In 1887, women were property and could be imprisoned for any reason. Jail was considered a place for the criminal, the disabled, the mentally ill, and the marginalized.In the basement prison below Tor
Winner of the 2014 Governor General's Literary Award for French-language dramaEveryday conversation has always been a challenge for Julie, a lonely and anxious researcher who spends her days bent over
Refractions: Scenes is the hotly anticipated follow-up to Refractions: Solo, a collection of monologues also edited by St. Bernard and Nolan.This collection can be used both as a source for actors and
For more than three decades, Griffiths worked tirelessly and passionately to redefine drama and performance in Canada, constantly pushing artistic boundaries in her quest to tell new and unconventiona
In Mistatim, which is based on a concept from Sandra Laronde of Red Sky Performance, two eleven-year-olds strike up an unlikely friendship at the fence between one’s reservation and the other’s ranch.
Sorrel grew up with professor parents, where carob was dessert, reading passages of Canadian poetry aloud was entertainment, and canoeing was the only sport encouraged. No one really noticed the studi
In New Canadian Kid, Nick has just moved to Canada from a country called Homeland, where he is forced to grapple with his fears of a new culture and language and cope with classmates who taunt him for
The 17th century and present day are seamlessly intertwined as Satan vents to an audience about her frustration at being cast out of heaven and her thoughts on oppression. When she finds out that God
Botticelli in the Fire imagines the famed painter of The Birth of Venus, Sandro Botticelli, as an irrepressible seeker of love and pleasure caught between the powerful Medici family, the firebrand tea
This collection seeks to understand why it is important not just to continue to tell queer stories on stage, but also to piece together the larger historical narrative of Canadian queer theatrical pro
Jon Lien was once a respected researcher and a risk-taker, swimming into dangerous waters to rescue trapped whales. But now Jon is confined to land, living his last years in a wheelchair with brain da
It’s been over twenty years since Guy ditched his high-school sweetheart Gloria at the prom, and they haven’t spoken since. Now he’s a failed LA lawyer, divorced, and working at his brother’s golf res
Is there such thing as gay heritage? Three of Canada's most gifted performers set out to find the answer by going beyond Google to discover forgotten heroes and stories (and a few well-known names), c
A 19th-century English fur trader, his Cree wife, and Métis guide are harrowingly pursued by an unseen monster on the Athabasca River. Two freshwater biologists in present-day Fort McMurray are invest
In celebration of its fiftieth year of producing and providing space for new and diverse Canadian theatre, this book gathers touching tributes, funny anecdotes, fascinating photos, memorable reviews,
Two emotionally unrestrained plays that reveal the reality of living as a queer woman of color. The Femme Playlist shows what it's like to be sexy and proud, slutty and loud, queer and brown. I Cannot
Twelve-year-old Molly was riding her new bicycle on a deserted road when a man in a truck pulled up next to her, saying he was lost. He asked if she could get in and help him back to the highway, and
In Up the Garden Path, a young Barbadian seamstress is coerced into posing as her half-brother to go to the Niagara region in Ontario and work on a vineyard. There, she meets an aspiring actress obses
Claudette still can’t forgive her mother, Daphne, for leaving. For six years of her childhood, Claudette and her sister Valerie were left with their grandmother while their mother moved from Jamaica t
Daniel’s ready to talk. And his friends Krystina and Jeremy are ready to help. But is it too late? Set in separate but simultaneous lunch periods at two different high schools, the teenagers are faced
Rick, Ted, Donnie, and Cameron are home for their fifteen-year college reunion; a great time to go out for a game of golf and catch up on each other’s lives. Unlike their college days, the conversatio
Growing up, Nancy believed in magic despite a hand-me-down life in a small town. So it’s no wonder the buzzing excitement of Toronto and its allure of freedom was a likely choice for her new home, the
In huff, brothers Wind, Huff, and Charles are trying to cope with their father’s abusive whims and their mother’s recent suicide. In a brutal reality of death and addiction, they huff gas and pull des
A fast-paced political comedy from Michael Healey, the critically acclaimed author of The Drawer Boy and Proud, that examines the space between ideals and political reality during a monumental moment
In Hedda Gabler, a recently married Hedda fights against the pressures of her new life and her own neuroses, coming to terms with an untimely choice. Against the backdrop of a family drama, Sirens: E
In this gripping follow-up to The Last Wife, Kate Hennig continues her Tudor Queens Trilogy by cleverly exploring victim shaming, sexual consent, and the extraordinary ability of girls becoming women
Based on the classic novel by Wayne Johnston, this is the story of a man whose career is buoyed and sometimes sunk by his unresolved feelings for a woman he never allowed himself to love. It is also t
Challenging the idea of a singular narrative of Canadian theatre history, the essays in this collection explore topics ranging from the life-writing of World War I veterans, to a reconsideration of th
In The Matka King a landscape of betrayal and redemption comes to life via an illicit lottery in the red-light district of Bombay, India.In Bombay Black, when a mysterious blind man named Kamal visits
A groundbreaking anthology of plays about the Israel-Palestine conflict penned by diaspora playwrights of Jewish and Palestinian decent. This volume of seven plays varies in genre between drama and co
A collection of twenty-five short, powerful plays that pack a punch through a variety of genres and styles. Ideal for a range of readers from drama students to aspiring theatre practitioners, and for
Chrissie and Jeremy have spent a great deal of time waiting?for news of their baby daughter’s post-operation recovery, for weekly scans to show that her tumor is gone, for forty-five-second updates fr
Thirty-something Kate has been tasked with mounting a museum exhibit about the history of romance and love despite her own romantically unsuccessful relationships. Intent on curating the show, Kate in
A darkly comic story of four teenagers struggling with death, depression, and the shadow of a black dog.Two is fraught. While dealing with the impossible expectations of her parents, she is trying to
In 1942, a ship carrying over a hundred soldiers ran aground off the Burin Peninsula, killing most of its men. Lanier Phillips, the sole African-American survivor of the wreck, is rescued and cared fo
