Pyaasa & Letters to My Grandma

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

Scorched

By Wajdi Mouawad
Translated by Linda Gaboriau
Subjects: Translations, Death, Grief & Loss, Family Life, Canadian Classics, (Im)migration, Middle Eastern Canadian Playwrights, Theatre of War
Casting: 7 actors

Wajdi Mouawad's writing is powerful; a beautifully penned story that paves a path to a mother's unspeakable pain. The closer Janine and Simon get to finding the source of her silence, the closer they ...

Cast Iron

By Lisa Codrington
Subjects: Solo Shows, Black Playwrights, (Im)migration, Ontario Playwrights, Women Writers
Casting: 1 f
Duration: 90 minutes

Alone in her Winnipeg nursing home, Libya receives an unexpected visitor from Barbados. Past repression resurfaces, until the tragedy that shaped her life spills from her soul. A rich story so vivid with ...