The Party & The Candidate

By Kat Sandler
Subjects: Comedy, Ontario Playwrights, Political Theatre, Women Writers
Casting: 5 f, 5 m

In these two entwined, fast-paced plays, the hilarious goings-on
behind the scenes of a controversial election chaotically unfold first at the
fundraiser that will decide the party’s nominee and then ...

The Jungle

By Anthony MacMahon & Thomas McKechnie
Subjects: Ontario Playwrights, Family Life, Political Theatre, (Im)migration, 2SLGBT / Queer Theatre
Casting: 1 f, 1 m

Can Jack and
Veronyka ever get ahead? In this all-too-relatable love story in a city
suffocating under late-stage capitalism, a young couple is pitted against odd
after odd in a way that isn’t about ...

among men

By David Yee
Subjects: Rural Settings, Ontario Playwrights, Comedy, Asian Canadian Playwrights, East Asian Canadian Playwrights, Biography
Casting: 2 m

1959, Ameliasburgh, Prince Edward County, Canada. On the edge of spring, two men are finishing an A-frame cabin on Roblin Lake. In the coming decade all three of them—Al, Milt, and the A-frame—will ...

Body So Fluorescent

By Amanda Cordner & David Di Giovanni
Subjects: Mental Health, Comedy, Ontario Playwrights, Black Playwrights, Solo Shows, Women Writers, 2SLGBT / Queer Theatre
Casting: 1 f

What happened last night on the dance floor? Gary knows he went to the club with his friend Desiree, but now all he has is a fuzzy memory and a text saying, “We’re done.” Desiree has known something’s ...

Black Boys

By Stephen Jackman-Torkoff, Tawiah M’Carthy, Thomas Antony Olajide
With Virgilia Griffith, and Jonathan Seinen
Subjects: Ontario Playwrights, 2SLGBT / Queer Theatre, Black Playwrights
Casting: 3 m

Black Boys by Saga Collectif (Virgilia Griffith, Stephen Jackman-Torkoff, Tawiah M’Carthy, Thomas Antony Olajide, and Jonathan Seinen) uncovers the complex dynamics of the queer Black experience. Text, ...

Eraser

By Bilal Baig, Sadie Epstein-Fine
With Christol Bryan, Marina Gomes, Yousef Kadoura, Tijiki Morris, Anthony Perpuse, and Nathan Redburn
Subjects: Disability Theatre, Theatre for Young Audiences, By Age — 11–14, Death, Grief & Loss, (Im)migration, Bullying, 2SLGBT / Queer Theatre, Ontario Playwrights
Casting: 6 roles

An immersive experience, Eraser delves into the memories and fantasies of a classroom of students as they figure out who they want to be. Six students guide readers through their different journeys, taking ...

The Negroes Are Congregating

By Natasha Adiyana Morris
Subjects: Women Writers, Comedy, Black Playwrights, Ontario Playwrights
Casting: 1 f, 2 m

In this unapologetic and sharp-witted perspective about the evolving Black experience in Canada and around the world, a rhythmic fusion of spoken word, satire, and soulful dialect emerges steady as a ...

Yaga

By Kat Sandler
Subjects: Ontario Playwrights, Women Writers, Comedy, Feminist Theatre
Casting: 2 f, 1 m
Duration: 125 minutes

She’s more than just a wicked old witch. Baba Yaga is a legend, usually known as that elderly woman who lives alone in the woods and grinds the bones of the wicked. But what if she was actually a sexy, ...

Reaching for Starlight

By Donna-Michelle St. Bernard
Foreword by Mike Payette
Subjects: Theatre for Young Audiences, By Age — 11–14, Ontario Playwrights, By Age — 8–10, Women Writers, Black Playwrights
Casting: 8 f, 2 m
Duration: 75 minutes

Reenie wants to dance, following in her mother’s footsteps. Just like the rest of her ensemble, she believes she has what it takes to earn the coveted solo at the year-end recital. But when she notices ...

Dividing Lines | Líneas Divisorias

By Beatriz Pizano
Subjects: Ontario Playwrights, Women Writers, Solo Shows, Devised Theatre & Collective Creation, (Im)migration, Latinx Canadian Playwrights, Death, Grief & Loss
Casting: 1 f
Duration: 80 minutes

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 ...