Reasonable Doubt

By Joel Bernbaum, Lancelot Knight, and Yvette Nolan
Introduction by Maria Campbell
Subjects: Indigenous Playwrights, First Nations, Verbatim Theatre, Women Writers, Musicals, Prairie Playwrights, Saskatchewan, Death, Grief & Loss, History, Rural Settings
Casting: 6 roles

A significant moment in Canadian history is portrayed in this documentary musical about race relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. Weaving hundreds of real interviews conducted with ...

A Perfect Bowl of Pho

By Nam Nguyen
Subjects: Comedy, Asian Canadian Playwrights, History, Musicals, Ontario Playwrights, (Im)migration
Casting: 12 roles
Duration: 80 minutes

Nam, a procrastination-prone Vietnamese Canadian university student, sets out with the vague ambition to write a musical about his diaspora as embodied by food, particularly the world-famous noodle soup ...

When Words Sing

Edited by Julie Salverson
Subjects: Theatre Studies, Anthologies, Musicals

Meet the creators behind the words of Canadian opera in this exciting new collection of contemporary libretti. Featuring Ours by Robert Chafe, Rocking Horse Winner by Anna Chatterton, Beatrice Chancy by ...

Miss You Like Hell

Book and lyrics by Quiara Alegria Hudes
Lyrics by Erin McKeown
Subjects: Musicals

A troubled teenager and her estranged mother—an undocumented Mexican immigrant on the verge of deportation—embark on a road trip and strive to mend their frayed relationship along the way. Combined ...

Strike!

By Danny Schur & Rick Chafe
Subjects: Prairie Playwrights, Manitoba, Musicals, History
Casting: 21 actors

It's 1919. Brisbane, Seattle, Barcelona. Workers demand their share of the post-war pie but big business and big government say "no" to crippling general strikes. But in Winnipeg, an entire city shuts ...