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What is the new generation of Canadian playwrights writing about? What makes them turn to theatre as the medium of choice? As they graduate from writing programs and intensives across the country, as they produce their work and take it to the festivals, what stories are they telling us? This exciting anthology answers those questions. The writers come from theatre and creative writing schools across Canada, and the settings of their plays take...

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Lola Montez, on an outrageous dare, seduces King Ludwig I of Bavaria. The aging royal cannot resist her moves as a Spanish dancer, nor the exciting wardrobe malfunction which ensues. Meanwhile, Europe seethes with unrest. In 1848, Lola is the target of a terrifying witch hunt, and must save herself and also foment a remarkable revolution.

Lola Montez runs from the haunting memories of Spain. She meets Franz Liszt, performs her racy Spider Dance at the Paris Opera, then meets the man of her dreams, a friend of Alexandre Dumas. Shadowy figures try to stop another venture: writing a novel about a feisty female character. In the heady atmosphere of the left bank, will Lola survive?

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Two Hands Clapping " is a goldmine for actors seeking two-person plays. This volume features full-length, one act, and short scripts for two actors. The playwrights are Canadian and are working from coast to coast and most regions in between. Established writers appear in this collection, as well as voices that are just beginning to make their mark in Canadian theatre. The plays in "Two Hands Clapping " have appeared on the main stage, in alte...

What is theatre doing to reflect the wishes and concerns of young people right now? This exciting collection of recent Canadian TYA plays provides answers. Plays for elementary school age audiences, as well as scripts designed with young adults in mind, are here together in one volume, opening theatrical doors on a wide range of topics from the serious to the hilarious. These scripts are road-tested: toured by professional companies to schools...

Included are: "Curtsy" by Brian Drader, "In the Yichud Room" by Joel Fishbane, "Suicide Notes" by Kenneth T. Williams, "Canada House" by J. Karol Korczynski, "Starter Home" by Katherine Koller, "Three Dogs Barking" by Frank Barry, and "Purity Test" by Scott Sharplin. In plays for three actors, everyone is fighting their own battle in a sharp-cornered ring, which flings them together and then apart. These seven plays from writers across the cou...

Things That Go Bump, Volume 2 contains five recent Canadian plays for young adult audiences.These plays are about real and current issues. Teachers and theatre professionals looking for new work for young adults will find the scripts topical and refreshing examples of good writing and good scene work. An interview with the playwright follows each script, discussing the play's evolution and intent. Plays include: In This World by Hannah Moscovi...

In "Magpie, a middle-aged woman prone to fantasies has her small-town life disrupted by the arrival of a gifted dance instructor. Winner of the "Grain Drama Award "Having dramatically parallels the ambitious, murderous, self-destructive lives we live in our progressive society with the life of the "highwayman." In "Hunger Striking, a student's death compels a teacher to finally confront her own past, revisiting the struggle she herself waged w...