Playwrights Canada Press

Tara Beagan’s Governor General’s Award-winning Rise, Red River is a multilingual vision of Indigenous survivance

“A big part of what I consider this writing to be is an honoring of ancestors that I will never meet in person,” says Beagan. “[That includes Indigenous] ancestors who [may only be] distantly related to me, or not actually bloodline-related to me at all, because it feels like we have to do that wherever we are in this colonized nation."

In the wake of her Governor General’s win, playwright Caleigh Crow is ready to take flight

“I still don’t know how to talk about it,” says Crow. “I read through some of the other recipients in my cohort, and also all the [winners and nominees] before me… It’s affirming to feel like I can stand with some very talented and impactful people.”

Interdependent (And Published!) Magic: In Conversation with Jessica Watkin

This isn’t necessarily an anthology you can bring into a classroom to read together. It’s not Hamlet, and it’s not George F. Walker.