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Written by: Catherine Ann Banks
Genre: Tragedy
Length: 120 min.
It is 1930 and young David Canaan (13) is beloved by his parents Joseph and Martha, his twin sister Anna, and older brother Chris. Held in awe by his community because of his intelligence it seems that David is destined for great things. Yet slowly that future disappears in a...
Written by: Catherine Ann Banks
Genre: Drama
Length: 100 min.
Ten days after an air-sea disaster an island fisherman struggles to recover from the aftermath of his participation in the rescue-turned-recovery operation of a downed jetliner. Aaron’s mental fragility is compounded by his wife’s (Amanda) recent decision to take their special needs son to live off island so that Lucas,...
Written by: Micaele Johnson
Length: 60 min.
After a disastrous scandal, Carleen returns to her hometown of Shallow Lake Saskatchewan in an attempt to rebuild her life. Shallow Lake is known for its “Deep Sense of Community” however, it seems coming back has Carleen treading water. Diving into dating, resurfacing old relationships and wading in past promises...
Written by: Alexis Diamond
Genre: Drama
Length: 75 min.
Wracked with tuberculosis and completely disenfranchised from her old life of passionate activism, Dinah Reisberg resides in the limbo of the Mount Sinai Sanatorium north of Montreal. Lost in this land of shadows, stripped of everything that once defined her, Dinah is caught in a love triangle between fellow inmate...
Written by: Sashoya Simpson
Genre: Adventure, Black Theatre, Fantasy, TYA
Length: 75 min.
Traversing present day and fantasy, Lulu takes us on a grand adventure into the mystical folk realm in search of the Birth Tree Fruit to save her ailing grandmother.
Written by: Helen Ho
Length: 80 min.
After committing to spending the rest of her life in the small town of Windser, Ontario (yes, with an E) the arrival of Maggie Chun’s middle school crush on her wedding day forces her into an abrupt awakening.
Written by: Cassandra Marcus Davey
Genre: Adaptation, Drama
Length: 75 min.
Tauris. The temple of Artemis. Iphigenia, displaced and freshly sacrificed, struggles to find a foothold as she shuttles between disparate times and places. Visions of her mother’s childhood, her aunt’s future, and the unraveling of her family weave through conversations with Artemis and life in Tauris. Iphigenia in Dreaming adapts...
Written by: Jessica Moss
Genre: Drama
Length: 80 min.
Uh hi. Yeah. Welcome to…this play that we’re doing. Our Town. We’re gonna show you some…well, like, I’m just going to show you around our rehearsal. We go up in a month. We’re not ready. But here we are. (The cast of a high school production of Our Town rehearses).
Written by: Laura Teasdale
Length: 75 min.
The town of Two Spruce is about to lose their beloved library. A team of volunteer actors come to its financial rescue by staging a murder mystery. But on opening night a real murder most foul threatens to thwart their fundraiser. Lucy the Librarian and a team of quirky volunteer...
Written by: barb janes
Genre: Comedy
Length: 90 min.
When 12 year old Jazz discovers a shocking truth about her adoption, she flees a counselling session and gets lost in the Agency, which is both a century old and eerily timeless. She meets Louisa, a 1910s British Home Child, and Claire, a 60’s scoop adoptee – together, the three...