A hard-boiled 1940s Manhattan newspaperman, sent to photograph a crime scene, goes on the lam with the suspect in Morwyn Brebner’s new hit play–the first-ever film noir/social drama/musical comedy! Little Mercy Callaghan has led a...
Canadian drama
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Author:Brebner, MorwynSummary: - Author:Moscovitch, HannahSummary:
A chilling psychological thriller, Little One is the haunting story of adopted siblings Aaron and Claire—one the definition of normal, the other deeply disturbed and unpredictable—and the strange lives of their neighbours, a man and his...
- Author:Vingoe, MarySummary:
Anna soon realizes that she is out of her element in the city, and longs to return home. Determined to make the best of her situation, Anna goes against the wishes of Barnum and befriends the other "living curiosities," developing a...
- Author:Napoli, RoseSummary:
Ten years ago, Laura was a student in Alan Wells' English class. She was uncharacteristically smart for a fifteen-year-old - perceptive and vulnerable - a dream for a flailing teacher. Now, at twenty-five, Laura has written her...
- Author:Goy, Luba, Tarasiuk, Andrey, Flacks, DianeSummary:
Luba Goy, an original member of Canada's popular comedy troupe, Royal Canadian Air Farce, is one of this country's most beloved comedic actors. In Luba, Simply Luba, we are invited into her colourful and astonishing life. From...
- Author:Atkins, DamienSummary:
Reluctantly, Vivian agrees, although motherhood is something that she never desired. Overwhelmed by the particulars of Lucy's care and unable to connect with her daughter at first, Vivian soon realizes that Lucy isn't that different...
- Author:Griffith, RyanSummary:
Thinking to find peace from his troubles, Christian realizes his brother still resents him for leaving with their mother years ago, and he struggles to fight those haunting memories. But the past has ways of coming back, and soon...
- Author:O'Brien, Michael, Nicholls, LizSummary:
Set in the final days of the first millennium, Mad Boy Chronicle hauls the Hamlet story howling back to its origins. Join the Mad Boy as he sets out in fierce pursuit of his destiny, in a world where wolves, elves, spirits, and Jesus...
- Author:Griffths, LindaSummary:
Winner of the first Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play, Maggie and Pierre chronicles the public and private relationship between Pierre Trudeau and Margaret Trudeau from 1974-1980. In this mock epic tale three characters,...
- Author:Davis, Tom Arthur, Grammy, TaraSummary:
Mahmoud is an exuberant, if overwhelmingly passionate, Iranian engineer-cum-taxi driver who relishes the chance to regale his passengers with his love of Persian culture. Emanuelos, a fabulously gay Spanish perfume salesman, can talk a...
- Author:Olson, Karen W., Foggo, Cheryl, Crate, JoanSummary:
A diverse group of seven writers comes together to create seven tender scenes about their hopes for the future. "The seven of us, a diverse group of elders, have endured, loved, lost and celebrated life in our own ways. Now, we...
- Author:Chafe, RickSummary:
Put away the knives because tensions are rising in this kitchen renovation. What could help patch up a marriage better than a home renovation? Wayne thinks he's doing his wife Julie a favour by hiring a young couple to help redo...
- Author:Massicotte, StephenSummary:
Presented in a brand-new edition with a new introduction and updated script, revisit the play that is being produced over and over again throughout the world.
- Author:Massing, Conni L.Summary:
At a crumbling zoo, an elephant keeper, a security guard, and a newly hired media consultant have differing views over what should be done about the zoo's main attraction, the aging Sri Lankan elephant Matara. Matara is...
- Author:Foster, NormSummary:
Harry Sullivan hasn't seen his son Drew in thirteen years, and now Drew is coming to Harry's Saskatchewan ranch for a visit. This poignant comedy tells the story of two men who are too stubborn to give in to feelings of the heart.
- Author:Prescott, MarcSummary:
Sans se déculotter complètement, l'auteur se dévoile dans Mes shorts. Ce recueil de textes brefs pour enfants, pour jeunes et moins jeunes est un heureux mélange de styles et de genres, passant du monologue, à la courte pièce et même au...
- Author:Curtis, DougSummary:
Paul is asked to drive his wife's 93-year-old Grandpa "Bud" all the way from Calgary to his retirement trailer in Mesa, Arizona. Paul hopes to find strange, roadside diners and sleep out under the stars. Bud wants Denny's and Motel 6....
- Author:Johnson, Melody ASummary:
How does a farm girl in 1950s Ontario escape the stall-cleaning, cow-milking, hal-baling drudgery of life on Rural Route 2? She becomes a movie star, of course! The quickest route to Hollywood for a plucky gal in the mid-twentieth...
- Author:Racine, Darrell, Lakevold, DaleSummary:
Misty Lake tells the story of a young Metis journalist from Winnipeg who travels to a Dene reserve in Northern Manitoba to conduct an interview with a former residential school student. What Mary imparts in her interview will change...
- Author:Chan, MartySummary:
A Chinese son must tell his parents that he has moved in with his white girlfriend. In a counter-narrative, the play explodes Asian stereotypes in a B-movie spoof called "Wrath of the Yellow Claw."
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