Find large cast plays by Canadian women, two-spirit, trans, and non-binary creators.
Written by: Rebecca Fisseha
Genre: Drama
Length: 90 min.
Wise.Woman is a play which involves a modern tangle of relationships, self-discovery, and a revealing journey into the old world of an East African dynasty. The story follows Saba’s journey from home in Canada, back to her ancestral home in Ethiopia, where she plans to marry her childhood sweetheart Solomon....
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: Meg Braem
Length: 105 min.
Chrysothemis and Electra have returned home to discover their father, King Agamemnon, murdered by their anorexic and withdrawn mother. Electra craves revenge while Chrysothemis is starving for peace. Using Greek culinary tradition and the events of Aeschylus’ tragic trilogy “The Oresteia” as a jumping-off point, Exia explores the many appetites...
Written by: Christine Foster
Genre: Adaptation, Adventure, Classical
Length: 70 min.
Having angered Poseidon with his victory over Troy, The Odyssey follows Odysseus, who faces ten years of the god’s rage, including tempests, whirlpools, enchanted islands, the Cyclops, the Sirens, and the seductive wiles of Circe and Calypso as he struggles to return home to Ithaca and his wife and son....
Written by: Gail Nyoka
Genre: TYA
Length: 60 min.
The King – Mella’s father – is dying, and the land dies with him. The only hope to save the King, end the drought, and restore prosperity to the people is to seek the help of the mysterious N’anga and the much-feared Python. This is not a quest for the...
Written by: Talia Pura
Genre: Adaptation
“This adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic goes back to the original story, bringing back the characters that most stage versions ignore. The action begins with Jonathan’s meeting of the count in his castle in Transylvania, before moving to London and the havoc his presence causes there. The dramatic conclusion finds...
Written by: Margaret Atwood
Genre: Adaptation, Drama, Musical/Opera
Length: 90 min.
“In Homer’s account in The Odyssey, Penelope—wife of Odysseus and cousin of the beautiful Helen of Troy—is portrayed as the quintessential faithful wife, her story a salutary lesson through the ages. In The Penelopiad, left alone for twenty years when Odysseus goes off to fight in the Trojan War after...
Written by: Irene N. Watts
Genre: Adaptation, Fantasy, Myth/Legend/Folktale, Storytelling, TYA
Length: 10 min.
Adapted from a Chinese legend.
Written by: Erin Shields
Genre: Adaptation, Documentary, Drama, Tragedy
Length: 90 min.
“Erin Shields’ award-winning play is a shocking, uncompromising examination of the horrors of war, giving voice to a woman long ago forced into silence, and placing a spotlight on millions of female victims who have been silenced through violence, delivered through the lens of Greek tragedy.” (From the CPO Website)
Written by: Beth McMaster
Genre: TYA
Length: 60 min.
“A juvenile version of Antigone that gives children not only the story but a feel for Greek theatre as it was performed in the 5th century B.C.” (From the CPO Website)