Find large cast plays by Canadian women, two-spirit, trans, and non-binary creators.
Written by: Shanice Pereira
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Length: 80 min.
The Coven is an intergenerational surrealist play set across time periods, from 1800s Guyana to modern-day Canada. The play follows Renette, the first free woman in her family after generations of slavery, as she seeks vengeance against her former master for his acts of violence against her. She asks for...
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: Zahida Rahemtulla
Length: 95 min.
Bashir Ladha—wayward philosophy major leaning towards nihilism—has been selected to assume an important religious position, and his parents have dutifully accepted on his behalf. Family conflict ensues over Bashir’s reaction to his appointment. As the doorbell rings and several unexpected visitors turn up at the Ladha door, there is a...
Written by: Heidi Stock
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical/Opera
Length: 80 min.
IN COMMON – we all have something in common – a musical about family dysfunction and finding common ground. A wife struggles for control as her marriage falls apart, her teenage daughter fights for independence, her mother’s health declines, until a secret is revealed and a shared grief helps them...
Written by: Susanna Fournier
Genre: Drama
Length: 120 min.
189 years after massive war and a widespread plague, Sarah, a former brothel owner, tries to raise four girls left orphaned by the women she once employed. When a doctor reveals the girls are plague-positive she offers to treat them for free with an experimental new drug. After the death...