Find large cast plays by Canadian women, two-spirit, trans, and non-binary creators.
Written by: Sharon Heath
Genre: Comedy, Musical/Opera
Length: 75 min.
39 …And Ticking! is a love story about a woman and her issues around dating, aging, raising kids and procreating. The style of the piece explores the genre of the clown-musical using direct address, clown lazzes, modern dance, musical numbers, stage fighting and more. The plot explores one woman’s hopes...
Written by: Sue Higgs
Genre: Drama
Length: 60 min.
“This play is to be performed in the style of an old radio play. Set in the late 1940s, early 1950s, the story is about a family gathering together for a birthday party. But the sisters clash and nothing goes to plan: Grandmother arrives drunk, one sister discovers she’s pregnant,...
Written by: Margaret Hollingsworth
Genre: Drama
Length: 120 min.
“In Mother Country, three Canadian women visit their British mother at her West Coast island home. The reunion crackles with tension as the deceit on which the women were raised is slowly exposed.” (From the CPO Website)
Written by: Joanne Miller
Genre: Mystery
Length: 105 min.
“When a human skeleton is found in the wall of the United Baptist Church, Sister Vivian Salter is called in to unravel the mystery. As she coaxes the town to give up its secrets, she butts heads with the local officer, nursing staff, farmhands, and an eccentric mute who claims...
Written by: Heather Morrow
Genre: Drama
“After six months in Europe, Sarah Sands returns home to Calgary–with her new fiancee Marek and his mother Irina. As Sarah introduces her troubled brother, her disillusioned aunt, and her father, Jake, to her new family, one thing becomes obvious–what are the Sands working so hard to hide?” (From the...
Written by: Catherine Banks
Length: 110 min.
“Thinking that Ruth’s frequent request to “go to the water” is a longing to return to her happy youth, Peg has brought her ailing mother to Nova Scotia. Peg sees the old house by the sea as refuge, a place to begin again with 14-year-old Zoe. However, when Ruth enters...