Find large cast plays by Canadian women, two-spirit, trans, and non-binary creators.
Written by: Sangeeta Wylie
Genre: Asian Canadian Theatre, Drama
Length: 102 min.
1979: Inspired by a true story, a mother and six young children are separated from their father as they flee post-war Communist Vietnam by boat. They endure pirate attacks, typhoons, shipwreck, starvation and more. Thirty-plus years later, the mother shares her story and secrets with her daughter for the first time....
Written by: Sally Clark
Genre: Drama, Historical
Length: 110 min.
“In Saint Frances of Hollywood, Hollywood diva Frances Farmer chooses to join the socialist Group Theatre in New York. She becomes incarcerated in a Seattle psychiatric hospital, where she was lobotomized and released as ‘cured’ in 1949.” (From the CPO Website)
Written by: Miriam Laurence
Genre: Adaptation, Comedy, Satire
Length: 70 min.
“Adapting Nikolai Erdman–Stalinist Russia, 1930’s. Through a series of misunderstandings, Semyon Podsekalnikov’s threat to kill himself is taken to heart by a collection of desperately ridiculous, self-important characters. They flock to his crowded rooming house to convince him to kill himself for their cause. Total mayhem ensues. What makes To...
Written by: Carmen Aguirre
Genre: Dark Comedy, Drama
Set in a run-down hotel in 1974, only months after the start of the infamous Pinochet regime, eight Chilean refugees struggle, at times haplessly, at times profoundly, to decide if fleeing their homeland means they have abandoned their friends and responsibilities or not. Laid bare in the fictionalized autobiographical details...