The Enchanted Loom

By Suvendrini Lena
Translated by Dushy Gnanapragasam
Introduction by Sharryn Aiken & R. Cheran
Subjects: Science & Scientists, Theatre of War, (Im)migration, Family Life, South Asian Canadian Playwrights, Mental Health, Women Writers, Ontario Playwrights, Death, Grief & Loss, Translations
Casting: 3 f, 3 m

The Sri Lankan civil war has left many scars on Thangan and his family, most noticeably the loss of his eldest son and the crippling epileptic seizures brought on by his torture. As the final days of ...

Sequence (Second Edition)

By Arun Lakra
Subjects: Community Theatre Picks, Western Playwrights, Alberta, South Asian Canadian Playwrights, Science & Scientists, Canadian Classics, Award Winners
Casting: 2 f, 2 m
Duration: 80 hours

“Luck is like irony. Not everybody who thinks they got it, got it.”

Theo has been named Time Magazine’s Luckiest Man Alive. For twenty consecutive years he has successfully bet double or nothing ...

The Bombay Plays

By Anosh Irani
Subjects: Anthologies, Family Life, Western Playwrights, British Columbia, South Asian Canadian Playwrights

From renowned author Anosh Irani comes an updated edition of The Bombay Plays featuring two plays that explore the depths of the back alleys of Bombay. Winner of the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding ...

The Wanderers

By Kawa Ada
Subjects: Mental Health, Family Life, Ontario Playwrights, Death, Grief & Loss, History, South Asian Canadian Playwrights
Casting: 2 f, 2 m

As the Soviet army invades Afghanistan, Aman and Mariam flee to Canada in hopes of putting an ocean between themselves and the daily horrors of war. A championship chess player in Kabul, Aman finds himself ...

Sultans of the Street

By Anusree Roy
Subjects: Theatre for Young Audiences, Class Differences, Ontario Playwrights, By Age - 8-10, South Asian Canadian Playwrights, Women Writers
Casting: 2 f, 3 m

When young orphans Mala and Chun Chun encounter brothers Prakash and Ojha on the busy streets of Kolkata, they are immediately at odds. The brothers come from a lower-middle-class family and spend their ...

The Fish Eyes Trilogy

By Anita Majumdar
Illustrated by Maria Nguyen
Subjects: South Asian Canadian Playwrights, Feminist Theatre, Solo Shows, Ontario Playwrights, Women Writers, Theatre for Young Audiences, By Age — 15–18, Dating & Sex
Casting: 1 f

Three coming-of-age solo shows that follow the lives of teenage girls who attend the same high school and process their real-life dilemmas through dance, while exploring the heartaches of youth and the ...

6 Essential Questions

By Priscila Uppal
Subjects: South Asian Canadian Playwrights, (Im)migration, Women Writers, Family Life, Comedy, Ontario Playwrights
Casting: 3 f, 1 m

6 Essential Questions tells the story of Renata as she travels to Brazil to reunite with the mother who abandoned her when she was just five years old. In Rio, Renata discovers more than she bargained ...

Love, Loss, and Longing

Edited by Dalbir Singh
Subjects: Anthologies, South Asian Canadian Playwrights

Love, Loss, and Longing is a collection of six plays from acclaimed and award-winning South Asian Canadian playwrights that explore themes of family, love, trauma, race, and more. Featuring introductions ...

State of Denial

By Rahul Varma
Subjects: Theatre of War, Quebec Playwrights, History, (Im)migration, South Asian Canadian Playwrights
Casting: 3 f, 3 m

Odette is a young Rwandan-Canadian filmmaker who has travelled to Turkey to investigate stories of genocide and hidden identity for an upcoming film. When she interviews Sahana, an elderly Muslim woman ...

$Refractions: Solo$

Refractions: Solo

Edited by Donna-Michelle St. Bernard & Yvette Nolan
Subjects: Asian Canadian Playwrights, South Asian Canadian Playwrights, Black Playwrights, Theatre Studies, Acting & Technique, Indigenous Playwrights, Anthologies, Scenes & Monologues, Jewish Theatre

A collection can be used both as a monologue source for actors and students, or as a primer on diverse Canadian theatre and an entry point into new works, many of which are not yet widely available. Includes ...