classics, Comedy, Rural Settings, Award Winners, Family Life, Siblings
Casting: 3 m

A young actor from the big city lives with two aging bachelor farmers to gather stories about rural life. The farmers' lives are irrevocably altered when art attempts to imitate life and the line between ...