"We need to stand up as writers for the stage–as playwrights–as artists who could not merely work within a nascent Canadian theatre, but as the creators of the theatre." – Carol Bolt
Featured Playwright of the Month
Jennifer Wynne Webber
Jennifer Wynne Webber is an award-winning playwright who writes in multiple genres and who has also worked as a television journalist, professional actor, dramaturge, and video producer. Her first book was a novel called Defying Gravity. Scirocco Drama has published two of her plays: Beside Myself and With Glowing Hearts: How Ordinary Women Worked Together to Change the World (And Did). Her play, White Lies, was published in the literary journal, Ryga and, under its former title Whistling at the Northern Lights, was also selected as one of Canada's top five plays for Neue Theaterstücke aus Kanada, a Berlin-based Canada-Germany theatre export program. Two of Jennifer's plays have also received Off-Broadway staged readings. Jennifer has a degree in History from the University of Saskatchewan and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia.
December 16, 2020 @ 12:00 am - January 18, 2021 @ 12:00 am EST
"TYA Playwright's Toolbox" with Beth Graham, Josh Languedoc, Stephen Heatley, Dave Deveau, Clem Martini & Conni Massing
January 7 @ 12:00 am - May 28 @ 12:00 am MST
"Dragon Ladies, China Dolls & Beyond: Transforming Representations of the Asian Female" featuring Marjorie Chan
"Hold Your Wings" by Christine Foster
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Watch the Future of Your Story featuring Daniel David Moses and Gary Henderson
Find large cast plays by Canadian women on the Pledge Project website
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