This digital collection contains plays shortlisted for the 2022 Tom Hendry Awards.
The Tom Hendry Awards, named for a beloved founding member of the Playwrights Guild of Canada took place online on Sunday, October 30 at 7PM EDT.
Please note: the scripts appear as they were submitted to the Tom Hendry Awards in 2022. If you require an updated script for a production or other purpose, please contact PGC or the playwright.
This collection contains the following scripts:
The Playwrights Guild Drama Award
Highway by Maggi Feehan
The Theatre for Young Audiences Award
Gather by Julia Lederer & Julie Ritchey
RBC Emerging Playwright Award
Sinkhole or Six Ways to Disappear by Adjani Poirier
The Robert Beardsley Award
Hammer and Chisel by Soykan Karayol
Dan School of Drama & Music (Musical) Award
Parlour Tricks by Jamie Bradley and Scott Owen
PLUS two contributions from John Palmer Award nominees:
ALTAR a play by Santiago Guzmán
and Surveying The Landscape: The New Play Ecology in Canada, a research study on new play development by Louise Casemore
The following plays, which were nominated in categories in the Tom Hendry Awards in 2022, are not included in this collection.
The Playwrights Guild Drama Award
Common: A Trilogy by Marie Beath Badian
Cockroach (曱甴) by Ho Ka Kei (Jeff Ho)
Dan School of Drama & Music (Musical) Award
G-G-G-Genevieve by Jesse LaVercombe and Adrian Shepherd-Gawinski
StarWalker: A New Musical by Corey Payette
The Playwrights Guild Comedy Award
The Gig by Mark Crawford
Mad Madge by Rose Napoli
The Tao of The World by Jovanni Sy
The Theatre for Young Audiences Award
Swan Girl by Kathleen McDonnell
Homeroom by Rachel Mutombo
The Robert Beardsley Award
the titty play by Sydney Scott
Koli Kari by Ganesh Thava
RBC Emerging Playwright Award
Crypthand by Lily Falk
A Poem for Rabia by Nikki Shaffeeullah
The John Palmer Award
Stephen Jackman-Torkoff