The Elephant Song

By Nicolas Billon
Subjects: Ontario Playwrights, Mental Health, Community Theatre Picks
Casting: 1 f, 2 m

An eminent psychiatrist has vanished from his office. The last person to have seen him is Michael, a troubled patient.

Dr. Greenberg, the hospital director, is determined to question Michael, ignoring ...

The Greek Playwright

By Clem Martini
Subjects: Nonfiction / Essays, Theatre Studies, Playwriting

Picking up where The Blunt Playwright left off, Clem Martini returns to the subject of playwriting, turning his attention to the lessons modern playwrights can learn from the ancient Greeks. Outlining ...

The Melville Boys

By Norm Foster
Subjects: Community Theatre Picks, Comedy, Rural Settings, Death, Grief & Loss, Atlantic Playwrights, New Brunswick, Canadian Classics, Family Life, Siblings
Casting: 2 f, 2 m
Duration: 110 hours

A relaxing weekend trip full of fishing, football, and beer is on the agenda for the Melville brothers. Unfortunately, so is confronting eldest brother Lee's terminal illness. But weekend plans are suddenly ...

The Russian Play and Other Short Works

By Hannah Moscovitch
Subjects: Women Writers, Atlantic Playwrights, Nova Scotia, Anthologies

Four short plays by one of Canada's exciting, new theatre voices.

In The Russian Play, the flower-shop girl tells the story of her love for the gravedigger. Essay casts a teaching assistant in the shadow ...

Theatre in British Columbia

By Ginny Ratsoy
Series edited by Ric Knowles
Subjects: Noniction / Essays, Western Playwrights, British Columbia
Series: Critical Perspectives on Canadian Theatre in English

Critical Perspectives on Canadian Theatre in English sets out to make the best critical and scholarly work in the field readily available. The series publishes the work of scholars and critics who have ...

The December Man (L'homme de décembre)

By Colleen Murphy
Subjects: Women Writers, Ontario Playwrights, Award Winners, Death, Grief & Loss, Family Life, History
Casting: 1 f, 2 m

In the aftermath of the 1989 Montreal Massacre, Benoît and Kathleen do everything they can to help their beloved son cope with his guilt and rage… but Jean's young life becomes unglued.

Using humour ...

Two-Spirit Acts

Edited by Jean O'Hara
Subjects: Anthologies, Indigenous Playwrights, 2SLGBT / Queer Theatre

In this collection of short but powerful two-spirit plays, characters dispel conventional notions of gender and sexuality while celebrating Indigenous understandings. With a refreshing spin, the plays ...

The Unplugging

By Yvette Nolan
Subjects: Environmental Issues, Feminist Theatre, Women Writers, Indigenous Playwrights, First Nations, Prairie Playwrights, Saskatchewan
Casting: 2 f, 1 m
Duration: 85 hours

In a post-apocalyptic world, Bern and Elena are exiled from their village. Their crime? The two women are no longer of child-bearing age.

Forced to rely upon traditional wisdom for their survival, Elena ...

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, ...

The Fish Eyes Trilogy

By Anita Majumdar
Illustrated by Maria Nguyen
Subjects: South Asian Canadian Playwrights, Feminist Theatre, Solo Shows, Ontario Playwrights, Women Writers, Theatre for Young Audiences, By Age — 15–18, Dating & Sex
Casting: 1 f

Three coming-of-age solo shows that follow the lives of teenage girls who attend the same high school and process their real-life dilemmas through dance, while exploring the heartaches of youth and the ...