PLAYS
past projects // works in progress
THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK: An Agony in Eight Fits
based on the poem by Lewis Carroll
Monty Python-esque Comedy x Lyrical Nonsense
90 minutes
9 actors
An unlikely and utterly ridiculous crew of nine explorers set sail on a quest to hunt and capture the mythical creature known as the Snark, avoiding the clutches of the Jubjub Bird, the Bandersnatch, and the Jabberwocky.
RAPUNZEL*
Book by Camille Pavlenko, music by VISSIA
1960s Groovy Musical x Fairytale
60 minutes
3 actors
Gifted with magically long and glorious hair, Rapunzel has been imprisoned by a nefarious witch in a great tower all her life. But, one day, strangers wander by with a magic of their own that will set Rapunzel free: music!
*Winner of the 2025 Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award for Outstanding Production (TYA category)
GO FOR GOLD, AUDREY PHAM
(2021 EXPANSION // 2018 ONE-ACT*)
click here to read excerpt in Understorey Magazine
Retro x Olympic x Comedy
120 minutes (2-act) // 75 minutes (1-act)
4 actors // 2 actors
It’s 1988! Perms are in, Tab is out, and Calgary hosts the Olympic Winter Games. Underdog Audrey Pham represents Canada in the ultimate glam sport of Ski Ballet.
*Nominated for the 2025 Betty Mitchell Award for Outstanding New Play
REAL BOI
OR, THE TRAGEDIE OF PINOCCHIO IN FIVE COMEDIC ACTS
Little Puppet x 1990s Boyhood
120 minutes
17 characters/multiple actor doubling options
The classic Pinocchio fairy tale comes to life in this wild, adventurous, and edgy new adaptation which explores what it means to be a “real boy” or a “real boi” or maybe just real.
*Part of the PLEDGE Project, a database of large-cast plays written by Canadian women, two-spirit, trans, and non-binary creators.
THESE MOMENTS OF SHINE
read excerpt here
Film On Stage x Comedy x Drama
80 minutes
4 actors
Four unlikely Siberian women set out to make a Hollywood documentary about their lives in a tiny village on the Yenisei River.
VASILISA & BABA YAGA
CO-WRITTEN WITH KP SMITH
TYA Musical x Dark Comedy
60 minutes
4-6 actors
1 musician
When the light goes out in her house, Vasilisa is sent to get one from the fearsome witch (and property owner) Baba Yaga.
USS ARTEMIS
CO-WRITTEN WITH ALI DEREGT
(ARCHIVED)
Sci-Fi x Mystery
Immersive Binaural-Audio Miniseries
Generously supported by Vertigo Theatre & 6 Degrees Music + Sound
You are Captain Lee, of the USS ARTEMIS, an old model starship returning from a failed rescue mission in a remote outpost in the Circinus Galaxy.
USS ARTEMIS was a part of the Canada Council for the Arts' Digital Now initiative and was available to stream July 2022 - July 2023. Future releases will be posted here.
In the meantime:
THE HITCHHIKER (radio play)
Urban Legend x Audio Horror
15 minutes
3 characters
A young woman comes across a hitchhiker on Old Banff Coach road.
*Part of Vertigo Theatre's Mystery Radio series
MOBY-DICK (work in progress)
based on the novel by Herman Melville
Literary Classic x Salty Theatrical Spectacle
120 minutes
5 actors
A multi-talented cast tells the epic of Captain Ahab's relentless hunt for the elusive white whale, utilizing puppetry and 19th century theatrical conventions.