This digital collection contains plays shortlisted for the 2024 Tom Hendry Awards.
The Tom Hendry Awards, named for a beloved founding member of the Playwrights Guild of Canada, took place on Monday, October 28, 2024 at 8PM ET.
Please note: the scripts appear as they were submitted to the Tom Hendry Awards in 2024. 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 & Letters Club of Toronto Foundation’s Robert Beardsley Award
Book of Magdalene by Valentine Leger
Days Since Bo’s Been Gone by Miriam Sossin
The Carol Bolt Award
Shorelines by Mishka Lavigne
Diggers by Donna-Michelle St. Bernard
Mizushōbai – The Water Trader by Julie Tamiko Manning
The Playwrights Guild of Canada Comedy Award
Heratio by Genevieve Adam
The Square by Pat Kiely
The Playwrights Guild of Canada Drama Award
Deepwater by Dan Bray
For François by Brian Drader
Wharf by Ryan Griffith
RBC Emerging Playwright Award
Heavens! by Judith Cockman
Love the Sinner by Rachel Renaud
The Dorothy Lees-Blakey Theatre for Young Audiences Award
Truth by Kanika Ambrose
Patty Picker by Evan Bawtinheimer
The following plays, which were shortlisted for the Tom Hendry Awards in 2024, are NOT included in this collection.
Ships in the Night by Ameer Idreis [The Arts & Letters Club of Toronto Foundation’s Robert Beardsley Award]
Mind the Light by Gabrielle Papillon Strasfeld [Dan School of Drama & Music Musical Award]
Beautiful Scars by Tom Wilson (Tehohàhake) and Shaun Smyth [Dan School of Drama & Music Musical Award]
Soft Magical Tofu Boys by Kevin Wong [Dan School of Drama & Music Musical Award]
Innocents by Rose Napoli [The Playwrights Guild Comedy Award]
Gringas by Mercedes Isaza Clunie [The RBC Emerging Playwright Award]