Interdependent Magic

Edited by Jessica Watkin
Subjects: Death, Grief & Loss, Feminist Theatre, Mental Health, Anthologies, 2SLGBT / Queer Theatre, Environmental Issues, Women Writers, Disability Theatre, Non, Political Theatre, Deaf Theatre, Comedy

Interdependent Magic: Disability Performance in Canada is a collection of plays and interviews by, for, and about Disabled theatre artists that invites readers into the magical worlds of Disability arts ...

Iphigenia and the Furies (On Taurian Land) & Antigone: ?

By Ho Ka Kei (Jeff Ho)
Subjects: Ontario Playwrights, Asian Canadian Playwrights, East Asian Canadian Playwrights, Political Theatre, Theatre for Young Audiences, By Age—15 to 18, 2SLGBT / Queer Theatre
Casting: 3 f, 5 m, doubling | 1 f, 2 m, 1 chorus
Duration: 140 minutes

From the author of trace comes two adaptations that transport mythological stories from Ancient Greece to modern-day civilizations. Led by people of colour, these darkly comedic plays depict recognizable ...

Wasp

By Rhiannon Collett
Subjects: 2SLGBT / Queer Theatre, Feminist Theatre, Political Theatre, Rural Settings, Western Playwrights, British Columbia
Casting: 5 roles
Duration: 90 minutes

It’s Wasp’s destiny to be impregnated by a swarm of hornets called the Angels on their twenty-first birthday, but they aren’t going down without a fight. Their plan? A bottle of Coke, an abandoned ...

The Empire

By Susanna Fournier
Illustrated by Sam Hudecki
Subjects: Political Theatre, Ontario Playwrights, Women Writers, Theatre of War, Anthologies, Feminist Theatre, Community Theatre Picks, Large Cast
Casting: 9 f | 1 f, 4 m | 2 f, 2 m
Duration: 360 minutes

Explore a world on the edge of change through three epic stories spanning five hundred years of imagined history, unpacking systems of power and what we are capable of in the pursuit of freedom.

The story ...

Andy's Gone

By Marie-Claude Verdier
Translated by Alexis Diamond
Subjects: Theatre for Young Audiences, By Age—15–18, Political Theatre, Family Life, Adaptations, Class Differences, Translations, Death, Grief & Loss, Women Writers, Quebec Playwrights
Casting: 2 f
Duration: 60 minutes

What stories do we tell ourselves to keep our walls up and our privilege intact? What is the cost of revolution?

In this contemporary retelling of Antigone, denial of what rages outside of a city’s perimeter ...

Theory

By Norman Yeung
Subjects: Ontario Playwrights, Political Theatre, Award Winners
Casting: 3 f, 4 m
Duration: 90 minutes

Is there a limit to free speech? Who gets to decide?

Isabelle’s film theory students are stunned that she would open an unmoderated online discussion group to complement a controversial syllabus. Her ...

Unholy

By Diane Flacks
Subjects: Ontario Playwrights, Women Writers, LGBT/Queer Theatre, Political Theatre
Casting: 4 f, 1 m
Duration: 100 minutes

Should women abandon religion?

Four female panellists face off in a wild, whip-smart televised debate about the intersection of religion and misogyny. On one side, there’s Maryam, a progressive Muslim ...

Mother's Daughter

By Kate Hennig
Subjects: History, Women Writers, Ontario Playwrights, Political Theatre, Biography, Community Theatre Picks, Large Cast
Casting: 6 f, 1 m
Duration: 120 minutes

In this stunning third part to Kate Hennig’s powerful Queenmaker series, England’s first queen regnant finds herself fighting xenophobia, religious nationalism, and strained familial bonds in the ...

1979

By Michael Healey
Subjects: Comedy, Biography, Ontario Playwrights, Political Theatre, Community Theatre Picks, Comedy, History
Casting: 3+ actors

It's December 1979 and Clark's minority Progressive Conservative government is under threat of dissolution before it has a chance to accomplish anything — even pass a budget. But Clark is young and ...

Proud

By Michael Healey
Subjects: Comedy, Ontario Playwrights, Political Theatre
Casting: 1 f, 3 m

Shortly after the Conservatives win a majority government in the 2011 federal election, the prime minister discovers a secret weapon in his caucus—Jisbella Lyth, a single mother with a limited understanding ...