Diversity  Representation in Modern & Contemporary Drama

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The Normal Heart (film trailer) by Larry Kramer

The Normal Heart highlights, by Larry Kramer

Top Girls by Caryl Churchill

Creeps by David Freeman

The Rez Sisters by Thomson Highway

The Elephant Man by Bernard Pomerance

Plays with Indigenous Representation


1

819.2 MOJ

Princess Pocahontas and the blue spots : two plays

Mojica, Monique, 1954-

2

819.2 MOS

Coyote City : a play in two acts

Moses, Daniel David, 1952-

3

819.2 TAY

The boy in the treehouse ; : Girl who loved her horses

Taylor, Drew Hayden, 1962-

4

819.2 HIG

The Rez sisters : a play in two acts

Highway, Tomson, 1951-

5

819.2 LIL

Sisters : a play

Lill, Wendy, 1950-

6

822 RYG

The ecstasy of Rita Joe and other plays

Ryga, George.

7

819.2 TAY

Toronto at dreamer's rock ; and, Education is our right : two one act plays

Taylor, Drew Hayden, 1962-

8

819.2 LOR

Where the blood mixes

Loring, Kevin, 1974-

9

819.2 HIG

Ernestine Shuswap gets her trout : a "string quartet" for four female actors

Highway, Tomson, 1951-

10

819.2 LAK

Misty Lake

Lakevold, Dale, 1957-

11

819.2 TAY

Dead white writer on the floor

Taylor, Drew Hayden, 1962-

12

819.2 HIG

Dry lips oughta move to Kapuskasing : a play

Highway, Tomson, 1951-.

13

819.2 TAY

Someday : a play

Taylor, Drew Hayden, 1962-

14

812 TAY

God and the Indian : a play

Taylor, Drew Hayden, 1962-

15

812 TAY

Cerulean blue

Taylor, Drew Hayden, 1962-,

16

819.2 KIN

Three plays

King, Alanis

17

812.6 CLE

The unnatural and accidental women

Clements, Marie Humber, 1962-

18

819.2 MOS

Almighty Voice and his wife : a play

Moses, Daniel David, 1952-

19

819.2 CAR

Huff & stitch

Cardinal, Cliff,

20

819.12 BEA

Reckoning

Beagan, Tara,

21

819.2 TAY

Only drunks and children tell the truth

Taylor, Drew Hayden, 1962-

22

812.6 CLE

Tombs of the vanishing Indian

Clements, Marie Humber, 1962-

23

819.12 BAR

The hours that remain

Barker, Keith (Keith Norman Victor)

24

819.2 BEA

Dreary and Izzy

Beagan, Tara.

25

819.2 BEA

In spirit

Beagan, Tara.

26

812.54 TAY

Sir John A : acts of a gentrified Ojibway rebellion

Taylor, Drew Hayden, 1962-

27

819.2 BAR

This is how we got here

Barker, Keith (Keith Norman Victor),

28

812.6 TAY

Cottagers and Indians : a play

Taylor, Drew Hayden, 1962-

29

819.2 CAL

Redpatch : a play

Calvert, Raes,

30

819.2 BEA

Honour beat

Beagan, Tara,

31

819.2 CLE

Iron Peggy : a play

Clements, Marie, 1962-

32

819.208 IND

Indian Act : residential school plays


33

819.208 TWO

Two plays about residential school.


34

819.2 NOL

The unplugging

Nolan, Yvette

35

819.2 ARN

Inheritance : a pick-the-path experience

Arnold, Daniel,

36

819.2 BER

Reasonable doubt

Bernbaum, Joel,

37

812.6 MACK

Bears

MacKenzie, Matthew

38

371.399 CAR

Smallest circles first : exploring teacher reconciliatory praxis through drama education

Carter, Mindy R.,

39

819.2 JOH

Two Indians

Johnson, Falen, 1982-

40

812 BON

Bug

Bonnell, Yolanda, 1982-

41

812 KAN

Indian Arm

Kanagawa, Hiro, 1963-,

42

790.2 MAC

Indigenous women's theatre in Canada : a mechanism of decolonization

MacKenzie, Sarah (Sarah Emily), 1981-

43

822.33 H CAR

William Shakespeare's As you like it : a radical retelling

Cardinal, Cliff,


Plays with LGBTQ+ Representation


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Call No

Title

Author

1

822 WIL

The importance of being earnest : and other plays

Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900.

2

819.2 TRE

Hosanna

Tremblay, Michel, 1942-

3

819.2 WIL

Kilt

Wilson, Jonathan

4

822 MAC

Love! Valour! Compassion! ; and, A perfect ganesh : two plays

McNally, Terrence.

5

819.2 FRA

Poor Super Man : a play with captions

Fraser, Brad, 1959-

6

812 KAU

Gross indecency : the three trials of Oscar Wilde

Kaufman, Moisés

7

812 OUT

Out plays : landmark gay and lesbian plays of the twentieth century


8

819.204 OUT

Outspoken : a Canadian collection of lesbian scenes and monologues


9

812 KAU

The Laramie project

Kaufman, Moisés.

10

812 GRE

Take me out : a play

Greenberg, Richard.

11

819.2 TAN

Age of minority : three plays

Tannahill, Jordan.

12

812 WRI

I am my own wife : studies for a play about the life of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf

Wright, Doug, 1962-

13

812 KUS

Angels in America : a gay fantasia on national themes

Kushner, Tony

14

812 KRA

The normal heart

Kramer, Larry.

15

812 SHE

Bent : the play

Sherman, Martin.

16

812 MAC

Hir : a play

Mac, Taylor, 1973-,

17

819.2 DUN

Outside

Dunn, Paul,

18

819.12 QUE

Queer/play : an anthology of queer women's performance and plays


19

822.914 HAR

Beautiful thing

Harvey, Jonathan, 1968-

20

812 KAR

Speech & debate

Karam, Stephen,

21

822.92 COA

Callisto : a queer epic

Coase, Hal

22

822.92 BRI

Rotterdam

Brittain, Jon

23

812.54 SHI

Teddy Ferrara

Shinn, Christopher

24

812.6 KRO

Fun home

Kron, Lisa

25

812.6 ATK

The gay heritage project

Atkins, Damien, 1975-

26

812 FIE

Harvey Fierstein's Torch song trilogy : the celebrated landmark play, in both its original and newly revised versions.

Fierstein, Harvey, 1954-,

27

812 GRE

Body politic

Green, Nick,

28

819.208 Q

Q2Q : queer Canadian performance texts


29

812 MCC

Choir boy

McCraney, Tarell Alvin,

30

812 KIL

The Kilroys' list : 67 monologues and scenes by women and nonbinary playwrights


31

782.14 JAC

A strange loop

Jackson, Michael R., 1981-

32

812 HAR

Significant other

Harmon, Joshua Elias,

33

812 KIL

The Kilroys List : 97 monologues and scenes by female and trans playwrights. Volume one /


34

812 MCC

The brother/sister plays

McCraney, Tarell Alvin,


Plays with Asian (East, West & South) Representation


1

822.08 MUL

Multicultural theatre II : contemporary Hispanic, Asian, and African-American plays


2

819.2 YEE

Lady in the red dress

Yee, David, 1977-

3

819.2 CHO

Kim's Convenience

Choi, Ins, 1974-

4

819.2 ROY

Brothel #9

Roy, Anusree

5

819.2 GRA

Mahmoud

Grammy, Tara, 1988-,

6

812 LOV

Love, loss, and longing : South Asian Canadian plays


7

812.6 AKH

Disgraced : a play

Akhtar, Ayad.

8

812.6 TAX

The TAXI project


9

812 BAD

The making of St. Jerome

Badian, Marie Beath

10

F MAJ

The fish eyes trilogy

Majumdar, Anita

11

819.12 LY

Ga ting

Ly, Minh, 1983-,

12

819.12 BAD

Prairie nurse

Badian, Marie Beath,

13

819.2 YOU

Jabber : a play

Youssef, Marcus,

14

819.204 REF

Refractions : Solo


15

812 RAF

Heather Raffo's 9 parts of desire : a play

Raffo, Heather, 1970-

16

819.2 HO

Trace

Ho, Jeff.

17

812 CHO

The language archive and other plays

Cho, Julia,

18

812 LEE

Untitled feminist show ; Straight white men /

Lee, Young Jean,

19

819.2 MOU

Incendies

Mouawad, Wajdi, 1968-,

20

812 JOS

Gruesome playground injuries ; Animals out of paper ; Bengal tiger at the Baghdad Zoo : three plays /

Joseph, Rajiv.

21

842.914 MOU

Birds of a kind

Mouawad, Wajdi,

22

819.1 BAI

Acha bacha

Baig, Bilal,


Plays with Physical Disability & Illness Representation


1

822 WIL

The glass menagerie : a play

Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983.

2

822 POM

The elephant man : a play

Pomerance, Bernard.

3

822.33 X5 MOW

The tragedy of Richard III

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

4

812 GIB

The miracle worker

Gibson, William, 1914-2008.

5

812 ZIN

The effect of gamma rays on man-in-the-moon marigolds, a drama in two acts

Zindel, Paul.

6

819.2 FRE

Creeps.

Freeman, David, 1945-

7

812 KRA

The normal heart

Kramer, Larry.

8

812.54 WIL

The rimers of Eldritch : and other plays

Wilson, Lanford, 1937-2011.

9

812.6 HUN

The whale

Hunter, Samuel D.,

10

822.914 MCD

The cripple of Inishmaan

McDonagh, Martin.

11

822.92 ORE

Atypical plays for atypical actors : selected plays

O'Reilly, Kaite

12

792.087 JOH

Stage turns : Canadian disability theatre

Johnston, Kirsty, 1971-

13

822 HAD

The curious incident of the dog in the night-time

Haddon, Mark, 1962-,

14

819.2 BEA

Dreary and Izzy

Beagan, Tara.

15

822 RAI

Tribes

Raine, Nina.

16

812 GUN

I and you

Gunderson, Lauren,

17

819.1 INT

Interdependent magic : disability performance in Canada



Plays with African or Black Diaspora Representation


1

822.08 MUL

Multicultural theatre II : contemporary Hispanic, Asian, and African-American plays


2

822 UHR

Driving Miss Daisy

Uhry, Alfred.

3

822 WIL

The piano lesson

Wilson, August.

4

812 WOL

The colored museum

Wolfe, George C.

5

821 SHA

For colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf : a choreopoem

Shange, Ntozake

6

812 WIL

Fences : a play

Wilson, August.

7

812 WIL

Ma Rainey's black bottom : a play in two acts

Wilson, August.

8

812 NOT

Ruined

Nottage, Lynn

9

812 NOR

Clybourne Park : [a play]

Norris, Bruce.

10

819.2 PIE

Beatdown : three plays

Pierre, Joseph Jomo, 1975-

11

812 PAR

Topdog/underdog

Parks, Suzan-Lori.

12

812 HAN

A raisin in the sun

Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965.

13

822 MOR

Sunset baby

Morisseau, Dominique,

14

822.92 COA

Callisto : a queer epic

Coase, Hal

15

819.2 SCO

Better angels : a parable ; and, Eating pomegranates naked

Scott, Andrea, 1971-,

16

812 DRU

Fairview : a play

Drury, Jackie Sibblies.

17

812 ORL

Beauty's daughter ; Monster ; The gimmick : three plays

Orlandersmith, Dael.

18

812 ORL

Until the flood : a play

Orlandersmith, Dael,

19

812 GUR

Eclipsed

Gurira, Danai,

20

812 KIL

The Kilroys' list : 67 monologues and scenes by women and nonbinary playwrights


21

812.6 LEE

The shipment ; : Lear

Lee, Young Jean

22

782.14 JAC

A strange loop

Jackson, Michael R., 1981-

23

822 CHA

Red velvet

Chakrabarti, Lolita,

24

812 NWA

Pass over

Nwandu, Antoinette,

25

812 JAC

Appropriate ; An octoroon : plays

Jacobs-Jenkins, Branden,

26

822 GRE

Ear for eye : parts one, two and three

Green, Debbie Tucker,

27

822 LEE

Seven methods of killing Kylie Jenner

Lee-Jones, Jasmine,

CANADIAN


1

819.2 MOO

Riot

Moodie, Andrew, 1967-

2

819.2 SEA

Adventures of a Black girl in Search of God

Sears, Djanet

3

819.2 GAL

Angélique

Gale, Lorena.

4

822.08 TES

Testifyin' : contemporary African Canadian drama


5

819.2 COR

Scratch

Corbeil-Coleman, Charlotte.

6

819.2 SEA

Harlem duet

Sears, Djanet

7

819.2 ANT

'Da kink in my hair : [voices of black womyn]

Anthony, Trey.

8

819.2 MOO

Toronto the good

Moodie, Andrew, 1967-

9

819.2 ANT

How Black mothers say I love you

Anthony, Trey,

10

819.208 AFR

Afrika, solo


11

812.6 PAR

Other side of the game

Parris, Amanda,

12

819.2 SAI

Gas girls

St. Bernard, Donna-Michelle.

13

819.2 BOW

The flood : and other misadventures of the female prisoners of the St. Lawrence Market

Bowen, Leah Simone,

14

812 MCC

Choir boy

McCraney, Tarell Alvin,

15

819.1 SCO

Every day she rose

Scott, Andrea, 1971- (Playwright),

16

819.1 ADI

The negroes are congregating

Adiyana Morris, Natasha,

17

819.2 SAI

Reaching for starlight

St. Bernard, Donna-Michelle,

18

819.2 ROD

Simone, half & half

Rodriguez, Christine


Plays based on historical events & Verbatim Theatre


1

822 SHA

Amadeus : a play

Shaffer, Peter, 1926-

2

822 LAW

Inherit the wind

Lawrence, Jerome, 1915-

3

822 FRA

Copenhagen

Frayn, Michael.

4

819.2 GRA

Billy Bishop goes to war : a play

Gray, John, 1946-

5

822 MIL

The crucible : a play in four acts

Miller, Arthur, 1915-

6

819.2 MOO

Riot

Moodie, Andrew, 1967-

7

812 KAU

Gross indecency : the three trials of Oscar Wilde

Kaufman, Moisés

8

819.2 THI

Einstein's gift

Thiessen, Vern

9

812.54 MUR

The December man = L'homme de décembre

Murphy, Colleen, 1954-

10

819.2 GAL

Angélique

Gale, Lorena.

11

819.2 THI

Vimy

Thiessen, Vern

12

812 GIB

The miracle worker

Gibson, William, 1914-2008.

13

822 COR

My name is Rachel Corrie : taken from the writings of Rachel Corrie

Corrie, Rachel.

14

812 KAU

The Laramie project

Kaufman, Moisés.

15

822 BLY

London road

Blythe, Alecky.

16

812 ENS

The vagina monologues

Ensler, Eve, 1953-

17

812 WRI

I am my own wife : studies for a play about the life of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf

Wright, Doug, 1962-

18

782.14 SON

Sweeney Todd, the demon barber of Fleet Street

Sondheim, Stephen

19

812 SHE

Bent : the play

Sherman, Martin.

20

F BRI

There is no word for it

Bridgeman, Laura.

21

812 SCH

All the way

Schenkkan, Robert, 1953-,

22

812 ROG

Oslo

Rogers, J. T., 1968-,

23

812.54 TAY

Sir John A : acts of a gentrified Ojibway rebellion

Taylor, Drew Hayden, 1962-

24

812 RAF

Heather Raffo's 9 parts of desire : a play

Raffo, Heather, 1970-

25

812 SMI

Twilight -- Los Angeles, 1992 on the road : a search for American character

Smith, Anna Deavere.

26

819.2 CAL

Redpatch : a play

Calvert, Raes,

27

819.2 BOW

The flood : and other misadventures of the female prisoners of the St. Lawrence Market

Bowen, Leah Simone,

28

812 BLA

The exonerated : a play

Blank, Jessica, 1975-

29

822 CHA

Red velvet

Chakrabarti, Lolita,

30

819.2 BER

Reasonable doubt

Bernbaum, Joel,


Plays with Jewish Representation


1

822 SHA

Three plays

Shaffer, Peter, 1926-

2

822 GOO

The diary of Anne Frank : a play in two acts

Goodrich, Frances

3

822 SIM

Biloxi blues

Simon, Neil.

4

822 UHR

Driving Miss Daisy

Uhry, Alfred.

5

822 SIM

Brighton Beach memoirs

Simon, Neil.

6

782.14 STE

Fiddler on the roof

Stein, Joseph.

7

819.2 SHE

Reading Hebron

Sherman, Jason, 1962-

8

819.2 MOS

The Russian play and other short works

Moscovitch, Hannah

9

819.2 MOS

East of Berlin

Moscovitch, Hannah

10

830.8 BER

Heldenplatz

Bernhard, Thomas

11

819.2 MOS

This is war

Moscovitch, Hannah

12

822 SHA

Equus

Shaffer, Peter, 1926-

13

819.2 MOS

Little one & other plays

Moscovitch, Hannah,

14

812 MAR

Sight unseen, and other plays

Margulies, Donald.

15

819.204 REF

Refractions : Solo


16

812 FIE

Harvey Fierstein's Torch song trilogy : the celebrated landmark play, in both its original and newly revised versions.

Fierstein, Harvey, 1954-,

17

812.6 ZIE

Actually

Ziegler, Anna,

18

812 MOS

Sexual misconduct of the middle classes

Moscovitch, Hannah.


Contemporary Plays - Coming-of-Age - Youth


1

819.2 FOO

Skin : &, Liars

Foon, Dennis.

2

821 SHA

For colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf : a choreopoem

Shange, Ntozake

3

819.2 TAY

The boy in the treehouse ; : Girl who loved her horses

Taylor, Drew Hayden, 1962-

4

812 ZIN

The effect of gamma rays on man-in-the-moon marigolds, a drama in two acts

Zindel, Paul.

5

832 WED

Spring awakening : a children's tragedy

Wedekind, Frank, 1864-1918.

6

819.2 TAN

Age of minority : three plays

Tannahill, Jordan.

7

812 HER

4000 miles

Herzog, Amy.

8

819.2 PIE

Beatdown : three plays

Pierre, Joseph Jomo, 1975-

9

819.2 MAC

The valley

MacLeod, Joan, 1954-,

10

819.2 TAN

Late company : a play

Tannahill, Jordan

11

819.2 MOS

Little one & other plays

Moscovitch, Hannah,

12

822.914 FUG

"Master Harold"-- and the boys

Fugard, Athol.

13

812 LON

This is our youth

Lonergan, Kenneth,

14

822.914 PEN

Blue/orange

Penhall, Joe

15

812 BAD

The making of St. Jerome

Badian, Marie Beath

16

822 PLA

Girls like that

Placey, Evan

17

812 COL

Really really : a play

Colaizzo, Paul Downs, 1985-,

18

812 KAR

The humans

Karam, Stephen.

19

819.2 YOU

Jabber : a play

Youssef, Marcus,

20

812 DEL

The wolves : a play

DeLappe, Sarah,

21

819.2 SAN

Bang, bang

Sandler, Kat,

22

819.2 SAN

Mustard

Sandler, Kat,

23

812 ORL

Beauty's daughter ; Monster ; The gimmick : three plays

Orlandersmith, Dael.

24

812.6 ZIE

Actually

Ziegler, Anna,

25

812 MOS

Sexual misconduct of the middle classes

Moscovitch, Hannah.

26

822 BIR

Anatomy of a suicide

Birch, Alice (1986- ).

27

822 KEL

DNA

Kelly, Dennis, 1970-

28

822 KEL

Girls and boys.

Kelly, Dennis, 1970-

29

812 NWA

Pass over

Nwandu, Antoinette,

30

819.1 SCO

Every day she rose

Scott, Andrea, 1971- (Playwright),

31

819.1 TAN

Is my microphone on?

Tannahill, Jordan,

32

819.1 VOI

Voices of a generation : three millennial plays


33

819.1 ADI

The negroes are congregating

Adiyana Morris, Natasha,

34

819.2 SAI

Reaching for starlight

St. Bernard, Donna-Michelle,

35

812 BAR

Dance nation

Barron, Clare,

36

822 GRE

Ear for eye : parts one, two and three

Green, Debbie Tucker,

37

812 WAS

Mr. Burns and other plays

Washburn, Anne (Anne Elizabeth),

38

822 LEE

Seven methods of killing Kylie Jenner

Lee-Jones, Jasmine,