{"title":"New Plays July 2026","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"rigby-by-kelley-jo-burke","title":"Rigby by Kelley Jo Burke","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\"…you're caught. In what we call the Pocket. The thirty seconds before your heart stops supplying blood to your brain—and the thirty seconds after. Typically, in this pocket of not exactly time, someone like me shows up. And talks with you a little. Or a lot. Time is quite relative in the pocket. But however long it takes for things to resolve, that's how long the pocket feels. … Some people would see this as a problem. But I want you to think of it as an opportunity.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eOnce upon a time a little girl was supposed to die. And didn't. And was invited to join the ranks of those give the dying their story—before they pass on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eHer name becomes Rigby—and her after-life career is going to go seriously sideways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eRigby\u003c\/em\u003e is Kelley Jo Burke's City of Regina Writing Award-winning play of life and death and what's in-between.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eKeywords: Magic realism, physics, disability arts, comedy, banshees, western Canadian playwrights, feminism, City of Regina Writing Award, death, deconstructionist drama, romance\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-pre-wrap leading-[1.7]\"\u003eGenre: Drama \u003cbr\u003eRun time: 110 minutes (2 acts, 55 per act) \u003cbr\u003eSuitable for Students 16+ \u003cbr\u003eContent notes: References to, but no reenactment of sexual assault, references to but no reenactment of child abuse and mortality, references to, but no reenactment of sexual intercourse, mild swearing (god, damn), references to, but no reenactment of self-harm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-pre-wrap leading-[1.7]\"\u003eCast size: 4 actors\u003cbr\u003eMale roles: 1\u003cbr\u003eFemale roles: 3 \u003cbr\u003eCasting notes: The playwright supports and prefers open casting, in terms of race, background and gender identity. In particular, this was written as a disability inclusive play, and the playwright encourages not only inclusive casting in regards to disability, but inclusive disability practice in the production planning. The characters already take on a number of identities so no doubling is possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-pre-wrap leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eRigby,\u003c\/em\u003e a play about pain, disability, the measure of a life, the measure of death, is strange, sharp, and surprising... It consistently offers wit and humour expressed through the offbeat but richly imagined characters as it philosophizes on the relationships between bodies, disability, and narratives. \u003cbr\u003e--\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/bigocean.ca\/news\/kelley-jo-burke-wins-city-of-regina-writing-award-for-new-pl.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eAnne Fleming and Yusuf Saadi, judges, City of Regina Writing Award 2023\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PGC","offers":[{"title":"Digital (PDF)","offer_id":46007391715501,"sku":"SRS-KJB-R","price":14.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2362\/0235\/files\/PGC-Stage-Ready-cover_33417fec-fe0b-4355-b441-5dc19660d632.png?v=1728485867"},{"product_id":"christmas-in-killarney-by-colleen-curran","title":"Christmas in Killarney by Colleen Curran","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e1981. Small-town Ireland in County Kerry where two women discover that they have a whole lot more in common that either of them ever knew! Throw in a local production of \u003cem\u003eThe Sound of Music\u003c\/em\u003e, someone with all the answers off on a pilgrimage and a house that is forever Christmas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eKeywords: Ireland, madcap, The Sound of Music, community theatre, Kerry Dancers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-pre-wrap leading-[1.7]\"\u003eGenre: Comedy \u003cbr\u003eRun time: 80 minutes \u003cbr\u003eSuitable for Students 16+ \u003cbr\u003eContent notes: There is one rather nasty story that could be triggering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-pre-wrap leading-[1.7]\"\u003eCast size: 5 actors\u003cbr\u003eMale roles: 1 \u003cbr\u003eFemale roles: 4 \u003cbr\u003eTrans\/Non-Binary roles: Any \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PGC","offers":[{"title":"Digital (PDF)","offer_id":46007408689325,"sku":"SRS-CC-CIK","price":14.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2362\/0235\/files\/PGC-Stage-Ready-cover_33417fec-fe0b-4355-b441-5dc19660d632.png?v=1728485867"},{"product_id":"the-bellefontaine-bridegroom-a-lost-cause-in-two-acts-by-scot-moir","title":"The Bellefontaine Bridegroom: A Lost Cause in Two Acts by Scot Moir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Bellefontaine Bridegroom\u003c\/em\u003e is an absurdist tragicomedy based on the myth of Pygmalion and Galatea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePiggy and Tiggy are everything one might expect of a married couple in 1965 (devoted, bickering, long-suffering) save one peculiar detail: Tiggy just happens to be a statue of living marble, stuck inside a large glass shadowbox in the living room! Things take a sudden and murderous turn when the mysterious Jacqueline Bellefontaine arrives unexpectedly on their doorstep. She is followed quickly by another strange visitor, the bumbling Detective Inspector Jacques Belloc. But are any of these strange beings real? Or are they figments of Piggy's deranged, crumbling mind?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe play is written for four actors in two acts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKeywords: Absurdist, Surreal, Myth, Tragicomedy, Adaptation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProduced by Looking Glass Theatre, Steinbach MB, February 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenre: Tragicomedy, Dark Comedy, Absurdist\/Farce\u003cbr\u003eActs: 2\u003cbr\u003eRun time: 90 minutes\u003cbr\u003eContent notes: Contains occasional strong language, sexual innuendo, dead body on stage\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCast size: 4 actors\u003cbr\u003eMale roles: 2\u003cbr\u003eFemale roles: 2\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFind previous audience reviews \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.lookingglasstheatre.ca\/bellefontaine-bridegroom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PGC","offers":[{"title":"Digital (PDF)","offer_id":46764987154605,"sku":"978-1-77405-362-1","price":14.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2362\/0235\/files\/Bridegroom-Other-Plays-Book-Cover_2fc50715-142a-483e-8c2a-bf779ad779df.jpg?v=1783434853"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2362\/0235\/collections\/pexels-rdne-8456247.jpg?v=1783435277","url":"https:\/\/www.canadianplayoutlet.com\/collections\/new-plays-july-2026.oembed","provider":"Canadian Play Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}