Fabrizio and Cabriolet In: Water, Dirt, Breeze, Fire!
Duo Doppio
Portland, USA
Playwrights: Summer Olsson & Ari Rapkin

Their accents are from somewhere in Europe. Their clothes are from somewhere in the ‘70s. Their follies are universal. In this hilarious show, full of physical comedy and idiotic foibles, two egotistical vaudevillians—Fabrizio and Cabriolet—try to pull off a spectacular homage to the four elements.

Funny / Silly / Weird / All Ages / Smoke/Fog / 55 minutes

This show is created by an underrepresented Artist.

Created and performed in part by a transgender Artist.

R’n’J: The Untold Story of Shakespeare’s Roz and Jules
Stolen Cactus
London, UK
Playwright: Carmina Bernhardt
stolencactus.com

Juliet is double pregnant, Rosaline decides she does indeed want Romeo dick, but Romeo is definitely dead. Join Roz and Jules, direct from their Edinburgh Festival Fringe world premiere, on an epic Thelma and Louise-style multimedia tragicomedy adventure in clearing their good names, healing age-old family strife, and safely delivering those babies!
 
Funny / Tear-Jerker / Poetic / Multicultural / 14+ / Coarse Language / Violent Content / 60 minutes

This show is created by an underrepresented Artist.

Written, produced and performed by a mixed-race East Asian (Japanese-Chinese)/European woman with a cast of three other performers.

Those Who Can’t
Jill Lockley
Vancouver, Canada
Playwright: Jill Lockley

There are some classrooms that can’t be tamed: this is one of them. Principal Penny is desperate to find a substitute teacher for a group of sixth-grade students who are determined to torment every teacher who steps through the door. If you’ve ever taught a classroom or been in a classroom, this show was written for you.

Funny / Silly / Weird / 14+ / Coarse Language / 30 minutes

This show is created by an underrepresented Artist.

The show is a comedy written and directed by a queer woman.

My Name is SUMIKO
New(to)Town Collective
Vancouver, Canada
Playwright: June Fukumura
newtotowncollective.com/sumiko

June Fukumura is a Japanese-Canadian theatre maker based in Vancouver. By day she is a polite, well-mannered theatre artist and by night she is her dark humoured, hyper kawaii, raunchy clown alter-ego, Sumiko. Sumiko dices, slices, and blends up Japanese stereotypes and serves up a zany, East-meets-West comedy about life, death, and love.

Funny / Weird / Naughty / Multicultural / 18+ / Coarse Language / Violent Content / Sexual Content / 60 minutes
Deaf friendly

This show is created by an underrepresented Artist.

Created and performed by second generation Nikkei (Japanese-Canadian) clown

The Most Massive Woman Wins
Splendiferous Theatre
Vancouver, Canada
Playwright: Madeleine George
splendiferoustheatre.wordpress.com

Four women of various shapes and sizes sitting in the waiting room of a liposuction clinic explore their perceptions of body image. From painful childhood memories to frustrations with the opposite sex, these experiences both haunt and empower these women.  

“A thought-provoking glimpse at the anguished consequences for women trying to conform to society’s often unattainable image of female beauty.” —Martin Hernandez, LA Weekly

“Packs a powerful punch.” —Kathy Flynn, Discover Hollywood Magazine

Funny / Tear-Jerker / In Your Face / 14+ / Violent Content / Sexual Content / Nudity / 45 minutes

This show is created by underrepresented Artists.

A feminist, multicultural production team with an all-female cast of diverse body shapes and sizes.

Josephine
Lil Theatre Company
Orlando, USA 
Created by Tymisha Harris, Michael Marinaccio, and Tod Kimbro
liltheatre.co

Six-time “Outstanding Performance” winner Tymisha Harris stars in this six-time Best of Fest winning off-Broadway biographical musical that combines theatre, cabaret, and dance to tell the story of the iconic Josephine Baker, the first African American international superstar and one of the most remarkable figures of the 20th Century.

***** “Tymisha Harris’ performance is a tour de force.” —CBC 
***** “If there’s a truly must-see show... it’s Josephine.” —Winnipeg Free Press 
***** “It’s is a perfect piece of theatre for the time we are currently in.” —PlaysToSee, New York

Musical / Intimate / LGBTQ+ / Multicultural / 18+ / Sexual Content / Nudity / 75 minutes

This show is created by an underrepresented Artist.

Tymisha Harris, the performer and co-creator, is an African-American woman. The subject of the show is Josephine Baker, the first African-American international superstar, who was also bisexual.

Thumbtacks
Green Room Theatre Camp
Vancouver, Canada
Playwrights: Green Room Theatre Campers
greenroomtheatrecamp.com

Thumbtacks is an original show, devised by the 2019 cohort of the Green Room Theatre Camp. The show features emotional vignettes, powerful monologues, and hilarious re-enactments, all mined from the weird walls of the Green Room. Come witness the wacky and wonderful imaginations of this brilliant teenage generation on display in their world premiere.
 
Weird / Poetic / Intimate / 14+ / 60 minutes

This show is created by an underrepresented Artist.

Written, produced, and performed by youth from a wide range of cultural backgrounds.

Guards at the Taj
SACHA (Vancouver)
Burnaby, Canada

Playwright: Rajiv Joseph

A flourishing empire, an architectural marvel, one of the cruelest acts in (perhaps fabricated) history, intense drama, and at the centre of it all... a weird bromance? 

Adele Noronha and Andeep Kalirai star in playwright Rajiv Joseph’s sharply written story of two Imperial Guards who stand on duty at the famed Taj Mahal in India in 1648.

“Joseph writes sly, funny dialogue laced with jolts of lyricism, and the initial exchanges between the two guards are highly captivating, even if some of the play’s verbal detours are more bewitching than enlightening.” —Hollywood Reporter

Weird / Intense / Poetic / Multicultural 14+ / Coarse Language / Violent Content / 90 minutes
 
This show is created by an underrepresented Artist.

Directed and Performed by South Asian Artists

Red Glimmer
Dusty Foot Productions
Vancouver, Canada
Written & Directed by Patricia Trinh

Abstract Sci-Fi dramedy. An interdimensional science experiment! Woman involuntarily takes an all inclusive internal trip after falling into a deep depression. A scientist is hired to navigate her neurological pathways from inside her mind – tackling the fact that humans cannot physically re-experience somatosensory sensation, like pain. What if that were the case for traumatic emotional pain? A creepy little girl is heard running by. What happens next?

Weird / Poetic / Intellectual / LGBTQ+ / Multicultural / 14+ / Sexual Content / 50 minutes

This show is created by an underrepresented Artist.

Written, directed, and produced by local theatre Artist Patricia Trinh, a Queer, Asian-Canadian female.

Borderline A**hole
Julie Gieseke, Solo Performer
San Francisco,  USA
Playwright: Julie Gieseke
juliegieseke.com

After years of falling for totally unavailable women, Julie has just found her ideal girlfriend. Everything is perfect except they can’t agree on one thing: That Julie is the problem. Is Julie an Asshole or a Borderline? Julie can’t tell.

“There is an immense genuineness at the heart of Borderline A**hole. Gieseke bares her true self... her warmth and sincerity give you the sense that you are being told a story by a close friend. ... Sure to make you laugh.” —Theasy.com, New York

Funny / Intense / Tear-Jerker / LGBTQ+ / 18+ / 65 minutes

This show is created by an underrepresented Artist.

The writer/performer is a 53 year old bi-racial Lesbian.
Low vision

Monica vs. The Internet: Tales of a Social Justice Warrior
Rage Sweater Theatre Productions
Victoria, Canada
Playwright: Monica Ogden

Award winning Filipina storyteller Monica Ogden sheds light on activism in the age of the internet, mixed-race identity, and why white feminism is like Lays chips. 

Pick of The Fringe: Bravest Show, Victoria Fringe. 

“Monica Ogden is the worst looking asian I ever saw. Filipinas are supposed to be hot, not feminist.” —Nice white man online
“Sharp, incisive, funny, well-constructed, and devastating.” —Janis La Couvée, I Have My Own Life To Live
“It would be a true shame to miss the opportunity to hear the testimony of this talented, unapologetic warrior.” —Niko Mumford, Showbill Victoria

Funny / Tear-Jerker / LGBTQ+ / Multicultural / 14+ / Coarse Language / 60 minutes

This show is created by underrepresented Artists.

Monica Ogden, the performer and writer, is a chronically ill, disabled, mixed-race Filipina Polynesian cisgender woman who lives with chronic pain and mental illness.

Ann-Bernice Thomas, the director and co-creator, is Queer, non-binary, and of the Afro-Carribean diaspora.

The Russian Play
Lovecat Theatre
Vancouver, Canada
Playwright: Hannah Moscovitch

Love is beautiful. Girl meets Boy. Boy digs graves. Girl sells flowers. Love is shit.

“…Heart is very strong organ. You can rip it out and put it back in again and it still work okay. So what is big problem?”

 “It’s the rarest of all theatrical experiments: a clever satire with a beating heart.” —Kamal Al-Solaylee, The Globe and Mail

This show is created by an underrepresented Artist.

Producer and musician Demi Pedersen identifies as part of the LGBTQ+ community.

“The story-telling is spare. Compelling. Humorous and heartbreaking.” —Lynn Slotkin, CBC Radio

Funny / Poetic / Intimate / 14+ / Coarse Language / Sexual Content / 45minutes

Rape is Real & Everywhere
Vancouver, Canada
Playwrights: Emma Cooper & Friends
rapeisreal.com

Can rape jokes be funny? What if the people telling them were survivors? Rape is Real is seasoned stand-up comedians, raw honesty, and cathartic laughs. This hit independent show sold out across the country before #MeToo gained momentum and is back because we always need to laugh at the hard stuff.  

“I found it 100% more hilarious than being raped.” —Lucia Lorenzi, PhD

Funny / Intense / In Your Face / LGBTQ+ / Multicultural / 18+ / Coarse Language / Violent Content / Sexual Content / 75 minutes

This show is created by an underrepresented Artist.

Written and performed by diverse survivors. Visit rapeisreal.com to learn more about the show's 20 stand-up comedians.

Low vision

The Robber Bridegroom: A Grimm Fairy Tale
Chimera Theatre
Kamloops, Canada
Playwrights: The Brothers Grimm, adapted by Andrew G. Cooper
chimeratheatre.com

An impoverished miller seeks a better life for his only daughter by arranging her marriage to a wealthy stranger. She wants to help her family, but something wicked lurks in the woods where her bridegroom lives... Chimera Theatre brings back their dark adaptation of this classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale through puppetry and physical theatre.

“The Robber Bridegroom took what was already an eerie fairy tale to a new level … and had even skeptical audience members on the edge of their seats and scared.” —Kamloops This Week 
“This is a show for you.” —The YYScene

The Saturday, September 14 performance will be live described by VocalEye for patrons with low vision.
 
Intense / Poetic / Shocking / 14+ / Violent Content / 60 minutes

This show is created by an underrepresented Artist.

The director/adapter and two of the performers are LGBTQ2+ and one of the performers is Métis.

Workin’
Theatre Terrific
Vancouver, Canada
Playwright: Susanna Uchatius
theatreterrific.ca

Workin’ addresses the personal and public value of work, the hierarchical status of different types of work, who works where, and why. What defines “something” as work and “something else” as not work? 

“I long to accomplish great and noble tasks, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble.” —Helen Keller

Funny / Musical / Poetic / LGBTQ+/ Multicultural / All Ages / 45 minutes

This show is created by an underrepresented Artist.

The cast and crew are composed of people who are neurodiverse (Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, brain damage), Indigenous  (Haida, STL'ATL'IMX', Gitxsan/Witsuwit'en, Cree, Meti), Filipino, intersex, and living with a disability.

Pretty Beast
Kazu Kusano
Los Angeles, USA
Playwright: Kazu Kusano
kazukusano.com

“Shut up, you’re a girl!” Tired of hearing that? #MeToo. Growing up in a dysfunctional family in Japan, Kazu finds humour as a survival tool, but a girl being funny is a problem. Nevertheless, she persists. You’ll laugh and cry. 

Won Best of Fest at Crazy Woke Asians Solo Performance Festival in L.A. Kazu is an award winning Japanese stand-up comedian.

Funny / Intense / Intimate / Multicultural / 18+ / Coarse Language / Strobe Lights / 60 minutes

This show is created by an underrepresented Artist.

Written and performed by an Asian woman
Low vision

Mx
Lili Robinson
Vancouver, Canada
Playwright: Lili Robinson

What of culture and ancestry lives within us, and how much is determined by our upbringing? Does blood equal belonging? Pulling on elements of clown, bouffon, and mythology from the African Diaspora, Mx cracks open notions of mixed-race, Black, and Queer identity through the lens of a character stuck in the in-between.

The Sunday, September 15 performance will be interperted into ASL for patrons who are d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Funny / Intense / In Your Face / LGBTQ+ / Multicultural / 14+ / Coarse Language / Violent Content / 75 minutes


This show is created by an underrepresented Artist.

The cast and core creative team of Mx is made up entirely of queer and/or BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Colour) Artists. The show is based around navigating queer, Black, mixed-race identity, based on the experiences of creator Lili Robinson.

In assembling the Mx creative team, centreing the vision and artistry of Black women and femmes was given top priority.

tadpole.: the last episode
THEATRECORPS.
Richmond, Canada
Playwright: Eddy van Wyk
theatrecorps.ca

A prophet in the hospital. A psycho in the village. The Age of the Medicated. What’s going on? Is stigma blinding us? Are we sick? Is this part of the evolution of consciousness? Is this a dramatic collective nervous breakdown? Meds, drugs, doctors, healers, remission, recovery, numbing, awakening, and sensation...

Intense / Poetic / Intimate / Multicultural / 18+ / Coarse Language / Nudity / 50 minutes

This show is created by an underrepresented Artist.

Created and performed by a non-neurotypical Artist. The show is based on their experiences with mental wellness, illness, and medical systems.

4.48 Psychosis
Ruckus Theatre Collective
Vancouver, Canada
Playwright: Sarah Kane

Kane’s own poetic and haunting account of clinical depression is fragmented stylistically by three performers who have learned the entire text. Each night, they will allocate the text in the moment, making every performance unique.

**** “Rawly powerful and laceratingly honest.” —The Telegraph
**** “Pushing the edges of what can be performed on stage.” —DC Metro Theater Arts

Intense / In Your Face / Intimate / 18+ / Coarse Language / 55 minutes

This show is created by an underrepresented Artist.

Some Artists in the company identify as queer, non-binary, and Filipinx.

Where the Quiet Queers Are
Amplify Choral Theatre
Vancouver, Canada
Playwrights: Laura Fukumoto with Sara Jellicoe & Elyse Kantonen
facebook.com/WheretheQuietQueersAre

She said, “How many of us build our families from our friends?” Two friends build an unlikely home in each other in the face of exhaustion, rising rent, and messy relationships. Using choral music, a cappella soundscape, and spoken poetry as the medium, this ensemble explores where the quiet queers go, and how to find family in a transient city.

Preview at the Havana Theatre added, August 31st at 7:30pm

Musical / Poetic / Intimate / LGBTQ+ / All Ages / Coarse Language / 45 minutes
low vision friendly

This show is created by an underrepresented Artist.

Poetry and script is written by a queer, mixed-race woman of colour. The show is conceptualized by queer women, and the cast is composed of LGBTQ+ Artists.

Fake Ghost Tours 2: Journey to the Other Side (of Granville Island)
Whells Phargo
Vancouver, Canada
Playwrights: Abdul Aziz and Shawn O’Hara
fakeghosttours.com

Ghost hunting twin brothers Abdul Aziz and Shawn O’Hara return to fill you in on even more of Granville Island’s sordid and supernatural history. Pass through the veil, stride into the lands of the dead, and look both ways before crossing the street: you never know what might be lurking in the shadows (it’s ghosts).

“Fake Ghost Tours would almost be believable if it wasn't so hilarious.” —Theatre Addicts
“Funny, smart, and charming.” —Vancouver Presents
“Well worth the walk.” —the Georgia Straight

Funny / Silly / Weird / 14+ / Coarse Language / 60 minutes

This show is created by an underrepresented Artist.

Co-Written and Performed by a Middle-Eastern individual.

Dissection of a Indian Aboriginal First Nation Indigenous Native Full-Blood Status Non-Status Halfbreed Métis Rez Urban Mixed Heritage Woman
Nyla Carpentier
North Vancouver, Canada
Playwright: Nyla Carpentier

Which part belongs to who? Told through family and personal stories, poetry, dance, and a bit of song. One woman tries to find out who she is and where her mixed heritage is pulling her. Unravelling and weaving together her experiences to figure out how to fit within society and not set it on fire.
 
Warm and Fuzzy / Tear-Jerker / Poetic / Multicultural / 14+ / Coarse Language / 60 minutes

This show is created by an underrepresented Artist.

Written and performed by a Mixed Heritage Woman (Tahltan First Nation, Kaska First Nation, French and Scottish)

Elemental: A Hyper-Natural Variety Revue
The Crystalline Cabaret
Vancouver, Canada
Playwrights: The Crystalline Cabaret
facebook.com/thecrystallinecabaret

Inspired by the world around us, The Crystalline Cabaret brings to the stage a sensuous and ethereal dreamland based on the four elements: earth, air, fire, and water. Each element interpreted through variety acts, this show is a feast of dazzling burlesque, dance, drag, singing, and magic!

 On The Crystalline Cabaret's House Nocturnae: 
“The performers are playful and entertaining providing a smorgasbord of burlesque performances to suit almost any palate, from latex to lace to feather boas.” —Theatre Addicts, Vancouver

Naughty / LGBTQ+ / 18+ / Nudity / 60 minutes Deaf friendly

This show is created by an underrepresented Artist.

The cast and crew are composed of femme-identifying individuals.

Two Modern Noh Plays by Yukio Mishima
Midtwenties Theatre Society
Vancouver, Canada
Playwright: Yukio Mishima
mtstheatre.com

Upon a successful run last year, Midtwenties Theatre is proud to be back to premiere Two Modern Noh Plays By Yukio Mishima for the 2019 Dramatic Works Series. 

A 20-year old poet falls in love with a 90-year old woman and a young girl waits for a long-forgotten lover in this double-bill of two Noh plays by famous Japanese writer, Yukio Mishima.

“Hauntingly enigmatic, subtle and beautiful, Mishima’s masterpieces reach back into the deep past of ancient myth and brings into the modern world stories that are part fairy-tale, part surreal drama.” —Broadway World

Poetic / Intellectual / Intimate / LGBTQ+ / Multicultural / All Ages / 100 minutes

This show is created by an underrepresented Artist.

Collaboratively produced and performed by Artists from different genders and cultural backgrounds, including Asian and Métis.

Try to Remember
Lightnin’ Productions
North Vancouver, Canada
Playwright: R David Stephens
rdavidstephens.com

We know how to bring life into this world, but we don’t have a graceful passage for ushering it into the next.

This is the story of a life in search of an end... told through film, dance, comic, and dramatic scenes.

Performed by David C. Jones, Jackie Minns, and R David Stephens.
Directed by R David Stephens & Linda Pollard (Choreographer).

Funny / Intense / Intimate / 14+ / 60 minutes

This show is created by an underrepresented Artist.

Written, Directed, and Performed by Senior members of Canadian Actors' Equity Association.