Th'owxiya

By Joseph A. Dandurand
Subjects: Indigenous Playwrights, First Nations, Western Playwrights, British Columbia, Theatre for Young Audiences, By Age — 8–10
Casting: 3 f, 3 m
Duration: 50 hours

When you take something from the earth you must always give something back.

From the Kwantlen First Nation village of Squa’lets comes the tale of Th’owxiya, an old and powerful spirit that inhabits ...

New Canadian Kid & Invisible Kids

By Dennis Foon
Introduction by Marcus Youssef
Subjects: Western Playwrights, British Columbia, (Im)migration, Canadian Classics, Theatre for Young Audiences, By Age—8 to 10
Casting: 2 f, 2 m | 2 f, 3 m

Two of the most produced, popular, and important Canadian plays for young audiences are back in an updated edition.

In New Canadian Kid, Nick has just moved to Canada from a country called Homeland, where ...

The Bombay Plays

By Anosh Irani
Subjects: Anthologies, Western Playwrights, British Columbia, Family Life, Asian Canadian Playwrights, South Asian Canadian Playwrights

From renowned author Anosh Irani comes an updated edition of The Bombay Plays featuring two plays that explore the depths of the back alleys of Bombay. Winner of the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding ...

Indian Arm

By Hiro Kanagawa
Subjects: Western Playwrights, British Columbia, Asian Canadian Playwrights, Award Winners, Rural Settings, Adaptations
Duration: 120 minutes

Rita and Alfred Allmers live in an isolated family cabin on native leasehold land overlooking Indian Arm, a still untamed glacial fjord just north of Vancouver, BC. With Alfred—a formerly promising ...

The Patron Saint of Stanley Park

By Hiro Kanagawa
Subjects: Family Life, Siblings, Theatre for Young Audiences, By Age - 8-10, Western Playwrights, British Columbia, Community Theatre Picks, Family, By Age - 11-14
Casting: 2 f, 3 m
Duration: 85 minutes

Siblings Josh and Jennifer are coping with the loss of their father, who disappeared in a float plane accident on Christmas Eve one year ago. While Josh scours the Internet for proof that his father is ...

That Elusive Spark

By Janet Munsil
Subjects: Community Theatre Picks, Large Cast, History, Women Writers, Western Playwrights, British Columbia
Casting: 3 f, 5 m

Neuropsychologist Helen Harlow is an expert at understanding the functions of the human brain, and yet her own remains a mystery. Turning her back on a once-brilliant future filled with scientific promise, ...

Skin & Liars

By Dennis Foon
Subjects: Canadian Classics, Theatre for Young Audiences, By Age - 15-18, Anthologies, Drugs, Alcohol & Substance Abuse, Family, Western Playwrights, British Columbia, Coming of Age
Casting: 2 f, 2 m

Skin introduces us to a group of Canadian teenagers who are coming of age in the late 1980s. Faced with racial discrimination, Phiroza, Jennifer, and Tuan must navigate the choppy waters of high school, ...

The Romeo Initiative

By Trina Davies
Subjects: Western Playwrights, British Columbia, History, Political Theatre, Women Writers, Community Theatre Picks, Romance
Casting: 2 f, 1 m
Duration: 100 minutes

Single men are hard to come by in 1970s West Germany. So when Karin Maynard, a government secretary, meets the handsome Markus Richter, a single man who pursues her, she can hardly believe her luck. But ...

Kindness

By Dennis Foon
Subjects: Western Playwrights, British Columbia, Environmental Issues, Theatre for Young Audiences, By Age - 15-18, Death, Grief & Loss, Environment, By Age - 11-14
Casting: 2 f, 2 m, doubling

Tessa, Damon, and Keegan share the same band class and the same passion: their pets. When Tessa loses her beloved dog Joey, the event challenges and transforms not only the three children, but the adults ...

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, ...