Theatre and (Im)migration

Edited by Yana Meerzon
Subjects: Non-Fiction / Essays, (Im)migration
Series: New Essays on Canadian Theatre

Theatre and (Im)migration shines a bright light on the impact that immigrant artists have made and continue to make on the development of Canadian theatre, from themes, characters, and world issues to ...

Scripting (Im)migration

Edited by Yana Meerzon
Subjects: Anthologies, (Im)migration

In this companion anthology to Theatre and (Im)migration, plays by immigrant artists take a look at communication, historic moments, the immigrant and refugee experiences in Canada, accents, and more. ...

New Canadian Kid & Invisible Kids

By Dennis Foon
Introduction by Marcus Youssef
Subjects: Western Playwrights, British Columbia, (Im)migration, Theatre for Young Audiences, By Age - 8-10, Canadian Classics, By Age - 11-14
Casting: 2 f, 3 m | 2 f, 2 m

Two of the most produced, popular, and important Canadian plays for young audiences are back in an updated edition.

In New Canadian Kid, Nick has just moved to Canada from a country called Homeland, where ...

acquiesce

By David Yee
Subjects: Ontario Playwrights, Asian Canadian Playwrights, Family Life, (Im)migration, Death, Grief & Loss
Casting: 1 f, 3 m+
Duration: 120 minutes

Plagued by the success of his first book and haunted by his past, Sin Hwang arrives in Hong Kong with some unusual cargo and a lot of emotional baggage. Featuring a surreal cast of characters, from a ...

How Black Mothers Say I Love You

By trey anthony
Subjects: Death, Grief & Loss, (Im)migration, African and Caribbean Canadian Playwrights, Family Life, Siblings, LGBT/Queer Theatre, Women Writers
Casting: 4 f

Claudette still can’t forgive her mother for leaving. For six years of her childhood, Claudette and her sister Valerie were left with their grandmother while their mother, Daphne, moved from Jamaica ...

The Doorman of Windsor Station

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

6 Essential Questions

By Priscila Uppal
Subjects: (Im)migration, Family Life, Ontario Playwrights, Comedy, South Asian Canadian Playwrights, Women Writers
Casting: 3 f, 1 m

6 Essential Questions tells the story of Renata as she travels to Brazil to reunite with the mother who abandoned her when she was just five years old. In Rio, Renata discovers more than she bargained ...

State of Denial

By Rahul Varma
Subjects: Theatre of War, Quebec Playwrights, History, (Im)migration, South Asian Canadian Playwrights
Casting: 3 f, 3 m

Odette is a young Rwandan-Canadian filmmaker who has travelled to Turkey to investigate stories of genocide and hidden identity for an upcoming film. When she interviews Sahana, an elderly Muslim woman ...

lady in the red dress

By David Yee
Subjects: Asian Canadian Playwrights, Ontario Playwrights, (Im)migration, History
Casting: 1 f, 4 m, doubling
Duration: 90 minutes

The turmoil in Max's life was set in motion by Sylvia, an elusive figure who enters his life and charges Max with the task of finding Tommy Jade, a Chinese immigrant from the 1920s. Dragged further into ...

Pyaasa & Letters to My Grandma

By Anusree Roy
Introduction by Thomas Morgan Jones
Subjects: Ontario Playwrights, Solo Shows, South Asian Canadian Playwrights, (Im)migration, Women Writers, Theatre for Young Audiences, By Age - 15-18, Family Life
Casting: 1 f

Set in Calcutta, Pyaasa tells the story of Chaya, an eleven-year-old untouchable who dreams of nothing more than learning her times tables. When Chaya's mother begs a woman from a higher caste to give ...