This digital collection contains plays shortlisted for the 2023 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 29, 2023 at 7PM ET. View the recording of the ceremony HERE!
Please note: the scripts appear as they were submitted to the Tom Hendry Awards in 2023. 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 Arts and Letters Club of Toronto Foundation's Robert Beardsley Award for Young Playwrights
Iphigenia in Dreaming by Cassandra Marcus Davey
Desert Lily by Cass Iacovelli
The Carol Bolt Award
Legislating Love: The Everett Klippert Story by Natalie Meisner
Shark Bite by Meredith Taylor-Parry
The Playwrights Guild of Canada Comedy Award
Lesser Demons by Dorothy Dittrich
Timepiece by Kico Gonzalez-Risso
Jessica’s Fine Adventure by Robert More
The Playwrights Guild of Canada Drama Award
Area 33 by Natalie Meisner
The Night From the 4th to the 5th by Rachel Graton, translated by Katherine Turnbull
RBC Emerging Playwright Award
The Thin Place by Cole Hayley
Vial by David Sklar
The Dan School of Drama & Music Musical Award
Armchair Confidential by Aaron Jensen
Jook by Glenn Marais & Todd Phillips
The Dorothy Lees-Blakey Theatre for Young Audiences Award
For Now by Scott Button
Luna by Danielle Roy
The following plays, which were nominated in categories in the Tom Hendry Awards in 2023, are not included in this collection.
Greek Tragedy by Madeline Rossell [The Arts and Letters Club of Toronto Foundation's Robert Beardsley Award for Young Playwrights]
1939 by Jani Lauzon & Kaitlyn Riordan [The Carol Bolt Award]
Kowloon Bay by Jovanni Sy [The Playwrights Guild of Canada Drama Award]
One Perfect Day/Un dia perfecto by Margarita Valderrama [RBC Emerging Playwright Award]
Captain Zuke by Landon Braverman & Anna Jastrzembski [The Dan School of Drama & Music Musical Award]
The Weight of Ants by David Paquet & Leanna Brodie [The Dorothy Lees-Blakey Theatre for Young Audiences Award]