Canadian drama

  • Wrong For Each Other

    Creator

    Foster, Norm

    Abstract

    A chance meeting in a restaurant, after four years apart, sends a couple flashing back through the highs and lows of their courtship and marriage. It is an hilarious and often heart-breaking look at the rollercoaster ride of a relationship."A tasty comic treat. Characters with whom we can all identify."

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Playwrights Canada Press

    Non spécifié
  • A History of Breathing

    Creator

    Macdonald, Daniel

    Abstract

    Two boats float aimlessly on an ocean that conceals the remains of civilization and history. One boat carries a father and daughter, the last survivors of an unspeakable catastrophe; the other carries the only hope for a new beginning. Daniel Macdonald crafts a stunning tale of myth and reality at the end of the world and at its creation.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Playwrights Canada Press

    Non spécifié
  • Kilt Pins

    Creator

    Hernandez, Catherine

    Abstract

    In a Catholic high school in Scarborough, Ontario, amidst low-income housing, difficult race relations, and poverty, a young woman struggles to find her sexual identity. In this sincere portrayal of high-school kids pitting the voice of God and thousands of years of scripture against the voice of their own bodies, Kilt Pins cheekily asks "Is your kilt pin up or down?"

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Playwrights Canada Press

    Non spécifié
  • Pyaasa & Letters to My Grandma

    Creator

    Roy, Anusree

    Jones, Thomas

    Abstract

    Set in Calcutta, Pyaasa tells the story of Chaya, an eleven-year-old untouchable who dreams of nothing more than learning her times tables. When Chaya's mother begs a woman from a higher caste to give Chaya a job at a local tea stall, Chaya's journey from childhood to adulthood begins and ends over ten days.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Playwrights Canada Press

    Non spécifié
  • The Goodnight Bird

    Creator

    Murphy, Colleen

    Abstract

    Lilly and Morgan Beaumont are comfortable in their routine until Parker, a homeless man, lands on the balcony of their new condo. After scaring the older couple half to death, he pours himself into the holes of their relationship, agitating them with talk of sex—talk that drives Lilly out into the night and sends Morgan on the road to another heart attack.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Playwrights Canada Press

    Non spécifié
  • Rune Arlidge

    Creator

    Healey, Michael

    Abstract

    A family of women—the eldest incapable of keeping stories to herself, her two daughters on the verge of making life-altering decisions, a granddaughter wise beyond her years. Healey takes us on a 25-year-long trip to the family cottage. A new play by the author of The Drawer Boy.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Playwrights Canada Press

    Non spécifié
  • The Secret Mask

    Creator

    Chafe, Rick

    Abstract

    This heartwarming and often hilarious play tells the story of Ernie and George, an estranged father and son who are reunited when a debilitating stroke leaves Ernie with a speech disorder and memory loss. While George is undeniably hurt and betrayed by the man who abandoned him as a child, Ernie can't remember his words, or where he lives. Together they must find a way to make sense of their past and their future through fractured memories and muddled language.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Playwrights Canada Press

    Non spécifié
  • Age of Minority Three Plays by Jordan Tannahill

    Creator

    Tannahill, Jordan

    Abstract

    Based on a true story, Get Yourself Home Skyler James follows the harrowing journey of a young lesbian who defects from the army when she is outed by fellow soldiers. Peter Fechter: 52 Minutes chronicles the last hour of Peter Fechter's life, a teenager in East Berlin shot while attempting to cross the Berlin Wall in 1962 with his companion. Finally, rihannaboi95 centres around a Toronto teen whose world comes crashing in when YouTube videos of him dancing to songs by his favourite pop heroine go viral.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Playwrights Canada Press

    Non spécifié
  • Under wraps

    Creator

    Chafe, Robert

    Abstract

    The moment Mark meets David his world is thrown off balance. Who could have predicted finding love in a furniture store, or finding it with an unemployed lifeguard? But despite their immediate connection, Mark isn’t sure if David is gay. Mark isn’t even sure if Mark is gay. As he falls deeper in love, Mark works desperately to make David nothing more than a friend and to make that enough. Filled with hopeful exhilaration and devastating missed opportunities, Under Wraps nimbly tracks one man’s tumultuous quest to finally love himself and let it all out.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Playwrights Canada Press

    Non spécifié
  • Brothel #9

    Creator

    Roy, Anusree

    Turcott, Iris

    Abstract

    A deal has been struck between two men in India—twenty-one hundred rupees in exchange for a young village woman named Rekha. Sent to Calcutta without knowing why, Rekha finds herself in the confines of a brothel with Jamuna, a prostitute and madam, who is resigned to her trade. In these conditions, Rekha must shape her destiny and find inner liberty.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Playwrights Canada Press

    Non spécifié