Dividing Lines | Líneas Divisorias

By Beatriz Pizano
Subjects: Latinx Canadian Playwrights, Solo Shows, Death, Grief & Loss, Devised Theatre & Collective Creation, Women Writers, Ontario Playwrights, (Im)migration
Casting: 1 f

The one thing everyone knows is that we’re all going to die. Which means our loved ones are going to die. So how can we prepare for, experience, and honour their deaths? And does that look different ...

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Refractions: Scenes

Edited by Donna-Michelle St. Bernard & Yvette Nolan
Subjects: Latinx Canadian Playwrights, Indigenous Playwrights, Anthologies, Jewish Theatre, Middle Eastern Canadian Playwrights, Asian Canadian Playwrights, Black Playwrights, Scenes & Monologues

Refractions: Scenes is a collection of scenes from diverse contemporary works by Canadian playwrights that reflect the country’s artistic landscape through a breadth of themes, styles, cultures, regions, ...

Selfie

By Christine Quintana
Subjects: Women Writers, Theatre for Young Audiences, Dating & Sex, Western Playwrights, British Columbia, Feminist Theatre, By Age — 15–18, Latinx Canadian Playwrights
Casting: 2 f, 1 m
Duration: 75 hours

A new year of high school is full of excitement and potential—but three teens didn’t expect it to bring such a dark change to their lives. After spending a summer reinventing herself in Paris, Emma ...

Leo

By Rosa Laborde
Subjects: History, Women Writers, Ontario Playwrights, Latinx Canadian Playwrights, Political Theatre
Casting: 1 f, 2 m

Set in Santiago, Chile, three young friends form a bittersweet love triangle during the political upheaval surrounding President Salvador Allende’s assassination.

Told through Leo’s memories, the play ...

Latina/o Canadian Theatre and Performance

Edited by Natalie Alvarez
Subjects: Latinx Canadian Playwrights, Award Winners, Non-Fiction / Essays
Series: New Essays on Canadian Theatre

Featuring exciting and provocative new essays by leading and emerging scholars in Canada and the US, this foundational collection begins a conversation about Latina/o theatre and performance in Canada. ...

Fronteras Vivientes

Edited by Natalie Alvarez
Subjects: Anthologies, Latinx Canadian Playwrights

This book is the first to showcase the work of established and emerging Latina/o playwrights in Canada, charting the range and depth of Latina?/o Canadian theatre—its radical experimentations with form; ...