Waveforms

This week, Adam Grant Warren chats with Vancouver-based playwright Frankie McGee to talk about their play, my body remembers. Synopsis: Frankie is aided by Carolyn, an 11 year old self; and Francis, a mysterious figure visiting from the afterlife, in their effort to reconnect with their queer, trans, and disabled ancestors. Content Forecast: Hospitalization, medical gaslighting, strong language. W...

This week, Natasha Nadir chats with Montreal-based playwright deidre “d-lishus” walton to talk about her play, 8x10. In 8x10 by deidre “d-lishus” walton, a Black woman grapples with a surreal spiritual experience that leaves her vulnerable to the machinations of the mental health system. Which version of reality will prevail? Content Forecast: Involuntary institutionalization, discussions of suici...

This week, Natasha Nadir chats with Winnipeg-based playwright Daphne Finlayson to talk about her play, FanAddict. FanAddict by Daphne Finlayson focuses on the relationship between a young digital creator and fame. It examines our culture's obsession with online relevancy and what people are willing to do to get on the trending page - as well as what that fleeting fame does to a person's psyche. Co...

This week, Natasha Nadir chats with Winnipeg-based playwright Mitch Krohn to talk about his play, Captain Ted: Disabled Astronaut. Captain Ted: Disabled Astronaut is a comedy that satirizes Sci-fi tropes. It's a sequel to Mitch Krohn's first play Captain Ted: Disabled Pirate. It follows the story of Captain Ted, a Disabled space traveller, and his crew featuring a variety of characters who live wi...

This week, Natasha Nadir chats with Vancouver-based playwright Garvin Chan to talk about their play, The Funeral of Garvin Chan (1998-2025). The Funeral of Garvin Chan (1998-2025) by Garvin Chan is an immersive dark comedy set in a church. An absurd and contradictory series of eulogies exploring the possibilities of how one can be remembered, the unknowability of one's person (spiritually, literal...

This week, Natasha Nadir chats with Toronto-based playwright Kate McArthur to talk about their play, un/REAL. Bonkers is a clown comedy in which Clown who lives with depression and bipolar disorder faces an appeals panel after being denied disability support. Content Forecast: Discussions of suicide. Help is available. Call or Text the National Suicide Crisis Helpline (24hr/day): 9-8-8 Waveforms w...

This week, Natasha Nadir chats with Vancouver-based playwright Sarah Shepherd to talk about their play, un/REAL. un/REAL by Sarah Shepherd is a horror/science fiction play where Cesare, a person with a degenerative muscular disorder tries a new and experimental medical treatment. This involves being put into a medically induced coma and entering a Virtual Reality that attempts to replicate a "perf...

This week, Natasha Nadir chats with Winnipeg-based playwright Ethan Stark to talk about his play, Sinking Ship. Sinking Ship by Ethan Stark is a queer and modern re-imagining of Charon, the ferryman featured in Greek mythology. Since the beginning of humankind, they have been tasked with emotionally preparing the newly dead to go to the place you never come back from. Over and over again they get...

This week, Adam Grant Warren chats with Vancouver-based playwright Araceli Ferrara to talk about their play, Vampire or My sister, the prophet. Synopsis: Vampire or My sister, the prophet by Araceli Ferrara follows Nena as she visits home for the holidays, where she must grapple with the fallout following her sister's most recent psychotic episode. Content Forecast: Institutionalization, experienc...

This week, Natasha Nadir chats with Montreal-based playwright Anna Burkholder to talk about their play, Skye High. Skye is new to town, and no one notices her—not even her mom. As she struggles to settle in, a wildfire destroys her childhood home in B.C., thousands of miles away. Left alone with her stepdad while her mom deals with the crisis, Skye becomes consumed by loneliness, grief, and recurr...