Inspired by true events.
When Will returns home to his family’s farm after graduating from university, he feels like an outsider. His neighbours don’t really remember him, his dad doesn’t know what to do with him, and he can’t find a job. When he notices his neighbours up in arms over the recent wind farm development in the area, he jumps at the chance to join in the conversation and get to know his neighbours better… and maybe write his first big play while he’s at it. The deeper he digs, however, the more he realizes that his neighbours are falling for dangerous conspiracies and his own dad may be slipping out into the fringes with them.
Wind is a documentary theatre play that blends humour, politics, and family dynamics into a beautifully nuanced story that is sure to spark discussion.
Keywords: climate, environment, nature, alt-right, conspiracy, rural, water, Southwestern Ontario, farming, generational divide, familial relationship, documentary, autobiographical
Produced at the Undercurrents Festival, Ottawa ON, February 2026
Genre: Drama/Comedy, Documentary
Acts: 1
Run time: 90 minutes
Content notes: Contains mature language.
Cast size: 3 actors
Male roles: 2
Female roles: 1
Casting notes: Can be performed by 3 actors playing all 9 roles. Optional: Can be performed by 5 actors with some doubling, or 9 actors with no doubling.
Cover image: Erik Stolpmann
"I was reminded of the iconic play The Farm Show... but Wind has a more topical story. And it’s a damn good one.”
-- Brian Carroll, Apt613
“a play not unlike [Michael Healey’s] The Master Plan… It’s an impressive script… a dark horse of Canadian playwriting.”
-- Aisling Murphy, The Globe and Mail