Four members of the Canadian Armed Forces are interviewed by an unseen broadcasting corporation regarding their service in Afghanistan and the events that led up to a horrific incident.
Canadian drama
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Author:Moscovitch, HannahSummary: - Author:MacIovr, DanielSummary:
Most people hope for happy endings. For Warren, a gay divorcee, that means getting his stuff back; most importantly, his cherished John Denver CD. And then there's Warren's assortment of friends: Susan, a Percocet-fuelled divorce lawyer...
- Author:Sherman, JasonSummary:
The issue of loyalty and betrayal is dramatized through dialogue in the Governor-General's-Award-winning Three in the Back, Two in the Head, which appears to have been based on the assassination of Gerald Bull, the brilliant Canadian...
- Author:Burkett, Ronnie, Nicholls, LizSummary:
Two old friends become puppeteers, each performing with the same beloved folk characters, Franz and Schnitzel. Fipsi, ambitious and naive, aligns herself with the rule government, the Common Good. Carl, headstrong and outspoken, is...
- Author:Moodie, AndrewSummary:
When top Crown attorney Thomas Matthews, a victim of racial profiling himself, is assigned to prosecute the accused against a Left-leaning white attorney, tensions mount and personal politics bubble to the surface. Cutting deep into the...
- Author:Tidler, CharlesSummary:
Four disparate people confront each other--their memory and their responsibility--at the emergency room of a hospital when brought together by the crisis of a teenager suffering a psychiatric episode. Tortoise Boy is a “chamber play,”...
- Author:Craig, David S.Summary:
Sixteen-year-old Dane and his mom have relocated to Nova Scotia hoping to flee an abusive relationship with Dane’s father. In the midst of this, Dane has been getting into trouble with the law. He’s been caught breaking into and...
- Author:Rémy Girard, Denis BouchardSummary:
Tranches de vie est constitué d'une part de sketchs que nous avons écrits à quatre mains et qui faisaient partie d'un spectacle intitulé La farce de l'âge, créé au Théâtre du Rideau Vert, en 1990. L'idée...
- Author:Stapleton, Berni, King-Campbell, SharonSummary:
Originally produced for the stage by Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland and For the Love of Learning, transVersing features some of Newfoundland's most vibrant and necessary trans-youth voices. Gathering the work of Violet Drake, Daze...
- Author:For the Love of LearningSummary:
Originally produced for the stage by Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland and For the Love of Learning, transVersing features some of Newfoundland’s most vibrant and necessary trans-youth voices. Gathering the work of Violet Drake, Daze...
- Author:Bramer, ShannonSummary:
With an introduction by Sara Tilley
From playwright and poet Shannon Bramer comes Trapsongs, a collection of three dark comedies that navigate the realm of the surreal and absurd.
In "Monarita," an intimate friendship... - Author:MacIvor, DanielSummary:
Vic and Kat were the stars of the iconic 90s punk band, Trigger. A decade after both the band and their friendship imploded on stage, they meet again to make an appearance at a fundraiser--provided, of course, that they can stand being...
- Author:Dey, ClaudiaSummary:
Described by Variety as 'Yukon Gothic,' Claudia Dey's acclaimed play Trout Stanley is set in northern British Columbia, on the outskirts of a mining town between Misery Junction and Grizzly Alley. In this inhospitable...
- Author:Johnson, BrookeSummary:
In 1985, while a student at the National Theatre School of Canada, Brooke Johnson became friends with Pierre Elliott Trudeau. In her solo play, Brooke brings to life the story of this surprising friendship. At once vital and charming,...
- Author:Laborde, RosaSummary:
Sisters Marie, Cece, and Anita run a small coffee-and-clothes shop on Toronto's trendy Queen Street West. One evening their estranged father, Roy, wanders in, in his pyjamas. He is clutching a note explaining that he has Alzheimer...
- Author:Fraser, BradSummary:
Sparking a series of further revelations, the sudden reappearance of David exposes suppressed emotions and desires in everyone and the family must renegotiate their relationships with each other and, ultimately, redefine their family....
- Author:MacIvor, DanielSummary:
In Communion, a recovering alcoholic and her estranged daughter try to negotiate a new relationship in spite of vastly different lifestyles; Was Spring tells the story of three women who suffered a tragic accident years ago; and Small...
- Author:Carley, DaveSummary:
Twelve Hours is the story of Jimmy Stanton. Convicted of the rape and murder of a young woman, Jimmy is facing his last hours on Death Row. As his story unfolds, so do those of the people whose lives he has impacted, from the sister of...
- Author:Corbeil-Coleman, Charlotte, Pierre, Joseph JomoSummary:
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 place she finds herself years later...
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A collection of humorous and short two-spirit plays about the desires, identity and community of homosexual Indigenous people.
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