A listing of plays written by Canadian women playwrights featured in this database.


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  • Joyce, Effie, and BB are cowgirl goddesses on Mount Olympus who lament what they see down on earth. It’s a cowboy’s world. Cocky steer-ropers have stolen the spotlight for long enough. The...
  • 2015
    Set in a downtown sex club, Crush follows the amorous adventures of Donna and the trail of carnage she leaves behind. Her lover Matt is jilted and then murdered, newlyweds Anna and Otto are...
  • Staged reading performed at the Asper Centre for Theatre and Film in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Historical period: 21st Century, Contemporary. Characters: female adults: 3. Play includes speeches suitable...
  • First produced in 2004 by CBC.
  • Lacey gets ruffled when an elderly woman runs amuck in the lingerie section of a department store after her daughter abandons her. This one-act comedy explores what can happen when caregivers are...
  • First produced in 1999 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Geographic setting: Hollywood, Los Angeles. Historical period: Late 20th century, contemporary. Characters: male adults: 2; female adults: 4.
  • First produced in 1992 at the Great Canadian Theatre Company in Ottawa, Ontario. Geographic setting: Canada. Characters: female adults: 1. Play includes speeches suitable for actors auditioning,...
  • First produced in 2008 at Alumnae Theatre in Toronto, Ontario. Geographic setting: Dublin, Ireland. Historical period: Late 20th Century. Characters: male adults: 4; female adults: 3. Play includes...
  • 2017-03-23
    What happens when you mix dreams, desire, and a lot of cold, hard cash?
  • How would you react if your ex-fiancé showed up while you were in bed with a new boyfriend? What if your ex had been dead for over a year? Rene must cope with her grief after the ghost of her...
  • 1996
    First produced in 1997 at Venue III in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Geographic setting: North America. Historical period: Contemporary. Characters: male adults: 1; female adults: 1.
  • 2001
    In this radio drama, the nurse in the elder-care facility is worried that Lois Sharpe might just wander off somewhere ... perhaps much farther than anyone could reasonably expect.
  • First produced in 2008 at Pantages Playhouse in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Geographic setting: Texas. Historical period: Contemporary. Characters: male adults: 1; female adults: 1. Play includes speeches...
  • First produced in 1984 at The University in Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Geographic setting: An airport terminal. Historical period: Late 20th Century Characters: male adults: 3; female adults:...
  • 2015-11-03
    It is the near future and our addiction to technology continues to permeate our lives. Anna is happy and successful. Then she meets Joseph and her world suddenly feels empty as she sees it through...
  • Geographic setting: Prairies. Historical period: Contemporary. Characters: male adults: 1; female adults: 1. Play includes speeches that are suitable for actors auditioning, and speeches suitable...
  • 2003
    First produced in 2003 at the Vancouver Fringe Festival in British Columbia. Historical period: Contemporary. Characters: female adults: 1. Play includes speeches suitable for actors auditioning,...
  • 2015-11-04
    Eddy, a high school god, falls for the new girl--his English teacher (Cass). He wants her, and he always gets what he wants. Is this a "happily ever after" story? Probably not. A dark tale of heart...
  • First produced in 1991 by CBC Radio in Toronto, Ontario. Historical period: Future. Characters: male adults: 5; female adults: 5.
  • 2003-03
  • A newly separated mother of three is trying to sort out her busy life and get back into the dating scene, but it isn’t easy.
  • A thoughtless word nearly ruins a friendship.
  • First produced in 1992 by CBC Radio in Toronto, Ontario. Geographic setting: Imaginary Wild West. Historical period: Early 20th Century. Characters: male adults: 7; female adults: 3. Play includes...
  • This collection of entertaining puppet plays features magical and mystical characters, and deals with such themes as courage, friendship, and loyalty. These seven plays--"The Magic Egg," "The...
  • A pair of couples swaps partners.
  • Three women are in crisis. Grandmother Laura is facing encroaching infirmity, her daughter Eileen is divorced and unhappy, while granddaughter Corrie is coping with a difficult adolescence.
  • A woman receives a gift and is forced to confront a dark secret from her past.
  • Ten days after an air-sea disaster, an island fisherman struggles to recover from the aftermath of his participation in the rescue-turned-recovery operation of a downed jetliner. Aaron’s mental...
  • This adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel includes many of the characters generally set aside in modern theatre productions. There are 18 speaking parts and large group scenes, making it ideal for a...
  • A young tech whiz invents an app to detect supernatural entities but manages to miss what's right in front of her eyes.
  • When you go down the rabbit hole, do you consider how in the world you're going to get out again?
  • First produced in 2006 at Arts Club Theatre Revue Stage in Vancouver, British Columbia. Geographic setting: Outdoors. Historical period: 21st Century. Characters: male adults: 1; female adults: 1....
  • Reading given in 2001 at the Brief New Works Festival in Calgary.
  • 2012
    In a not so distant future, the world is divided along the lines of class, race, and gender. To some it is utopia, the new Eden, while to the majority it is a living hell. The play unravels in a...
  • First produced in 2010 at Factory Studio Theatre in Toronto, Ontario. Geographic setting: Philippines, USA. Historical period: Contemporary. Characters: female adults: 1.
  • First produced in 1991 at Madrigal Theatre in Toronto, Ontario. Geographic setting: An elevator. Historical period: Late 20th Century. Characters: female adults: 2. Play includes speeches suitable...
  • Emily Lindin was eleven years old when she was labeled the school "slut"; having gone through puberty earlier than her classmates, she was the target of sexual bullying and what is often called ...
  • 2012
    From single mother immigrant to those dealing with illness, we meet the wide range of food bank users and are introduced to the place where everybody knows their name. The play presents a slice of...

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