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Inspired by Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle.This play paints a stark and realistic portrait of what it’s like to live in cities such as Toronto currently, especially as a young person battling late-stage capitalism.First produced by Tarragon Theatre, Toronto, in...
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Playwrights Canada Press
Parution :
2023-05-30
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David was inspired to write this after reading Al Purdy’s poem “House Guest,” the only poem that really records this period of Al Purdy and Milton Acorn’s lives.First produced by Factory Theatre, Toronto, in April 2022
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Playwrights Canada Press
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2023-05-30
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Venus' Daughter is inspired by the life of Sara "Saartjie" Baartman, who was known as "The Hottentot Venus". Baartman was a Khoisan woman taken from South Africa to be displayed on London stages from 1810 to 1815; she was then posthumously displayed at the Musee de...
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Scirocco Drama
Parution :
2023-05-18
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A dramatic and often humourous look at six black Canadians of diverse backgrounds who share a Toronto house. Their lives unfold against the backdrop of civil unrest which erupted when the Lost Angeles police officers on trial for the beating of Rodney King are...
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Scirocco Drama
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2023-05-18
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The premiere production in 2019 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the protest.First produced by Tableau D’hôte in collaboration with Playwrights' Workshop Montréal at D.B. Clarke Theatre, Montréal, in February 2019
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Playwrights Canada Press
Parution :
2023-05-16
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This is a true story!The show will premiere at the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre in Winnipeg in April 2023.First produced by the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Winnipeg, in April 2023
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Playwrights Canada Press
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2023-05-16
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Strangers Elsie and Matt are both feeling great voids in their lives. Elsie, a literature professor, is grieving her famous novelist mother’s tragic death. Matt, a city engineer, is trying to regain childhood memories from living in war-torn Yugoslavia. When a sudden...
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Playwrights Canada Press
Parution :
2023-04-04
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What happened last night on the dance floor? Gary knows he went to the club with his friend Desiree, but now all he has is a fuzzy memory and a text saying, “We’re done.” Desiree has known something’s been up with Gary, but she always kept her thoughts to herself. Until...
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Playwrights Canada Press
Parution :
2023-04-04
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A new apartment should be a warm and welcoming signal to a fresh chapter of life. It shouldn’t be where a family waits in the dark, surrounded by unpacked boxes, as missiles rain down around them.Already eight years into the Iran–Iraq War, Nasrin and her two adult...
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Playwrights Canada Press
Parution :
2023-03-28
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Yaga is a mash-up of police procedural, noir thriller, comedy, and lore.Kat wanted to point out how society speaks of and labels women, especially older women.Soon to be a Crave TV series starring Carrie-Anne Moss, Noah Reid, Clark Backo, and Hudson Williams.
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Playwrights Canada Press
Parution :
2023-01-31
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First produced by PIECE OF MINE Arts for Black Theatre Network, Memphis, in July 2018.
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Playwrights Canada Press
Parution :
2023-01-31
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Welcome to the world of the one per cent, the corporate elite, the C-suite, the kingmakers. A world managed by payoffs, press releases, NDAs, and company policies. What happens to morality in this world when its people have limitless power?
When a CEO and his...
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Playwrights Canada Press
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2023-01-24
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This is a stage adaptation of events from Mark Sakamoto’s 2018 Canada Reads–winning memoir Forgiveness: A Gift From My Grandparents. It will premiere in Vancouver in January 2023 and move to Calgary in March 2023.Hiro’s last published play, Indian Arm, won the Governor...
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Playwrights Canada Press
Parution :
2023-01-10
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First produced by Geordie Theatre, Montreal, in April 2019.The play is inspired by the book A Dance Like Starlight by Kristy Dempsey, but takes place two generations later.This is the first book for young audiences by the three-time Governor General’s Literary Award...
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Playwrights Canada Press
Parution :
2023-01-10
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First produced by Sick + Twisted Theatre at Prairie Theatre Exchange, Winnipeg, in April 2019.Debbie wrote the play while adjusting to disability herself.Debbie wanted to explore the topic of end-of-life choices when medical assistance in dying legislation was being...
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Playwrights Canada Press
Parution :
2023-01-10
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First produced by Aluna Theatre at the Theatre Centre, Toronto, in November 2019.
Editeur :
Playwrights Canada Press
Parution :
2022-12-13
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First produced by Crow’s Theatre, Toronto, in September 2021Ben McNally Books staff pick, June 2023
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Playwrights Canada Press
Parution :
2022-12-13
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Commissioned by Nightswimming’s 5X25 program, and first performed in part at the 2019 Rhubarb Festival at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto.Wasp is about trans people trying to defy impossible odds just to live their lives.After a production was cancelled due to...
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Playwrights Canada Press
Parution :
2022-12-06
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First produced in January 2020 at Persephone Theatre in SaskatoonThe music by Lancelot Knight is critical for giving space to reflect due to the hard truths being spoken.Joel Bernbaum already had fifty interviews collected for a play on race relations when Colten...
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Playwrights Canada Press
Parution :
2022-12-06
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The Sri Lankan civil war has left many scars on Thangan and his family, most noticeably the loss of his eldest son and the crippling epileptic seizures brought on by his torture. As the final days of the war play out, the family bears witness from their new home of...
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Playwrights Canada Press
Parution :
2022-11-22
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