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BANG BANG

By (author) Kat Sandler
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Lila, a young Black ex-cop, has been on leave from the force since she shot an unarmed Black youth. So when Tim, a white playwright, shows up at her door to casually inform her that his play inspired ...

Guarded Girls

By (author) Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman
Foreword by Kim Pate
Categories: Plays, playscripts

The stories and experiences of three imprisoned women and a guard intertwine in dramatic and dangerous ways, as the psychological destruction that is solitary confinement taunts each of their lives. At ...

Unholy

By (author) Diane Flacks
Categories: Plays, playscripts

Should women abandon religion? Four female panellists face off in a wild, whip-smart televised debate about the intersection of religion and misogyny. The debaters wrestle with themselves and with each ...

Scripting (Im)migration

Edited by Yana Meerzon
Categories: Plays, playscripts

In this companion anthology to Theatre and (Im)migration, plays by immigrant artists take a look at communication, historic moments, the immigrant and refugee experiences in Canada, accents, and more. ...

Theatre and (Im)migration

Theatre and (Im)migration shines a light on the impact immigrant artists have made and continue to make on the development of Canadian theatre, from themes, characters, and world issues to financial structures ...

Category E

By (author) Belinda Cornish
Introduction by Ruth Bratt
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In a world where people are filtered through eugenics profiling into those worthy of life and those not, three test subjects in a laboratory await their fate.

Botticelli in the Fire & Sunday in Sodom

By (author) Jordan Tannahill
Foreword by Kirsten Bowen
Categories: Plays, playscripts

Award-winning playwright Jordan Tannahill is back with modern-day queer and feminist retellings of two momentous events—one historic, one mythic. Botticelli in the Fire imagines the famed painter Sandro ...

Paradise Lost

By (author) Erin Shields
Introduction by Paul Stevens
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Erin Shields turns heaven and hell upside down in this witty, modern-feminist retelling of John Milton’s epic poem about the first battle between good and evil. In Shields’s Paradise Lost, the 17th ...

Paradise

By (author) Patti Flather
Categories: Plays, playscripts

A haunting, poetic story about four characters struggling to find grace and humanity, Paradise explores trauma, mental illness, addiction, and the lengths we’ll go for personal freedom. To learn more ...

The Last Wife

By (author) Kate Hennig
Categories: Plays, playscripts

A contemporary retelling of the compelling relationship between Katherine Parr and Henry VIII, The Last Wife is a funny, powerful examination of patriarchy, sexual politics, and women’s rights. To learn ...