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 ...

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 ...

Seesaw

By Dennis Foon
Subjects: Theatre for Young Audiences, Family, Bullying, Class Differences, Western Playwrights, British Columbia, By Age — 11–14
Casting: 2 f, 2 m

Charla is the new girl at school, nervous about her shabby clothes and mourning her parents' break-up. Paige, Charla's new friend, is only concerned with fashion, gossip, and her good-looking boyfriend, ...

Danny, King of the Basement

By David S. Craig
Introduction by Walter Pitman
Preface by Richard Greenblatt
Subjects: Theatre for Young Audiences, By Age — 11–14, By Age — 8–10, Family, Class Differences, Ontario Playwrights
Casting: 2 f, 2 m
Duration: 70 hours

In two years, Danny and his mom have moved more often than most kids lose teeth...

When Danny moves into a new basement apartment, the kids he meets seem to have way more problems than just being hungry. ...