FULL-LENGTH PLAYS
In Tongues
When Cara, a true-crime author, dies suddenly alone in her British Columbia cabin while researching a famous serial killer, her husband and little sister are left grief-stricken and searching for answers. When they both show up at the cabin they agree to work together to try and uncover how Cara might have died, despite a lingering tension between them. What they find there begins to reveal new sides to Cara, her investigation, and themselves.
80 minutes, 3 women, 2 men (Drama)
World Premiere TBA
Resistance
Resistance is a full-length drama set in Paris, in 1973. A young woman named Dominique approaches film director Jean-Pierre Melville with an idea that could save his career and kickstart her own, while reckoning with each of their leftover demons from the French Resistance. This is James' thesis play from his time in the University of Calgary's MFA Playwriting program.
80 minutes, 1 man, 1 woman (Drama)
ONE-ACTS, SHORTS
By the Book
The Main Character has been tragically killed and Detective Kevin Chen has been tasked with finding the killer, but it’s not easy when you are an underwritten sidekick. As the investigation intensifies, everyone must reckon with who they are and who will fill the void left behind. Find out what happens at 6/7 Central!
60 minutes, 3 women, 2 men (Comedy)
In Case of Fire
Sex, drugs, and tea! Ben and Jordan are a young Mormon couple whose life is thrown into chaos when Ben's confession that he doesn't believe in God sends them on a strange trial period where the two reckon with faith, life, death, and their relationship
60 minutes, 1 man, 1 woman (Comedy/Drama)
In Case of Fire premiered at the 2022 Calgary International Fringe Festival, produced by S&S Theatre.
Helmut’s Big Day
Sabir and Katar defend the empire from atop the wall separating the Great Plain from the Barren Plain. But wait. Which plain is which? They’re going to have to figure it out quick: there are riders approaching, the wolfing hour is closing in and Sabir keeps talking to his helmet.
30 minutes, 2 actors (Comedy)
Helmut’s Big Day premiered at the Calgary and Edmonton International Fringe Festivals in 2015, produced by Red Phone Theatre.
Greetings from Sardineland
Greetings From Sardineland is about Sam and Max, two friends who produce a violent detective comic in the 1950s. When the Senate Subcommittee On Juvenile Delinquency comes after the comic for its violent content Sam and Max's careers and friendships are put on trial.
50 minutes, 3 men, 1 woman (Comedy)
Greetings from Sardineland premiered at the MOTEL Theatre at Arts Commons in 2012, produced by Red Phone Theatre.
WILF
When Marc and Penelope invite over a young woman who has been raised by wolves, a bizarre sexual competition for her affection comes between their friendship as everyone's animal instincts come to the surface.
35 minutes, 1 man, 2 women (Comedy)
WILF premiered at the Calgary International Fringe Festival in 2013, produced by Red Phone Theatre.
Muse Control
Muse Control is about a troubled writer who attempts to get some inspiration from a few strange "muses" that stumble into his life. He soon finds the muses to be more than he expected when they start to wreak havoc on his social life.
50 minutes, two men, two women (Comedy)
Muse Control premiered at the University of Lethbridge in 2010 as part of the TheatreXtra season.
A Song of Bucephalus
(Co-written by Jeremy Park) James and Jeremy have shown up to tell the story of Alexander the Great's horse using the time-honored tradition of Two Person Horse Costume (or TPHC for those in the industry). After a technical issue gets in their way the two must figure out how to finish the show with a two-assed horse.
40 minutes, 3 men (Comedy)
A Song of Bucephalus premiered at the 2017 Regina, Calgary, and Edmonton Fringe Festivals, produced by Red Phone Theatre.
IN DEVELOPMENT
Please Return to Empire Video
2003. It is the end of the VHS era and thousands of tapes have been unloaded on the Lethbridge, Alberta franchise location of Empire Video, with best friends Owen and Cass and surly co-worker Thomas on the receiving end. It’s going to be a long night of scanning and pricing, but at least at the end of it, they will get to see the much-anticipated advance screening of The Matrix Reloaded…unless Cass derails the night with her quest to find one elusive tape in the massive stack. As their friendship is tested, the world begins to unravel. Is this a real video store? What year is it? (Comedy, 60 minutes)
Everyone is Doing Fine
Art, sex, and capitalism collide in this fast-paced comedy-drama when two listless art school grads are hired by a wealthy hedge fund manager. As their worlds collide in unexpected ways, the friends begin to wonder whose futures are being bought and sold. (Drama, 90 minutes)
Big Dogs
A very important interview at a very important company selling a very important product. It's all very important, you see. (Comedy, ten-minutes)
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