Playwrights Canada Press is a Canadian publishing house founded in 1984 by the Playwrights Guild of Canada. It was incorporated in 2000 as an independent company.
Notable books The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God, Djanet Sears (2003) Almighty Voice and His Wife, Daniel David Moses (1991) Annie Mae's Movement, Yvette Nolan (1998) The Crackwalker, Judith Thompson (1980) The December Man (L'homme de décembre), Colleen Murphy (2007) Drag Queens on Trial, Sky Gilbert (1994) The Drawer Boy, Michael Healey (1999) I, Claudia, Kristen Thomson (2001) The Last Wife, Kate Hennig (2015) Lilies, Michel Marc Bouchard, trans. Linda Gaboriau (1990) Lion in the Streets, Judith Thompson (1992) Maggie and Pierre, Linda Griffiths (1980) Mary's Wedding, Stephen Massicotte (2002) The Melville Boys, Norm Foster (1984) The Monument, Colleen Wagner (1996) Palace of the End, Judith Thompson (2007) Scorched, Wajdi Mouawad, trans. Linda Gaboriau (2005) This is War, Hannah Moscovitch (2015) Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love, Brad Fraser (1989) Zastrozzi, The Master of Discipline, George F. Walker (1979)
Awards and nominations Playwrights Canada Press has been nominated for 86 Governor General's Awards, 82 for English-language Drama and 4 for French to English translation, resulting in 21 wins over its 33-year history.
Governor General's Award for English-language Drama
Year Nominated work Author Result 1981§ Straight Ahead and Blind Dancers Charles Tidler Theatre of the Film Noir George F. Walker 1982§ Clay Lawrence Jeffery Jennie's Story Betty Lambert 1984§ White Biting Dog Judith Thompson 1985§ Salt-water Moon David French Gone in the Burning Sun Ken Mitchell Criminals in Love George F. Walker 1986§ Odd Jobs Frank Moher Doc Sharon Pollock Papers Allan Stratton 1987 Prague John Krizanc Walt and Roy Michael D.C. McKinlay 1988 Skin from Skin and Liars Dennis Foon 1990 Scientific Americans John Mighton 1991 The Trial of Judith K. Sally Clark Where is Kabuki? Don Druick 1992 Possible Worlds and A Short History of Night John Mighton Serpent in the Sky Dianne Warren 1993 The Saints and Apostles Raymond Storey 1994 If We Are Women Joanna McClelland Glass 1995 Three in the Back, Two in the Head Jason Sherman 1996 The Little Years John Mighton Mad Boy Chronicle Michael O'Brien The Monument Colleen Wagner 1997 Reading Hebron Jason Sherman Sled Judith Thompson 1998 Not Spain Richard Sanger 1999 The Drawer Boy Michael Healey Beating Heart Cadaver Colleen Murphy 2000 Alien Creature Linda Griffiths It's All True Jason Sherman 2001 Monsieur d'Eon Mark Brownell Building Jerusalem Michael Redhill An Acre of Time: The Play Jason Sherman The Harps of God Kent Stetson 2002 The Gwendolyn Poems Claudia Dey The Shooting Stage Michael MacLennan 2003 Rice Boy Sunil Kuruvilla Last Romantics Michael MacLennan Einstein's Gift Vern Thiessen 2004 Robert Chafe: Two Plays. Butler's Marsh, Tempting Providence Robert Chafe Rune Arlidge Michael Healey The Red Priest (Eight Ways to Say Goodbye) Mieko Ouchi 2005 Half Life John Mighton 2006 Cast Iron Lisa Codrington I Still Love You Daniel MacIvor Adapt or Die: Plays New and Used Jason Sherman 2007 In Gabriel's Kitchen Salvatore Antonio The Bombay Plays: The Matka King and Bombay Black Anosh Irani Leo Rosa Laborde The December Man (L'homme de décembre) Colleen Murphy 2008 Bone Cage Catherine Banks 10 Days on Earth Ronnie Burkett Palace of the End Judith Thompson 2009 East of Berlin Hannah Moscovitch Talk Michael Nathanson 2010 Afterimage Robert Chafe Scratch Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman Courageous Michael Healey Such Creatures Judith Thompson lady in the red dress David Yee 2011 House of Many Tongues Jonathan Garfinkel If We Were Birds Erin Shields Gas Girls Donna-Michelle St. Bernard Lenin's Embalmers Vern Thiessen 2012 It is Solved by Walking Catherine Banks The Romeo Initiative Trina Davies Brothel #9 Anusree Roy 2013 Blood: A Scientific Romance Meg Braem Shakespeare's Nigga Joseph Jomo Pierre 2014 The Secret Mask Rick Chafe That Elusive Spark Janet Munsil Age of Minority: Three Solo Plays Jordan Tannahill 2015 The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble Beth Graham Mahmoud Tara Grammy and Tom Arthur Davis carried away on the crest of a wave David Yee 2016 Kill Me Now Brad Fraser Pig Girl Colleen Murphy A Man A Fish Donna-Michelle St. Bernard Concord Floral Jordan Tannahill 2017 1979 Michael Healey The Colony of Unrequited Dreams Robert Chafe Indian Arm Hiro Kanagawa The Virgin Trial Kate Hennig 2018 Botticelli in the Fire & Sunday in Sodom Jordan Tannahill Gertrude and Alice Anna Chatterton, Evalyn Parry and Karin Randoja Paradise Lost Erin Shields This Is How We Got Here Keith Barker 2019 Other Side of the Game Amanda Parris What a Young Wife Ought to Know Hannah Moscovitch 2020 Guarded Girls Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman Quick Bright Things Christopher Cook Sound of the Beast Donna-Michelle St. Bernard 2021 Selfie Christine Quintana Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes Hannah Moscovitch Take d Milk, Nah? Jivesh Parasram
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Governor General's Award for French to English translation
Year Nominated work Author Result 2007 Carole Fréchette: Two Plays: John and Beatrice; Helen’s Necklace John Murrell 2010 Forests Linda Gaboriau 2012 The Small Room at the Top of the Stairs and Thinking of You John Murrell The List Shelley Tepperman 2019 Birds of a Kind Linda Gaboriau 2020 Amaryllis & Little Witch Alexis Diamond
See also
Playwrights Guild of Canada Theatre of Canada List of Canadian Plays
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