When Words Sing

Edited by Julie Salverson
Subjects: Anthologies, Theatre Studies

Meet the creators behind the words of Canadian opera in this exciting new collection of contemporary libretti. Featuring Ours by Robert Chafe, Rocking Horse Winner by Anna Chatterton, Beatrice Chancy by ...

The Directors Lab

Edited by Evan Tsitsias
Subjects: Essays, Nonfiction / Essays, Theatre Studies, Theatre Direction & Production

After spending ten years in international Directors Lab programs—first in New York and Chicago, then co-founding Directors Lab North in Toronto—Evan Tsitsias has amassed an extensive amount of advice, ...

The Blunt Playwright

By Clem Martini
Subjects: Western Playwrights, Alberta, Theatre Studies, Playwriting, Nonfiction / Essays, Essays

The Blunt Playwright won’t tell you everything there is to know about playwriting. It won’t even try. What it will do is examine process, structure, dialogue, and character; provide classic and contemporary ...

A Man of Letters

Edited by Jessica Riley
Subjects: Nonfiction / Essays, Theatre Studies, Playwriting, Biography, Ontario Playwrights, History & Criticism

The late Urjo Kareda was renowned for his commitment to respond personally to the hundreds of mostly unsolicited scripts received by Toronto’s Tarragon Theatre, where he served as artistic director ...

Long Story Short

Edited by Rebecca Burton
Subjects: Super Short Shows, Scenes & Monologues, Anthologies, Theatre Studies, Acting & Technique

Ideal for a range of readers, from drama students to aspiring theatre practitioners, and for those working in community and professional theatres, Long Story Short gathers from acclaimed and emerging playwrights ...

Fundamentals of Directing

By Ric Knowles
Illustrated by Pat Flood
Subjects: Theatre Studies, Theatre Direction & Production, Non-Fiction / Essays

Concise and practical, Fundamentals of Directing is a distillation of Ric Knowles’s twenty-five years of experience as a director, teacher of directing, and dramaturge across Canada. Organized to reproduce ...

Medicine Shows

By Yvette Nolan
Subjects: Women Writers, Theatre Studies, Indigenous Playwrights, Prairie Playwrights, Saskatchewan, Non-Fiction / Essays

Contemporary Indigenous theatre in Canada is only thirty-three years old, if one begins counting from the premiere of Maria Campbell’s Jessica in Saskatoon and the establishment of Native Earth Performing ...

The Ancient Comedians and the Influence They Had on Contemporary Theatre

By Clem Martini
Subjects: Comedy, Non-Fiction / Essays, Theatre Studies, Playwriting

Nobody invented a sense of humour; that’s inherent. People have always laughed, joked, and shared comic stories. What the ancient Greeks and Romans did, however, was develop ways to express that comic ...

Truth in Play

By Debbie Nyman, Jill Lloyd-Jones, and David S. Craig
Subjects: Scenes & Monologues, Theatre Studies, Acting & Technique, Anthologies

Geared towards high-school students, Truth in Play: Drama Strategies for Building Meaningful Performances features a curated collection of short scenes from Canadian plays, complete with learning activities ...

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

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 ...