Indian Act

Edited by Donna-Michelle St. Bernard
Foreword by Daniel David Moses
Preface by Falen Johnson
Subjects: Anthologies, Indigenous Playwrights

Indian Act is a tribute and thank you to those who survived the Indian Residential School system so that future generations could be free to pursue their lives unhindered by educationally enforced lowered ...

In Spirit

By Tara Beagan
Subjects: Western Playwrights, Alberta, Indigenous Playwrights, First Nations, Solo Shows, Theatre for Young Audiences, By Age - 15-18, Death, Grief & Loss, Women Writers
Casting: 1 f

Twelve-year-old Molly was riding her new bicycle on a deserted road when a man in a truck pulled up next to her, saying he was lost. He asked if she could get in and help him back to the highway, and ...

This Is How We Got Here

By Keith Barker
Subjects: Death, Grief & Loss, Mental Health, Indigenous Playwrights, Metis, Rural Settings, Ontario Playwrights, Family Life
Casting: 2 f, 2 m
Duration: 90 minutes

Simultaneously heartbreaking and heartwarming, This is How We Got Here follows a close-knit family as they deal with an unexpected loss. A mother, father, aunt, and uncle must learn how to move forward ...

Huff & Stitch

By Cliff Cardinal
Subjects: Indigenous Playwrights, First Nations, Family Life, Ontario Playwrights, Solo Shows, Anthologies
Casting: 1 m | 1 f

In huff, brothers Wind, Huff, and Charles are trying to cope with their father’s abusive whims and their mother’s recent suicide. In a brutal reality of death and addiction, they huff gas and pull ...

Performing Indigeneity

Edited by Yvette Nolan & Ric Knowles
Series edited by Ric Knowles
Subjects: Indigenous Playwrights, Non-Fiction / Essays
Series: New Essays on Canadian Theatre

This volume of newly commissioned essays about Indigenous performance is the first in which all of the contributors are Indigenous artists or academics. Scholars were invited to write essays on some aspect ...

Medicine Shows

By Yvette Nolan
Subjects: Theatre Studies, Indigenous Playwrights, Prairie Playwrights, Saskatchewan, Non-Fiction / Essays, Women Writers

Contemporary Indigenous theatre in Canada is only thirty-three years old, if one begins counting from the premiere of Maria Campbell’s Jessica in Saskatoon and the establishment of Native Earth Performing ...

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Edited by Donna-Michelle St. Bernard & Yvette Nolan
Subjects: South Asian Canadian Playwrights, Asian Canadian Playwrights, Theatre Studies, Indigenous Playwrights, Acting & Technique, Scenes & Monologues, Black Playwrights, Jewish Theatre, Anthologies

A collection can be used both as a monologue source for actors and students, or as a primer on diverse Canadian theatre and an entry point into new works, many of which are not yet widely available. Includes ...

Two-Spirit Acts

Edited by Jean O'Hara
Subjects: Anthologies, 2SLGBT / Queer Theatre, Indigenous Playwrights

In this collection of short but powerful two-spirit plays, characters dispel conventional notions of gender and sexuality while celebrating Indigenous understandings. With a refreshing spin, the plays ...

The Unplugging

By Yvette Nolan
Subjects: Women Writers, Indigenous Playwrights, First Nations, Prairie Playwrights, Saskatchewan, Environmental Issues, Feminist Theatre
Casting: 2 f, 1 m
Duration: 85 minutes

In a post-apocalyptic world, Bern and Elena are exiled from their village. Their crime? The two women are no longer of child-bearing age.

Forced to rely upon traditional wisdom for their survival, Elena ...

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 ...