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In times of terror, where do we find the strength to survive our darkest captivity? A woman sits alone in a prison cell, reflecting on her life and trying to draw courage and strength from that...

At Liberty satirizes the contemporary music world.

First produced in 1996 at Manitoba Theatre Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Geographic setting: Santorini, Greece. Historical period: Late 20th Century. Characters: male adults: 1; female adults: 1....

Reading staged in 2009 at Nightwood Theatre in Toronto, Ontario. Historical period: 19th Century / Victorian. Characters: female adults: 3. Play includes speeches suitable for actors auditioning.

Augustine goes to Milan with one thing on his mind--a high-fluying career in the Imperial Civil Service. Close on his heels is his mother, Monica, determined to see him succeed, no matter what the...

A dramatization of Jane Urquhart's novel for radio.

After a long separation due to active addiction, Madeline and her half-brother Joseph, once known as "High Joey", are reunited. Joseph, now clean for a number of years, returns to make amends to...

A struggling Canadian Theatre Company produces "The Potentate", the last play ever written by Jacob Passmore, the greatest dead playwright alive. The production resurrects Passmore and he time...

First produced in 1988 at Rosebud Theatre in Rosebud, Alberta.

First produced in 1985 in Guelph, Ontario. Geographic setting: Ontario. Historical period: 19th Century / Victorian, Early 20th Century. Characters: male adults: 3; male teenagers: 3; male children...

Geographic setting: Urban. Historical period: Contemporary. Characters: male adults: 1; female adults: 2.

First produced in 1990 at Manitoba Theatre Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Geographic setting: Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba. Historical period: Late 20th Century. Characters: male adults: 2; female adults...

First produced in 2010 at Tisch School of the Arts in New York, New York. Geographical setting: Cuba. Historical period: Late 20th Century. Play includes speeches suitable for actors auditioning.

Geographic setting: Coastal. Historical period: Contemporary. Characters: male adults: 1; female adults: 1. Play includes speeches suitable for actors auditioning, and for young actors.

First produced in 2000 at Factory Theatre in Toronto, Ontario. Geographical setting: Georgia, USA. Historical period: 19th Century / Victorian. Characters: male adults: 2; female adults: 3. Play...

Beowolf the hero fights the monster Grendel to save Hrothgar, King of the Danes, and must then fight Grendel's mother. Years later, old and a King himself, Beowulf fights a dragon and dies.

First produced in 2002 at the Winnipeg Fringe Festival in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Geographic setting: Hollywood, Los Angeles. Historical period: early to late 20th century. Characters: female adults: 2...

In this 10-minute play, two actors discuss their reasons for living or dying. One has decided to end it all and the other is trying to dissuade her.

First produced in 2012 at Tarragon Theatre Studio in Toronto, Ontario. Geographic setting: Canada. Historical period: Contemporary. Characters: female adults: 2. Play includes speeches suitable for...

First produced in 2012 at Trafalgar Castle in Whitby, Ontario. Geographic setting: A school library, anywhere. Historical period: Contemporary. Characters: male adults: 1; female adults: 1. Play...

"Beyond Belief" is a collage of nightmares: ghosts, werewolves, devils, and other creatures from a strange "beyond."

Barricaded in the basement family room, Rose (43) examines her life. For sixteen years she has made small choices (she thought), but on the morning her husband leaves to meet a female graduate...

In this piece, co-authored with Annabel Fitzsimmons and Marie Francis Moore, three women journey from heartbreak to reclaimed independence and triumph to the beat of girl group pop songs from the...

First produced in 1991 at Rosebud Theatre in Rosebud, Alberta.

First produced in 2008 on Green Thumb Theatre's Theatre for Young Audiences Tour in Vancouver, British Columbia. Historical period: Contemporary. Characters: male adults: 2; female adults: 1. Play...

First produced in 2012 at the Pull Festival in Vancouver, British Columbia. Geographic setting: Vancouver. Historical period of play: Contemporary. Characters: male adults: 1. Play includes...

In the backwoods of 1850s Ontario, Marcel tries to trick his feisty sister into staying home while he goes off adventuring. But a bumbling voyageur and a bear turn his devilish prank into a madcap...

Bone Cage is a poetic and darkly humorous portrayal of life in rural Nova Scotia, where stripping the environment means stripping your soul. Jamie is twenty-two years old and works twelve-hour...

First produced in 1998 at Florence Gould Hall in New York City, New York. Geographic setting: Memory. Historical period: 19th century/ Victorian. Characters: male adults: 1; female adults: 2. Play...

When Jenny is a no-show on Book Club night the other mommies start to worry, and when she sends them a text to tell them she has booked a flight to Italy, they really get frantic! This is a play...

"Book Club II" continues to follow Jenny, Ellen, Cathy, and Lisa as the journey of parenthood takes its toll on their marriages. Is it wrong to dress up for your girlfriends but throw sweats on for...

A teenage boy is brought by his mother to a guidance counselor to try to get him admitted to high school in spite of being mentally challenged. When he meets a girl who is interested in him,...

Meet Marnie, a woman trying out a self-help program in an attempt to “move ahead” in her life. The audience is invited to her kitchen, as voyeurs to Marnie’s morning rituals. This surreal and...

Breathe weaves together the words of German composers Hildegard von Bingen and Antonio Scandello with those of Toronto writer Anna Chatterton. Each part of the piece focuses on one of the four...

First produced in 1974 in Calgary, Alberta. Geographic setting: Playwrights Co-op. Historical period: Late 20th Century. Characters: male adults: 1; female adults: 2.

First produced in 1974 in Calgary, Alberta. Geographic setting: Playwrights Co-op. Historical period: Late 20th Century. Characters: male adults: 1; female adults: 2.

In a political argument, Lillian Wald must debate and then duel the devil!

First produced in 2003. Geographic setting: A backyard. Historical period: Contemporary. Characters: male young adults: 1; female young adults: 2. Play includes speeches suitable for young actors.