Find large cast plays by Canadian women, two-spirit, trans, and non-binary creators.
Written by: Catherine Ann Banks
Genre: Tragedy
Length: 120 min.
It is 1930 and young David Canaan (13) is beloved by his parents Joseph and Martha, his twin sister Anna, and older brother Chris. Held in awe by his community because of his intelligence it seems that David is destined for great things. Yet slowly that future disappears in a...
Written by: Sunny Drake
Length: 110 min.
When a suburban boomer couple return home to find their queer millennial daughter, Annabel, hosting a swingers’ party to make cash, they’re forced to question the state of their marriage. Annabel, in turn, must ponder her own future when she adds a new relationship to her chosen family of polyamorous...
Written by: Kathleen McCreery
Genre: Adaptation, Classical, Musical/Opera
Length: 120 min.
An adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell’s classic 19th century novel MARY BARTON. John Barton is a poor millworker who becomes involved in illicit trade union activities. His dressmaker daughter Mary is courted by Harry Carson, the son of John’s employer, a wealthy mill owner. Harry is murdered and Jem Wilson, her...
Written by: Paddy Gillard-Bentley
Genre: Comedy
Length: 90 min.
Celia and Edna in a waiting room in Heaven…waiting for their husbands to – well, die. Unknown to them, they married the same man…and he’s remarried to the 58 year old tart, Skeeter – who is close on the heels to arrive in Heaven. So – who gets Manny for...
Written by: Lisa Coleman-Brown
Genre: Drama
Length: 60 min.
In Fame & Infamy, the madcap days of turn of the 20th century Vaudeville and the slapstick world of the Silent Silver Screen the beloved, rotund yet dainty, actor comedian Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle comes to enjoy world renown. While he from boyhood achieves fame, Virginia Rappe from girlhood craves fame....
Written by: Kate Hennig
Genre: Drama
Length: 140 min.
In The Virgin Trial, fifteen-year-old Bess has no idea when she heads to London to see her uncle Ted that she is about to find herself at the heart of a scandal involving sexual impropriety; her stepfather, Thom; and an attempted overthrow of the government. What does all this have...
Written by: Kate Hennig
Genre: Drama
Length: 120 min.
A contemporary retelling of the compelling relationship between Katherine Parr and Henry VIII, The Last Wife is a funny, powerful examination of patriarchy, sexual politics, and women’s rights. Kate Parr is smart, confident, and passionate: a rising star in a world of intense competition. But her obligatory marriage to Henry...
Written by: Linda McCready
Length: 90 min.
The play is about the need to pursue one’s passion in order to find happiness. In the summer of 1936, two women from Toronto go on a sketching trip to Baie-Saint-Paul in Charlevoix County, Quebec. Dorothy, a 35-year old commercial artist, is very serious about further developing her art, while...
Written by: Kristin Shepherd
Length: 90 min.
Eleven-year-old Wavy is on the cusp of womanhood in a family of stand-up entertainers. When her grandmother has a stroke, Wavy’s mission is to save her from Des Peres (Despair), a home for unwanted old folks. Wavy is helped and hindered by her mother Del, by Chloe who is Granny...
Written by: Martha Ross
Genre: Comedy, Dark Comedy
Length: 60 min.
“In And Up They Flew, the time is 1936, the place is Northern England, a weekend in the country house of the Ashburys. Jane Ashbury dreams of being the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, from east to west. Her childhood friend, Nora Duckworth, has flight fantasies that...