Find large cast plays by Canadian women, two-spirit, trans, and non-binary creators.
Written by: Chantal Bilodeau
Genre: Drama
Length: 100 min.
Forward presents a poetic and humorous history of Norway, from the initial passion that drove explorer Fridtjof Nansen to the North Pole to our present-day anxiety over the rapidly changing climate. Woven through this history is the passionate love affair between Nansen and the character Ice. A blend of theatre,...
Written by: Mairy Beam
Genre: Documentary
Length: 60 min.
Who is causing the irreparable harm? This is the question on everyone’s mind. Is it the acts of resistance on the ground, or the Trans Mountain Pipeline itself? And who decides? The BC Supreme Court may want the job, but is it unbiased? Will a judge truly listen to the...
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: Leanna Brodie, Anthony Young (Composer)
Genre: Musical/Opera, TYA
Length: 60 min.
In Ulla’s Odyssey, fourteen-year-old Ulla is attempting to become the youngest person to sail the world single-handedly, navigating the high seas in her trusty ship ‘The Homer’ with only her cat Binnacle for company. All is not plain sailing, as our heroine encounters mythical creatures and obstacles on her journey,...
Written by: Catherine Banks
Genre: Drama
Length: 95 min.
Dr. Thomasina Burke is a well-respected medical doctor in a rural village in the Annapolis Valley in 1931. Just as her home is poised to reap the benefits of an important new business–a health spa that will bring people from far and wide–Dr. Burke makes a discovery that will challenge...
Written by: Katherine Koller
Genre: Drama
Length: 90 min.
Last Chance Leduc is set during the 1947 Leduc oil strike, where Wes and Ev struggle in the oil and water of a young marriage in peril, in winter, in a tarpaper shack in the woods, with a baby and another dry well. He wants a gusher, she wants a...
Written by: Rose Scollard
Genre: Dance/Movement/Clown, Fantasy, TYA
Length: 60 min.
When Koshchei the Deathless abducts Firebird to satisfy the whim of Princess Irenka, the Principality of Zhar is laid waste and Irenka is turned into a wolf. Guided by Baba Yaga, Irenka and Prince Ivan set out to free Firebird and restore Zhar to its former glory. Obstacles are placed...
Written by: Annabel Soutar
Genre: Documentary, Drama, Verbatim/Research-Based
Length: 120 min.
“Part courtroom drama and part social satire, Seeds presents an intelligent portrait of farming and scientific communities in conflict and at the same time penetrates the complex science of genetically modified crops. The play documents the 2004 Supreme Court of Canada showdown between Saskatchewan farmer Percy Schmeiser and biotech multinational Monsanto Inc.,...
Written by: Mary Burns
Genre: Drama
Length: 120 min.
A Yukon Quintette consists of five episodes, fifteen minutes each: “After Hours,” about a couple who must decide if giving into loneliness means giving up dreams; “Greta,” about a young bride suffering from cabin fever; “Looking For Daisy,” about the search for a First Nations woman; “The Norman Fisher Memorial...
Written by: Elaine Avila
Genre: Drama
Length: 120 min.
“Kitimat, British Columbia, an industry town in glorious wilderness, finds itself the center of international controversy when the town is asked to vote “no” or “yes” on an upcoming oil pipeline project. The construction of the pipeline will have lasting environmental implications for the town, the region, and our climate....