Asian
A Brimful of Asha
By Asha Jain & Ravi Jain
In 2007 Ravi Jain completed school and was itching to get his feet wet in the theatre scene. With plans to begin his own company, Ravi put off marriage for a few years, much to the disappointment of his mother, Asha, who was getting impatient with Ravi’s non-traditional approach ... Read more
A Nanking Winter
By Marjorie Chan
Marjorie Chan's gripping narrative intertwines the past and the present, transporting the reader between Irene and a small group of unlikely heroes caught in the invasion. Scrambling to create a refuge from the horror, the band's struggle to survive binds them in a promise that ... Read more
Brothel #9
By Anusree Roy
Introduction by Iris Turcott
A deal has been struck between two men in India—twenty-one hundred rupees in exchange for a young village woman named Rekha. Sent to Calcutta without knowing why, Rekha finds herself in the confines of a brothel with Jamuna, a prostitute and madam, who is resigned to her trade. ... Read more
Forgiveness
Adapted by Hiro Kanagawa
By Mark Sakamoto
Illustrated by Cindy Mochizuki
Mitsue Sakamoto and Ralph MacLean both suffered tremendous loss during WWII: Mitsue as a survivor of a Japanese Canadian internment camp, and Ralph as a prisoner in a Japanese POW camp. In order to rebuild their lives and their families after the war, Ralph and Mitsue must find ... Read more
George F. Walker
Edited by Harry Lane
Critical Perspectives on Canadian Theatre in English sets out to make the best critical and scholarly work in the field readily available. The series publishes the work of scholars and critics who have traced the coming-into-prominence of a vibrant theatrical community in English ... Read more
How to Fail as a Popstar
By Vivek Shraya
Foreword by Brendan Healy
The first play by multi-media artist Vivek Shraya, about fame and personal transformation.
Described as "cultural rocket fuel" by Vanity Fair, Vivek Shraya is a multi-media artist whose art, music, novels, and poetry and children's books explore the beauty and the power of personal ... Read more
Kilt Pins
By Catherine Hernandez
In a Catholic high school in Scarborough, Ontario, amidst low-income housing, difficult race relations, and poverty, a young woman struggles to find her sexual identity. In this sincere portrayal of high-school kids pitting the voice of God and thousands of years of scripture ... Read more
lady in the red dress
By David Yee
The turmoil in Max's life was set in motion by Sylvia, an elusive figure who enters his life and charges Max with the task of finding Tommy Jade, a Chinese immigrant from the 1920s. Dragged further into the history of the Chinese-Canadian struggle for redress and into the lives ... Read more
Love and Relasianships Volume 1
Edited by Nina Lee Aquino
Preface by R.A. Shiomi
This anthology is a definitive record of a theatrical movement, a movement that reflects a multiplicity of styles and genres, joined together by the singular fact that they are a series of plays written by Asians, for Asians… and for Canada.
Love and Relasianships Volume 2
Edited by Nina Lee Aquino
Preface by Marjorie Chan
The second volume in this groundbreaking collection: a series of plays written by Asians, for Asians… and for Canada.