This collection contains plays shortlisted for the 2020 Tom Hendry Awards. Find a list of all of the nominees here.
The Tom Hendry Awards, named for a beloved founding member of the Playwrights Guild of Canada, took place online, with ceremonies from October 25, 2020 to October 30, 2020.
Please note: the scripts appear as they were submitted to the Tom Hendry Awards in 2020! If you require an updated script for a production or other purpose, please contact PGC or the playwright. Click the play titles to find the play's description, and to see it available for sale as a single script.
This collection contains the following scripts:
Carol Bolt Award
This is How We Got Here by Keith Barker
Room by Emma Donoghue
From Alaska by Sébastien Harrisson, translated by Leanna Brodie
Playwrights Guild Comedy Award
Siberian Summer by Paul Van Dyck
Pinkerton Comes to Prospect by Jamie Williams
RBC Emerging Playwright Award
Harun by Makram Ayache
Twentysomething by Megs Calleja
Eva in Rio by Gabe Maharjan
Robert Beardsley Award
Tragedy: A Comedy by Audrey Krieger-Pottruff
I'll Miss You a Little by Micaela Robertson
Sharon Enkin Plays for Young People Award
A Year in the Stars and Rain by Jared Mallard
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The following plays, which were nominated in categories in the Tom Hendry Awards in 2020, are not included in this collection.
Musical Award
Kelly v. Kelly by Sara Farb, Music & Lyrics by Britta Johnson
Grow: A New Musical by Matt Murray Music & Lyrics by Colleen Dauncey & Akiva Romer-Segal
Keaton and the Whale by Molly Reisman, (Book & Lyrics) & Emily Chiu (Book & Music)
Comedy Award
The Shoe by David Paquet, translated by Leanna Brodie
Robert Beardsley Award
CAEZUS by Nam Nguyen, music by Maks Chupov
Sharon Enkin Plays for Young People Award
Bent Boy by Herbert Barnes
#IAMTHECHEESE by Josh MacDonald
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