Each month we interview member playwrights to share their work, stories and inspiration with the community. We recently spoke with Toronto-based playwright and actor, Marcia Johnson. Marcia wrote monologues about two historical Canadian women, Emily Stowe and Mary Ann Shadd Cary commissioned by Myseum of Toronto. They will be performed…

Each month we interview member playwrights to share their work, stories and inspiration with the community. We recently spoke with Frances Koncan (she/they), an Anishinaabe and Slovene playwright based in Treaty 1 territory on the land currently known as Winnipeg, Manitoba. Originally from Couchiching First Nation, they hold a BA…

Each month we interview member playwrights to share their work, stories and inspiration with the community. We recently spoke with Norm Foster, who has been called Canada’s preeminent comic playwright. Mr. Foster has seventy-five plays to his credit including The Foursome, Jonas and Barry in the Home, On A First…

Each month we interview member playwrights to share their work, stories and inspiration with the community. We recently spoke with Elio Zarrillo, a theatre artist, educator and consultant based on Treaty 1 territory. They work with many theatres & organizations across the country as a playwright, actor, director and cultural…

Each month we interview member playwrights to share their work, stories and inspiration with the community. We recently spoke with Clem Martini, celebrated playwright, novelist, and screenwriter with over thirty plays, and fourteen books of fiction and nonfiction to his credit, including the award-winning A Three Martini Lunch, Illegal Entry…

Each month we interview member playwrights to share their work, stories and inspiration with the community. We recently spoke with Makram Ayache, a multiple award winning writer, actor, director, and producer. His playwriting explores representations of queer Arab voices and aims to bridge political struggles to the intimate experiences of…

Each month we interview member playwrights to share their work, stories and inspiration with the community. We recently spoke with Corey Payette, an interdisciplinary storyteller, writer, composer, and director in theatre and film. He is a member of the Mattagami First Nations, with French Canadian and Irish ancestry, and lives…

Each month we interview member playwrights to share their work, stories and inspiration with the community. We recently spoke with writer, performer, and director Émilie Monnet. At the intersection of theatre, performance and sound art, Émilie Monnet’s practice is centred on themes of memory and transformation and is often produced…

Each month we interview member playwrights to share their work, stories and inspiration with the community. We recently spoke with Hiro Kanagawa, a Vancouver-based actor and writer. His full-length plays The Tiger of Malaya and The Patron Saint of Stanley Park have been performed across Canada as have many of…