Every Day She Rose

By Andrea Scott & Nick Green
Subjects: Political Theatre, Black Playwrights, Women Writers, Feminist Theatre, Ontario Playwrights, 2SLGBT / Queer Theatre
Casting: 1 f, 1 m

After the Black Lives Matter protest at the 2016 Toronto Pride Parade, two friends find their racial and queer politics aren’t as aligned as they thought, and the playwrights behind them must figure ...

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

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

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 ...

The Empire

By Susanna Fournier
Afterword by ted witzel, Leora Morris, and Alison Wong
Subjects: Theatre of War, Feminist Theatre, Anthologies, Ontario Playwrights, Political Theatre, Women Writers, Community Theatre Picks, Large Cast
Casting: 2 f, 2 m | 9 f | 1 f, 4 m

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 ...

Interdependent Magic

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

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 ...

Andy's Gone

By Marie-Claude Verdier
Translated by Alexis Diamond
Subjects: Quebec Playwrights, Political Theatre, Theatre for Young Audiences, By Age — 15–18, Women Writers, Translations, Death, Grief & Loss, Class Differences, Adaptations
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: Political Theatre, Ontario Playwrights, 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: Women Writers, Biography, Political Theatre, Ontario Playwrights, Community Theatre Picks, Large Cast, Feminist Theatre, History
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: Community Theatre Picks, Comedy, Comedy, Political Theatre, History, Biography, Ontario Playwrights
Casting: 3+ actors

A fast-paced political comedy from Michael Healey, the critically acclaimed author of The Drawer Boy and Proud, that examines the space between ideals and political reality during a monumental moment ...

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 ...