Find large cast plays by Canadian women, two-spirit, trans, and non-binary creators.
Written by: Regina Gershman
Genre: Historical
Length: 90 min.
Set in former USSR (specifically Kyiv, Ukraine) between 1964-1974 Communist era. We explore the lives of Russian; Ukrainian and Ethnic Jewish communities where Jewish people are not allowed to practice religion. We find Rebecca’s family sitting around in the kitchen, hiding from the neighbors’ eyes and ears, with all windows...
Written by: Jill Remez
Genre: Drama, Historical
Length: 85 min.
In November 1938 in the ethnically German “free city” of Danzig, following Kristallnacht, a Jewish couple—Helen and Jesko—make plans to emigrate to the United States as soon as possible. They, and the entire Jewish community are helped by businessman, Hermann Zvi Segal, an historical figure, who had connections in high...
Written by: Alexis Diamond
Genre: Drama, Historical
Length: 75 min.
Set in Montreal’s Jewish neighbourhood on the Main (Saint Lawrence Blvd.) in 1942, during the Conscription crisis, Strange Land is about how the three women of a struggling Jewish immigrant family attempt to forge a place in the New World after the death of the pater familias, each in her own way,...
Written by: Tara Goldstein
Genre: Adaptation, Drama
Length: 70 min.
“Inspired by Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, this historical drama unfolds in the summer of 1933, a summer of intense heat, widespread unemployment, swastika badges in Toronto’s parks and beaches, and the Christie Pits riot. Jessica and Larry are living in the Beaches in the home they bought with the...