Find large cast plays by Canadian women, two-spirit, trans, and non-binary creators.
Written by: Sanita Fejzic
Length: 100 min.
In their suburban Canadian home, Sue and Emir’s marriage is a battlefield of bitterness and constant bickering. Their past as Muslims living in Sarajevo haunts them, with flourishing careers lost to war and genocide. But, proud of their life in Canada, they choose to leave these painful memories behind them....
Written by: Jessica K. Bruhn
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Melodrama, Tragedy
Length: 120 min.
In 1914, Hedwig Eva was born to Gertrude and Emil Kiesler in Austria. Hedy was a precocious only child who was equally gifted in the performing arts as she was the sciences. Her life changed when naziism extended to her country and she learned first hand of its evils. Performing...
Written by: Johanna Zomers
Genre: Comedy, Musical/Opera
Length: 90 min.
Miss Pringle is a set in the rapidly changing era of the 1960’s in rural Canada. Miss Pringle, a young inexperienced ‘city’ girl is hired to teach eight grades in a one-room school house under the eagle eye of the sceptical ‘school inspector’ and a hard of hearing befuddled parish...
Written by: Mary Littlejohn
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Historical
Length: 135 min.
It’s the summer of 1850, in London, England, and Imogen Flight is set to be knighted by Good Queen Vic. The patrons of the ladies-only Saucy Chicken pub share stories and tall-tales of their heroine. When Imogen herself shows up, along with her trusty sidekick Volta, she comes with more...
Written by: Maddy Noble
Genre: Comedy
Length: 90 min.
Frankie is a writer by trade, adjunct writing professor by paycheck, who vows to write about anything other than modern dating; it’s superficial, depressing, and generally just a bummer. Despite all this, it’s still the only thing anyone wants to read about. While Frankie searches for inspiration elsewhere, her friends...
Written by: Kate Jaimet
Length: 10 min.
Sexy comedienne Mae West runs afoul of the censorship committee at a comedy club open mic night.
Written by: Jessy Ardern
Genre: Myth/Legend/Folktale, Tragedy
Length: 110 min.
Cassandra has been blessed with the ability to see the future. Her curse is that no one will ever believe her. In a story that slides between the mythic past and the looming future, this princess of Troy foretells the events of a war that will overcome her homeland and...
Written by: Sara Kreindler
Genre: Musical/Opera
Length: 85 min.
A reimagining of the Greek myth of Persephone as an offbeat coming-of-age story. Featuring a singing three-headed dog, a misunderstood Medusa, and a Zeus with an uncanny resemblance to a certain President – plus, a sparkling original score that hearkens back to classic Broadway. Like the goddess, the musical oscillates...
Written by: Sara Kreindler
Genre: Musical/Opera
Length: 90 min.
The Perfect Man: A reality dating show – bizarre situations, wacky characters, and cheesy tropes galore! Anthropologist Anita becomes a contestant in order to study technology-mediated romance. But then she meets the bachelor: her high school crush. Clayton doesn’t recognize her, and Anita hides behind her notebook. However, encouraged by...
Written by: Kathleen McCreery
Genre: Adaptation, Comedy
Length: 120 min.
‘The theatre was the people’s spoken, dramatised newspaper.’ – Dario Fo in ‘Mistero Buffo’. Travelling players in 1935 fascist Italy present their controversial version of Shakespeare’s play. Fast moving and very physical, this radical rewrite makes use of commedia, farce, puppets, and includes a dream sequence in which Bianca portrays...