The Trespassers unfolds over the course of a few weeks in a town in the middle of nowhere?not small enough to be a quaint place or large enough to be in any way an interesting one. They once had a saw
Gordon was always an odd little child, given his penchant for setting the neighbours’ sheds on fire with their pets locked inside and his fascination with the funeral rituals at the church across the
Lawrence and Holloman, a hapless nerd and a loquacious salesman, meet by chance. From this fleetingly irritating and insignificant encounter, the viciously murderous and incredulously bizarre plot eme
Two-time Governor General’s Award-winning playwright Morris Panych has done with What Lies Before Us the almost unthinkable: he has turned Waiting for Godot into a comedy while simultaneously heighten
Four seasons after her husband Tom’s disappearance, Colette remains emotionally paralyzed, isolated in a country cottage. She waits in anguish, not knowing whether he is dead or alive, but clinging to
Of all our contemporary urban myths none is more absurd than the fiction of the "classless society," and Morris Panych's latest comedy penetrates ruthlessly to the shock and horror of the residue of h
Fastidious and fussy shoe salesman by day and secretive aspiring film scriptwriter by night, Oswald Eichersen's dreams of success are as grandly inflated as his self esteem is hopelessly deficient. Ju
The universal mark of good satire is still to make audiences laugh at the worst traits in human nature. Here, in his own words, is how Morris Panych updated these three great comedy classics from a ce
In this riotously funny new comedy from Morris Panych, we meet Alma, a seasoned career shoplifter who prefers the five-finger discount over some lousy seniors’ day deal. But it’s not just an empty wal
Since Morris Panych’s classic black comedy Vigil premiered in 1996, it has been produced throughout North America, the United Kingdom, and Europe, including a 2009 Off-Broadway production, which opene
"The best script Morris Panych has ever written."?Toronto StarA blizzard strands six musicians in their motel with only their instruments, each other, and their secrets to keep them warm. Wh
As Morris Panych’s latest comedy opens, we hear Iris, a precocious girl of ten, saying: ?These are the last few days of my childhood.” The death of her goldfish, Amal, she is sure, has been announced
