Find large cast plays by Canadian women, two-spirit, trans, and non-binary creators.
Written by: Beverly Brett
Genre: Drama
Length: 115 min.
“Chronicles the epic saga of dissident Highland Presbyterian Minister Norman MacLeod and the Gaelic community of St. Ann’s, Cape Breton in the last days before they embark on a migration to New Zealand. Norman, revolutionary turned tyrant, battles with a merchant when the potato famine threatens and his connection to...
Written by: Michelle Deines
Genre: Comedy, Period Piece, Romantic Comedy
Length: 120 min.
Two very different sisters—Marianne, free-spirited and romantic, and Elinor, sensible and reserved—find themselves thrown into an unkind world when their father dies. Suddenly made poor and homeless by the rules of inheritance, Marianne and Elinor must leave their family estate with their mother and younger sister. They are not in...
Written by: Kim Blackwell, Lindy Finlan
Genre: Drama, Horror/Thriller
Length: 90 min.
Set on a dark fall night in 1835, Bedtime Stories and Other Horrifying Tales, follows 10-year-old Samuel Deyell as he goes into the darkest night, in search of his missing mother. Samuel is joined on his quest by his two best friends. In the shadows, the children encounter the darkest...
Written by: J. Ivanel Johnson, Cameron Slipp (arranger & additional music composer)
Genre: Musical/Opera
Length: 120 min.
1939 Canadian ‘Rurals’ meet Canadian ‘Royals’ (real life Governor General and world-famous author John Buchan and his family and staff* from Ottawa). It’s the eve of our nation entering WWII. In a little rural village, a crowd gathers at the train station to “Greet The Great” as they arrive with...
Written by: Maureen Hunter
Genre: Drama, Historical
Length: 120 min.
When gossip about her spreads like wildfire through the Red River settlement, the independent-minded Metis wife of the Chief Factor of the Hudson’s Bay Company decides to fight back. Based on actual 19th century events, Sarah Ballenden is a vivid portrait of one woman’s struggle for acceptance and respect in an age...
Written by: Fiona Revill
Genre: Drama
Length: 140 min.
Jacob, Joseph, Judas, Joan is an epic stage-play exploring how the trauma inherent in foundational Biblical myths has been passed down intergenerationally, resulting in fundamental schisms in the Western world: positioning Christian theology against feminism, queerness, atypicality, and mental illness. The play begins in the time of Jacob, following the legacy of the...
Written by: Anne Chislett, Janet Amos
Genre: Drama, Historical
Length: 120 min.
A comic, romantic, and passionate tale of the unruly heroes of a little log school house in Glengarry County. The triumphs, disappointments and dreams of youth unfold against the stern expectations of Highland Presbyterian parents, and the riotous Free Trade Election of 1878.
Written by: Tracey Power
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Historical, Musical/Opera
Length: 120 min.
“It’s the 1600s and women are banned from the stage, but the suppressed female mind is finding it difficult to stay… well, suppressed. Behind the dingy walls of The Cage Tavern, six women explore the seductive power of the theatre. With a musical score influenced by underground European cabaret, the...
Written by: Sue Higgs
Genre: Comedy
Length: 30 min.
“Set in a local store in the year 1948, Ned is a comedy about a mysterious parcel that arrives at the post office for the local hermit. Word soon gets around about the parcel and the locals are mystified as to what it contains. As Ned hasn’t left his home...
Written by: Sally Clark
Genre: Drama
Length: 95 min.
“In Jehanne of the Witches, Christianity vs. Paganism provides the backdrop for this play-within-a-play centering on the relationship between Joan of Arc and the reputed mass murderer Gilles de Rais (Bluebeard).” (From the CPO Website)