Plays

First produced in 2010 at the Arts and Culture Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland. Historical period: Contemporary, Future. Characters: male adults: 1; female adults: 2. Play includes speeches...

First produced in 1980 in Guelph, ON. Historical period: Contemporary. Characters: male adults: 3; female adults: 3.

Vic and their ne’er-do-well cousin Dawn embark on a mission to rescue Vic’s Mom from Vic’s abusive Dad. Their efforts culminate in a confrontation at the family farm involving fabric, feral pigs,...

An old woman in her 70s picks up a young man (late 20s / early 30s) on the steps of a food bank. They exchange some food as they size each other up. She invites him home for tea and he accepts;...

Tresses was on the second floor of a renovated warehouse, a bright airy space that smelled of perm fluid and money. A woman with a red crewcut was at the front desk, the name Wanda embroidered in...

Full-length version first produced in 2013 at Firehall Theatre in Coburg, Ontario. Geographic setting: Canada. Historical period: Contemporary. Characters: female adults: 6; female young adults: 2;...

Geographic setting: North America. Historical period: Contemporary. Characters: male adults: 1; female adults: 4. Play includes speeches suitable for actors auditioning.

This five-part radio series dramatizes the career of Mary Schäffer Warren. Mary, an American, fell into exploring the Canadian Rockies when she followed her husband-to-be, Charles Schäffer, who was...

Lucy doesn't know who she is anymore. Everett is falling in Love. Drew has lost so much already. Fenwick is just trying to keep her family afloat. And Pippa, well, Pippa is drowning.

A toymaker under a wicked spell can only create flawed toys until the toys themselves come up with a cunning plan to defeat the evil magician's plot.

Is seeing believing? What lies in the space between light and shadow, between presence and absence? Mrtvolka ("little corpse") travels the border between the mediated and the live.

Co-written with Beth Graham, "Mules" explores the dark and raunchy side of drug running. The play plunges headlong into the struggles of Cindy and Crystal, two old friends, trying desperately to...

Geographic setting: Canada/U.S.A. Historical period: Contemporary. Characters: male adults: 5; female adults: 5

In this collection, eight stories by Robert Munsch are adapted for theatre, including "Angela’s Airplane", "Stephanie’s Ponytail", "Mortimer", "50 Below Zero", "Mud Puddle", "Millicent and The Wind...

In this collection, eight more stories by Robert Munsch are adapted for theatre, including "David’s Father", "The Fire Station", "From Far Away", "I Have to Go!", "Jonathan Cleaned Up —Then He...

This interdisciplinary presentation tells the story of the bitter fight to save the land that is now Zimbabwe from colonial conquest. Led by the female spirit medium Nehanda and her male...

First produced in 2014 at Big Secret Theatre in Calgary, Alberta. Geographic setting: Canada. Historical period: Contemporary. Characters: male adults: 1; adult females: 1. This play includes...

Vanity, vengeance, and vampires reign supreme in this dramatic rock opera. After enraging a vindictive goddess, and arrogant vampire finds himself cursed to love and lose the same human for all...

An arrogant vampire is cursed to love and lose the same human forever. Through music, recitative and dance, this rock opera depicts the vampire’s struggle for salvation and their attempt to save...

First produced in 1993 by CBC Radio in Toronto, Ontario. Geographic setting: New York. Historical period: Early 20th Century. Characters: male adults: 5; female adults: 6.

In this 20-minute play, four women find themselves at a turning point in their lives.

This play is an adventurous adaptation of Strindburg's Miss Julie.

A woman visits her mother, in the small town she grew up in, for the first time in fifteen years. Many old memories and issues come to the surface, including the scandalous reason she left all...

In 1910, an orphaned, destitute brother and sister are sent from a Barnardo Home (a British home of refuge) to work in Canada. This play was commissioned by the Blyth Festival artistic director,...

The God of Fame holds a singing competition made up of misfits and wannabes.

A woman talks herself out of a sexual assault only to have to deal with the would-be rapist's hurt feelings

First produced in 1985 at Roxy Theatre in Edmonton, Alberta. Geographic setting: A house. Historical period: Late 20th Century. Characters: male adults: 1; female adults: 1. Play includes speeches...

First produced in 1993 at Firehall Theatre in Vancouver, British Columbia. Historical period: Contemporary. Characters: male adults: 1; female adults: 2. Play includes speeches suitable for actors...

First produced in 1988 in Guelph, Ontario. Historical period: Contemporary. Characters: male adults: 2; male teenagers: 2; female adults: 3; female teenagers: 1.

This play, co-written with Patrick Brymer, depicts eight Canadians on vacation in Jamaica, as they move through breakdown and redemption.

Off Leash is the story of four disparate dog owners and their canine companions who make their way to a dog park every morning. Soon passions begin to emerge, competition ensues, and tensions erupt

Denny and Claire decide to try out early retirement in the Central American rain forest, only to learn that their ideas of paradise are completely opposite. Meanwhile, two archeologists make a...

Samantha and Ashley work in their college’s magazine office. When a story breaks that a Peeping Tom was arrested three months ago, but the administration kept it quiet, the girls want to know why....

A woman escaping from a party crosses paths with a street kid. In their brief encounter secrets are exchanged and a friendship is formed.

Folk tales from different countries are dramatized in story-theatre style.

First produced in 2005 at Just Off Broadway Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri. Geographic setting: A university/college in North America. Historical period: Contemporary. Characters: male adults: 2....

First produced in 1993 at Alberta Theatre Products in Calgary, Alberta. Geographic setting: The food court at a mall. Historical period: Contemporary. Characters: female adults: 2.

"Out at School is a verbatim theatre piece based on interviews conducted with Canadian LGBTQ families about their experiences in schools. To date, our team of artist researchers have completed 36...