PLAY

By Jenn Stephenson & Mariah Horner
Illustrated by Jeff McGilton
Subjects: Essays, Nonfiction / Essays, Theatre Studies, History & Criticism

From escape rooms to TikTok to Tim Horton’s “Roll Up the Rim to Win” to DIY everything, participatory performance is ingrained in the very fabric of our contemporary society. Written in a series ...

Retreating to Re-Treat

By The Collective Encounter
With Jill Carter
Subjects: Devised Theatre & Collective Creation, Political Theatre, Theatre Studies, History & Criticism, Theatre Direction & Production, History, Community Theatre Picks, Large Cast, Nonfiction / Essays

In 2019, a group of scholar-artists led by Jill Carter stood with their audience in a liminal space at the 'edge of the woods'—a space between now and then, a space between now and later. Together, ...

This is Beyond

Edited by Evan Tsitsias & Bilal Baig
Subjects: Nonfiction / Essays, Theatre for Young Audiences, Dating & Sex, Coming of Age, Political Theatre, Essays, Theatre Studies, History & Criticism, 2SLGBT / Queer Theatre

In this rapid moment of expansion in queer theatre, when everything is exposed, interrogated, and investigated, This is Beyond is a time capsule of where we are now and a map for where we might go next. ...

When Words Sing

Edited by Julie Salverson
Subjects: Award Winners, Musicals, 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: 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

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: Non, Theatre Studies, History & Criticism, Biography, Playwriting, Ontario Playwrights

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: Theatre Studies, Acting & Technique, Anthologies, Scenes & Monologues, Super Short Shows

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: Non-Fiction / Essays, Theatre Studies, Theatre Direction & Production

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: Theatre Studies, Indigenous Playwrights, Prairie Playwrights, Saskatchewan, Non-Fiction / Essays, Women Writers

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 ...