Winter of 88

By Mohammad Yaghoubi
Translated by Nazanin Malekan & Mohammad Yaghoubi
Subjects: Asian Canadian Playwrights, West Asian Canadian Playwrights, Political Theatre, Mental Health, Award Winners, Translations, Theatre of War
Casting: 4 f, 4 m

A new apartment should be a warm and welcoming signal to a fresh chapter of life. It shouldn’t be where a family waits in the dark, surrounded by unpacked boxes, as missiles rain down around them.

Already ...

Wasp

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

In a town ruled by a shadowy cult, outliers Wasp and Janey nurture a dwindling community of queer resistance. Faced with social isolation and medical barriers, they remain determined to make things work ...

Is My Microphone On?

By Jordan Tannahill
Subjects: 2SLGBT / Queer Theatre, Environmental Issues, Theatre for Young Audiences, Environment, By Age — 11–14, By Age — 15–18, Political Theatre

In another life I was a small bubble of foam on a wave coming to shore, and the wave broke, and I burst, and that was it. Before that I was a small stream, for centuries. And in another life I was a mortal ...

Every Day She Rose

By Andrea Scott & Nick Green
Subjects: Women Writers, Black Playwrights, 2SLGBT / Queer Theatre, Political Theatre, Feminist Theatre, Ontario Playwrights
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, Political Theatre, 2SLGBT / Queer Theatre, Ontario Playwrights
Casting: 1 f, 2 m, 1 chorus | 3 f, 5 m, doubling

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: Political Theatre, Community Theatre Picks, Large Cast, Women Writers, Anthologies, Ontario Playwrights, Theatre of War, Feminist Theatre
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: Disability Theatre, Comedy, Environmental Issues, Death, Grief & Loss, Mental Health, Women Writers, Political Theatre, Deaf Theatre, Feminist Theatre, 2SLGBT / Queer Theatre, Nonfiction / Essays, Anthologies

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: Adaptations, Quebec Playwrights, Political Theatre, Theatre for Young Audiences, Class Differences, Translations, Death, Grief & Loss, Women Writers, By Age — 15–18
Casting: 2 f
Duration: 60 hours

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: Award Winners, Political Theatre, Ontario Playwrights
Casting: 3 f, 4 m
Duration: 90 hours

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 ...