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 ...

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 ...

Darwin in a Day

By Evelyne de la Chenelière
Translated by Nigel Spencer
Subjects: Quebec Playwrights, Women Writers, Translations, Theatre for Young Audiences, By Age — 11–14, Class Differences
Casting: 2 m
Duration: 60 minutes

School is out for the summer, and twelve-year-old Julien has an adventure planned in his own backyard. Through sleight of hand, he’s found a way to convince each member of his family he’s away with ...

Seesaw

By Dennis Foon
Subjects: Western Playwrights, British Columbia, Theatre for Young Audiences, By Age — 11–14, Bullying, Family, Class Differences
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: Ontario Playwrights, Theatre for Young Audiences, By Age — 8–10, Class Differences, Family, By Age — 11–14
Casting: 2 f, 2 m
Duration: 70 minutes

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. ...