Find large cast plays by Canadian women, two-spirit, trans, and non-binary creators.
Written by: Melody Anderson
Genre: Comedy
Length: 60 min.
Two clowns direct a chorus of performers to enact eleven of Aesop’s most popular fables. In their quirky production they unwittingly re-examine the fables through today’s lens. By the end of the play they arrive at a deeper understanding of what it means to be a true friend.
Written by: Lois J Gordon
Length: 100 min.
Once a year, a group of women get together to celebrate their long-standing friendship and bring themselves up-to-date on what’s been happening in each other’s lives. They’ve been doing this for 35 years, since they all met at Family Camp as young marrieds with children. There’s Anne, chief organizer and...
Written by: Katherine Koller
Genre: Drama
Length: 110 min.
Anne Elliot at 27 is unable to forget her first attachment and ruptured engagement to Frederick Wentworth almost eight years before. Now a Captain in the English Navy, her beloved returns triumphant over the defeat of Napoleon, looking for marriage with anyone but her. The estranged former lovers find themselves...
Written by: Julianne Hoyak
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, TYA
Length: 75 min.
In a fairytale village, a group of bold and creative youth fight back against an authoritarian judge when he tries to enforce severe rules on the community. But the powerful judge will stop at nothing to get what he really wants: a good old-fashioned witch burning. Things quickly spiral out...
Written by: Genevieve Adam
Genre: Comedy, Historical
Length: 65 min.
What happens when a prim and proper Regency lady diarist…meets Canada’s answer to Davy Crockett? In 1792, John Simcoe, first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, sails from Kingston to Niagara when a violent storm forces him to shelter in Wellington, the home of Daniel Reynolds. The storm passes, and Lord...
Written by: Lynne Carol Martin
Length: 90 min.
Based on historical facts, Mary and Anna’s Adventures in Dirty, Wicked Omaha imagines the beginnings of a remarkable real-life friendship that changed the face of frontier America. Anna Wilson, Omaha’s first and finest madam, approaches Mary Kimball, wife of a Union Pacific Railroad executive and founder of Omaha’s first charity,...
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: Gillian A. Corsiatto
Genre: Uncategorized
Length: 70 min.
Bethany Jacobs is quite the handful! Though she is smart and articulate, her grades in school simply cannot seem to stay at the same average as her classmates. Throughout this three act play, Bethany encounters both people who very much believe in her potential, and people who try to stand...
Written by: Lezlie Wade
Genre: Children's Theatre, Fantasy
Length: 120 min.
When Hans and Greta become suspicious of their councillor’s motives, they, along with the help of their street-wise cabin mates, escape into the enchanted Verboten Woods to seek help. Once there, they seek refuge in the cottage of Hazel, a good witch who has been cursed by Wilhelma to remain...
Written by: Jessica Moss
Genre: Drama
Length: 80 min.
Uh hi. Yeah. Welcome to…this play that we’re doing. Our Town. We’re gonna show you some…well, like, I’m just going to show you around our rehearsal. We go up in a month. We’re not ready. But here we are. (The cast of a high school production of Our Town rehearses).