Eraser

By Bilal Baig, Sadie Epstein-Fine
With Christol Bryan, Marina Gomes, Yousef Kadoura, Tijiki Morris, Anthony Perpuse, and Nathan Redburn
Subjects: Ontario Playwrights, (Im)migration, Theatre for Young Audiences, Bullying, Disability Theatre, 2SLGBT / Queer Theatre, By Age — 11–14, Death, Grief & Loss
Casting: 6 roles

An immersive experience, Eraser delves into the memories and fantasies of a classroom of students as they figure out who they want to be. Six students guide readers through their different journeys, taking ...

Reaching for Starlight

By Donna-Michelle St. Bernard
Foreword by Mike Payette
Subjects: Theatre for Young Audiences, By Age — 11–14, Ontario Playwrights, By Age — 8–10, Women Writers, Black Playwrights
Casting: 8 f, 2 m
Duration: 75 minutes

Reenie wants to dance, following in her mother’s footsteps. Just like the rest of her ensemble, she believes she has what it takes to earn the coveted solo at the year-end recital. But when she notices ...

Duecentomila

By kai fig taddei
Foreword by Paula Wing
Subjects: Western Playwrights, British Columbia, Family Life, (Im)migration, Theatre for Young Audiences, Dating & Sex, 2SLGBT / Queer Theatre, By Age — 15–18
Casting: 4 roles

Estranged teenage cousins Eli and Kat have recently met online and bonded over their queer identities, but they have a limited understanding of each other’s very different realities. In Italy, soft-spoken ...

Simone, Half and Half

By Christine Rodriguez
Foreword by Quincy Armorer
Subjects: Black Playwrights, Women Writers, Quebec Playwrights, (Im)migration, Theatre for Young Audiences, By Age — 11–14, By Age — 15–18
Casting: 3 f, 1 m

Fourteen-year-old Simone is caught between cultures: Canadian, Québécois, and Trinidadian. She’s also torn between friends and the projects they want her to take part in. Her best friend Sarah wants ...

Is My Microphone On?

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

a million billion pieces

By David James Brock
By (composer) Gareth Williams
Subjects: Ontario Playwrights, Theatre for Young Audiences, By Age — 15–18, Coming of Age, Death, Grief & Loss, Dating & Sex
Casting: 2 f, 2 m
Duration: 70 minutes

It’s time to make every moment count.

Sixteen-year-olds Pria and Theo—or as they know each other online, the aspiring opera singer PriaSoprano and outer-space aficionado Eagle19—have decided to have ...

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 ...

Mortified

By Amy Rutherford
Subjects: Theatre for Young Audiences, Dating & Sex, Women Writers, Feminist Theatre, Ontario Playwrights, Coming of Age, By Age — 15–18
Casting: 8 f, 1 m, doubling
Duration: 115 minutes

A woman runs into her former abuser and is surprised by the power he still holds over her. In an attempt to uncover the truth of what really happened between them, she recalls her adolescent self: a synchronized ...

Our Fathers, Sons, Lovers and Little Brothers

By Makambe K Simamba
Subjects: Solo Shows, Ontario Playwrights, Women Writers, Black Playwrights, Theatre for Young Audiences, By Age — 15–18, Award Winners, Death, Grief & Loss
Casting: 1 role
Duration: 60 minutes

Slimm, a seventeen-year-old Black boy in a hoodie suddenly finds himself in the first moments of his afterlife. He calls out for God. God does not respond. What happens next is a sacred journey through ...

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 ...