Books
These are books that I have had a hand in writing and/or compiling. They all have been, (or will be,) published, by Playwrights Canada Press. I have provided links.
Bringing more care to
THE AUDITION PROCESS:
while giving actors, maybe even auditioners, some helpful tools. (working title)
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This is a book about auditioning that will focus on the ways an artist can take control of the audition process and how the rest of us can support them in that task. I've been slowly writing away and it will be published in the next year or two by Playwrights Canada Press.
Sound of the Beast
"Compassion is good, but it’s just motivation. Cars need engines. Movements need mobilization."
Through spoken word, storytelling and hip hop, acclaimed wordsmith Donna-Michelle St. Bernard illuminates racial discrimination, the suppression of expression and the trials of activism. Her experience as a Canadian emcee is woven through with allusion to Tunisian emcee Weld El 15’s unjust imprisonment for rhymes against a regime. This story creates a space to reflect on how we are connected to the systems that oppress us, and how we can empower each other to rise up.
Reviews
“As poignant as it is playful. Utterly affecting.”
- Camila Fitzgibbon, Montreal Theatre Hub
“Unusual and disarming.”
- J. Kelly Nestruck, The Globe and Mail
“Effective, disturbing, and enlightening.”
- Karen Fricker, Toronto Star
THEATRE PASSE MURAILLE
A Collective History
In celebration of TPM’s fiftieth year of producing and providing space for new and diverse Canadian theatre, this book gathers touching tributes, funny anecdotes, fascinating photos, memorable reviews, and treasured memories of success and failure within and beyond the walls of Theatre Passe Muraille. Artists, creative teams, and theatre associates from throughout the theatre’s history have something juicy to share.
Love, Loss, and Longing
Love, Loss, and Longing is a collection of six plays from acclaimed and award-winning South Asian Canadian playwrights that explore themes of family, love, trauma, race, and more. Featuring introductions by directors, dramaturgs, and playwrights, each play is contextualized to explain its relevance and importance in the community.
The collection includes: Bhopal by Rahul Varma, Bombay Black by Anosh Irani, A Brimful of Asha by Ravi and Asha Jain, CRASH by Pamela Mala Sinha, Boys With Cars by Anita Majumdar, and Pyaasa by Anusree Roy.
SNAPPY SHORTS
at Tarragon
Compiled by Andy McKim
"This is a volume of plays written by many of Canada's favourite and familiar playwrights, celebrating the 20th anniversary of Tarragon Theatre's annual Spring Arts Fair. These 45 plays are a stimulating and diverse selection from the almost 200 plays that premiered in the first 20 years of the Fair. All between 10 and 20 minutes, most are very easy to produce needing a maximum of three actors and a modest setting. These plays make an excellent introduction to theatre, and are short enough for quick and pleasant bedtime reading. There is a wide variety of themes to be studied, and theatre to appeal to all amateur, community and professional companies."
(This book is out of print, but you can often purchase a copy at either of these links: Buy From Canada or Buy From the US.)
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Introduction: 50 words per minute / by Jason Sherman --
Firing Francine / Don Hannah --
The U.I.C. / Joan MacLeod --
A kissing way / Judith Thompson --
Self / John Mighton --
Pink / Judith Thompson --
Salad days / David Sereda --
Jane Thompson's last dull day / Mary Ellen Mahoney --
Typistry / Susan Coyne --
The wall in the garden / Don Hannah --
Apoplexy / Tom McCamus --
The two-headed roommate / Bruce McCulloch --
The bends / James O'Reilly --
Philistines and farmers / Jim Warren and Guillermo Verdecchia --
Fish / Todd Hammond --
The hanging gardens of Willowdale / Michael Redhill --
Listen / David Gow --
Aspiring Francine / Don Hannah --
Information for visitors to Warsaw / Michael Redhill --
The merchant of Showboat / Jason Sherman --
Telemarketing: the musical / Karen Hines --
Equity rules / Jason Sherman --
The nose job / Andrew Akman --
The poetics / Jason Sherman --
Coupe de ville / Morwyn Brebner --
Audience / Shirley Barrie --
The button stories / Michael Healey --
The newcomer / Kate Lynch --
The audition / Michael MacLean --
Ten-minute play! (the musical) / Kate Lynch --
A doctor, a secretary and a bag of apples / Ivana Shein --
Runneymede / Chris Earle --
Slice of heaven / Diane Flacks --
You may already be a winner / Michael MacLean
On the door / Eric Weinthal --
Jazz at 3 a.m. / Carol Anderson --
Ladies' room / Leah Davidson --
Shoe store / Melody Johnson and Bob Martin --
Let me out of here / Eric Weinthal --
The weekend / Teresa Pavlinek --
Captive audience / Susan Coyne --
Mouse / Sonja Mills --
Thirty-six C / Paula Wing --
My cigarette break with Guillermo / Richard Greenblatt and Guillermo Verdecchia --
Genie / Wendy Lill --
The prank / David Macfarlane