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A Copyscript is a play that has received a professional production, and a Stage Ready Script has not.

When you're not looking for a specific play, but do have specific criteria, visit our full collection here and use the advanced search filters to select the things you're looking for in a play! This is the quickest and easiest way to find what you're looking for.

Alternatively, if you do have a specific play or playwright that you're searching for, enter the title of the play or the name of the playwright in the website’s search function, found here. Ensure that your spelling is correct to achieve the best results.

Start your search on our collections page here. Our wide selection of scripts are broken down into more manageable categories and topics, such as Two Handers, New Plays, One Act Plays, and more.

You can use our web chat service (monitored Monday to Friday, 9AM-5PM) or email orders@playwrightsguild.ca for more information about specific plays.

You can browse the profiles of our playwright members here.

As of 2020, we are now able to offer sample copies of scripts from our digital collection to interested producers or educators free of charge. For more information, click here!

We feature new monthly play acquisitions on the front page of the CPO website, but you can also find collections for each month showcasing new plays. Find this month's collection here.

When you sign up for the Community Newsletter, you'll receive a monthly list of our newest titles, right in your inbox! Sign up for the newsletter here.

Our first priority is to stock our members’ plays, and to provide access to a selection of published plays or anthologies by non-members. You may not see the play in question because the playwright is not yet a member, OR the member has not yet authorized a script to be available for purchase (plays produced by large professional theatres are often unavailable for their first year of being staged). But please contact the Program Manager at orders@playwrightsguild.ca if you’d like to know the status of a script.

Look no further than the Pledge Project! Pledge is an acronym for a “Production Listing to Enhance Diversity and Gender Equity.” The main objective of the Pledge Project is to improve the number of women playwrights produced on the mainstages of post-secondary institutions and theatre training programs in Canada.

See the Pledge Project collection for plays available through our store, or check out pledgeproject.ca to find the full searchable database.

All sales on digital and paperback scripts are final. A refund can sometimes be offered in the event that an error has occurred; please email orders@playwrightsguild.ca, as refunds cannot be processed over the phone.

Once you find the play you’d like to purchase, click the orange “Add to Cart” button. Make sure you have checked if your purchase is a hardcopy or digital download. Once you are happy with the items in your cart, select the orange “Check Out” button to complete your purchase. If you are purchasing a hardcopy, ensure that your shipment details are correct, and you have selected the appropriate shipping option for your needs.

We offer hardcopy and digital scripts for sale on the CPO. When you click on a play’s title, you will be brought to a page with the synopsis, etc. If the script is digital, you will see the word “Digital” above the orange “Add to Cart” button, a red "Digital Script" banner under the product image, or sometimes a "digital version" identifier in the product title. A digital copy will not request shipping information from you upon check-out, while a hard copy will.

Delivery times depend on a variety of factors, and therefore are difficult to predict. If we have the product in stock, we will send it through Canada Post right away (any orders receiving on a weekend will be fulfilled the following Monday when the store re-opens). The CPO is located in Toronto, Ontario. A usual prediction for delivery times within Canada is one and a half to two weeks, but this is highly dependent on Canada Post’s delivery times.

You will receive a link to your digital download immediately following your purchase. Should you not receive a link right away, please contact orders@playwrightsguild.ca and we can look into the issue.

In keeping with copyright law, you will need to purchase one script for every person involved who will be using the script; this includes cast, director, dramaturge and any other person involved. For each digital copy you purchase from the CPO, you can print the script off one time.

We do not offer a photocopy license at this time. Instead, we offer discounts on digital script purchases of two or more copies.

Please reach out to orders@playwrightsguild.ca and we will sort out the error as soon as possible.

This varies between plays, based on copyright and the wishes of the playwright. Please contact orders@playwrightsguild.ca to find out the status of a musical’s sheet music.

Email orders@playwrightsguild.ca to ensure that we have the stock available to fulfill your order, and to receive a quote if necessary.

The Playwrights Guild of Canada (PGC) is a registered national arts service association mandated to advance the creative rights and interests of professional Canadian playwrights, promote Canadian plays nationally and internationally, and foster an active, evolving community of writers for the stage.

We accept play submissions from full members of the Playwrights Guild of Canada. Find out more about PGC membership here.

We hold the Production and Distribution Rights for a number of plays, and can also provide advice on how to secure the rights for plays that we don’t. Begin your application for amateur rights here.

You can email orders@playwrightsguild.ca for more information about your application’s status.

You can find events listings for productions of the works of our playwright members here.

Our in-person store is currently closed due to Covid-19 restrictions. Staff are available to answer calls and emails Monday to Friday, 9AM - 5PM. We closed for all statutory holidays.

In September 2020, we moved to our current location at St. Matthew's Clubhouse, 450 Broadview Ave. in the east end of Toronto. We share our space with East End Arts, and the Canadian Play Outlet lives on the first floor of this historic building!

We offer discounts on the sale of digital scripts, when 2 or more copies are purchased at one time.

We do not offer student, teacher, or arts worker discounts at this time.

Our apologies! The chat service is monitored by a real human, not a robot, and every attempt is made to monitor the chat Monday to Friday, 9AM - 5PM, though sometimes we will be out of the office and unable to reply. Please email orders@playwrightsguild.ca if you have a question outside of the chat hours.