Maya Angelou

The Party & The Candidate

By Kat Sandler
Subjects: Comedy, Ontario Playwrights, Political Theatre, Women Writers
Casting: 5 f, 5 m

In these two entwined, fast-paced plays, the hilarious goings-on
behind the scenes of a controversial election chaotically unfold first at the
fundraiser that will decide the party’s nominee and then ...

The Jungle

By Anthony MacMahon & Thomas McKechnie
Subjects: Ontario Playwrights, Family Life, Political Theatre, (Im)migration, 2SLGBT / Queer Theatre
Casting: 1 f, 1 m

Can Jack and
Veronyka ever get ahead? In this all-too-relatable love story in a city
suffocating under late-stage capitalism, a young couple is pitted against odd
after odd in a way that isn’t about ...

Holy Ground

Edited by Michael Dinwiddie
Preface by Jackie Alexander
Afterword by Maya Angelou

This new collection brings together plays and monologues from the National Black Theatre Festival, one of the most historic and culturally significant events--not only in the history of Black theater ...

among men

By David Yee
Subjects: Rural Settings, Ontario Playwrights, Comedy, Asian Canadian Playwrights, East Asian Canadian Playwrights, Biography
Casting: 2 m

1959, Ameliasburgh, Prince Edward County, Canada. On the edge of spring, two men are finishing an A-frame cabin on Roblin Lake. In the coming decade all three of them—Al, Milt, and the A-frame—will ...

From the Ashes

Edited by Shauntay Grant
Subjects: Solo Shows, Women Writers, Anthologies, Black Playwrights, Feminist Theatre

From the Ashes collects solo plays by Black Canadian women and womxn that together celebrate the hope, humour, and healing that can come after devastation and loss. From lighthearted comedies to heavy ...

The Humans

By Stephen Karam

Breaking with tradition, Erik Blake has brought his Pennsylvania family to celebrate Thanksgiving at his daughter’s apartment in lower Manhattan. Unfolding over a single scene, this “delirious tragicomedy” ...

Body So Fluorescent

By Amanda Cordner & David Di Giovanni
Subjects: Mental Health, Comedy, Ontario Playwrights, Black Playwrights, Solo Shows, Women Writers, 2SLGBT / Queer Theatre
Casting: 1 f

What happened last night on the dance floor? Gary knows he went to the club with his friend Desiree, but now all he has is a fuzzy memory and a text saying, “We’re done.” Desiree has known something’s ...

Burning Mom

By Mieko Ouchi
Subjects: Feminist Theatre, Solo Shows, Women Writers, Comedy, Asian Canadian Playwrights, East Asian Canadian Playwrights, Death, Grief, and Loss, Western Playwrights, Alberta
Casting: 1 f

After nearly a year of mourning her husband’s death, sixtysomething Dorothy needs to feel alive. So she pitches a road-trip idea to her family—attending Burning Man, the massive arts festival known ...

Haven

By Mishka Lavigne
Translated by Neil Blackadder
Subjects: Feminist Theatre, Quebec Playwrights, Award Winners, Women Writers, Death, Grief, and Loss, Translations
Casting: 1 f, 1 m

Strangers Elsie and Matt are both feeling great voids in their lives. Elsie, a literature professor, is grieving her famous novelist mother’s tragic death. Matt, a city engineer, is trying to regain ...