The Doorman of Windsor Station

By Julie Vincent
Translated by Hugh Hazelton
Preface by Javier Alfonso
Subjects: Translations, Mental Health, History, Quebec Playwrights, Death, Grief & Loss, (Im)migration, Women Writers
Casting: 3 f, 5 m

Francisco will forever be haunted by the sight of his best friend Juan lying on the floor of a train station, pierced by five bullets. He’ll remember that sight as he flees the political uprising in ...

The Virgin Trial

By Kate Hennig
Subjects: Award Winners, Women Writers, Community Theatre Picks, Large Cast, Ontario Playwrights, History
Casting: 4 f, 3 m
Duration: 140 minutes

Fifteen-year-old Bess has no idea when she heads to London to see her Uncle Ted that she is about to find herself at the heart of a scandal involving sexual impropriety; her stepfather, Thom; and an attempted ...

Past Lives

Edited by Heather Davis-Fisch
Subjects: History, Anthologies

A companion anthology to Canadian Performance Histories and Historiographies, Past Lives: Performing Canada’s Histories brings together plays that not only stage moments in Canada’s past but also act ...

Canadian Performance Histories and Historiograpies

Edited by Heather Davis-Fisch
Series edited by Roberta Barker
Subjects: Non-Fiction / Essays, History
Series: New Essays on Canadian Theatre

Challenging the idea of a singular narrative of Canadian theatre history and centring on questions of historiography and methodology, the essays in this collection investigate performances that have been ...

1979

By Michael Healey
Subjects: Community Theatre Picks, Comedy, Comedy, Political Theatre, History, Biography, Ontario Playwrights
Casting: 3+ actors

A fast-paced political comedy from Michael Healey, the critically acclaimed author of The Drawer Boy and Proud, that examines the space between ideals and political reality during a monumental moment ...

The Colony of Unrequited Dreams

By Robert Chafe
Subjects: History, Biography, Atlantic Playwrights, Newfoundland & Labrador, Community Theatre Picks, Large Cast, Adaptations
Casting: 3 f, 8 m

Spanning two decades, Smallwood’s story is anchored and propelled by one of Johnston’s most memorable creations: the fictitious Sheilagh Fielding, a caustic newspaper columnist whose own battles with ...

Oil and Water

By Robert Chafe
Subjects: Community Theatre Picks, Large Cast, Atlantic Playwrights, Newfoundland & Labrador, History, Theatre of War, Rural Settings
Casting: 4 f, 6 m

In 1942 the USS Truxtun, a ship carrying over a hundred sailors, ran aground on the Burin Peninsula in Newfoundland, killing most of its men. Oil and Water is the incredible true story of the sole ...

The Last Dog of War

By Linda Griffiths
Subjects: History, Family Life, Women Writers, Theatre of War
Casting: 1 f

In 2005 Linda made a trip with her father to the last reunion of his RAF comrades, the 49th Squadron, Bomber Command. Intertwining her father’s experiences of a long-ago war with the war between a father ...

The Wanderers

By Kawa Ada
Subjects: Mental Health, Family Life, Ontario Playwrights, Death, Grief & Loss, History, South Asian Canadian Playwrights
Casting: 2 f, 2 m

As the Soviet army invades Afghanistan, Aman and Mariam flee to Canada in hopes of putting an ocean between themselves and the daily horrors of war. A championship chess player in Kabul, Aman finds himself ...

Mary's Wedding

By Stephen Massicotte
Subjects: Community Theatre Picks, Theatre for Young Audiences, By Age - 15-18, Romance, Canadian Classics, History, Theatre of War, Award Winners
Casting: 1 f, 1 m

On the night before her wedding, Mary dreams of a thunderstorm, during which she unexpectedly meets Charlie sheltering in a barn beside his horse. With innocence and humour, the two discover a charming ...