613-831-4435About Kanata Theatre
Playwrights
This page shows all authors who have had at least one work produced by Kanata Theatre.
The letter after the name of a play indicates the type of production:
(S) - part of the regular Season
(C) - a Children's play
(W) - a Workshop or studio production
(M) - a Mayfair or other outdoor production
| Cinderella (C) | February, 1970 |
| CKTP Radio & Kanata Theatre present (W) | November, 1995 |
| A Year with Frog and Toad | December, 2011 |
Edward Albee
| The Sandbox (W) | April, 1975 |
| A Delicate Balance (S) | March, 1989 |
| The Sandbox ( ) | April, 1995 |
| Three Tall Women (S) | November, 1998 |
Richard Alfieri
| Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks (S) | February, 2010 |
Jay Presson Allen
| Forty Carats (S) | October, 1979 |
| The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (S) | January, 1996 |
Adapted for the Stage by Timothy Allen McDonald and Leslie Bricusse
| Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka - Theatre Young Audiences (C) | December, 2012 |
Robert Anderson
| The Footsteps of Doves (W) | June, 1972 |
| I Never Sang For My Father (S) | December, 1981 |
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| The Princess and the Pea (C) | February, 1979 |
Jean Anouilh
| The Waltz of the Toreadors - I (S) | November, 1970 |
| Ring Round The Moon (S) | November, 1971 |
| Antigone (S) | March, 1976 |
| The Waltz of the Toreadors - II (S) | January, 1997 |
Jeffrey Archer
| Beyond Reasonable Doubt (S) | January, 1993 |
David Auburn
| Proof (S) | September, 2004 |
Alan Ayckbourn
| How The Other Half Loves (S) | May, 1979 |
| Bedroom Farce (S) | October, 1980 |
| Round And Round The Garden (S) | March, 1982 |
| Living Together (S) | May, 1985 |
| Absent Friends (S) | January, 1991 |
| Chorus of Disapproval (S) | October, 1991 |
| Communicating Doors (S) | January, 2001 |
Enid Bagnold
| The Chalk Garden (S) | October, 1976 |
Matthew Barber
| Enchanted April (S) | March, 2006 |
Philip Barry
| The Philadelphia Story (S) | October, 1981 |
Alan Bennett
| Habeas Corpus (S) | May, 1981 |
Maurice Berger
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (M) | May, 1975 |
Eric Blau & Mort Shulman
| Jaques Brel is Alive and Well .... (S) | May, 2000 |
Alfred Bradley
| The Tale of the Red Dragon (C) | February, 1978 |
Winn Bray & Tom Doyle
| Rumplestiltskin - A Rockin' Musical (C) | December, 2002 |
Harold Brighthouse
| Hobson's Choice (S) | October, 1998 |
Joan Burrows
| Staff Room (S) | May, 2006 |
Elda Cadogan
| Rise And Shine (W) | April, 1969 |
Mark Camoletti
| Happy Birthday (S) | May, 1997 |
Josef and Karel Capek
| The Life of the Insects (W) | November, 1976 |
Fred Carmichael
| Out of Sight ... Out of Murder (S) | May, 2004 |
Lewis Carroll
| Alice in Wonderland (C) | October, 1978 |
John Chapman
John Chapman & Dave Freeman
| Key For Two (S) | January, 1987 |
John Chapman & Michael Pertwee
| Look, No Hans! (S) | October, 1990 |
Mary Chase
| Harvey (S) | December, 1980 |
| Harvey 2013 (S) | March-April, 2013 |
Anton Chekhov
| A Marriage Proposal (W) | October, 1970 |
| The Seagull (S) | February, 2008 |
Anne Chislett
| Quiet In The Land (S) | March, 1988 |
Agatha Christie
| The Mousetrap (S) | October, 1972 |
Michael Christofer
| Shadow Box (S) | March, 1992 |
Peter Colley
| You'll Get Used To It - The War Show (S) | May, 2005 |
| When the Reaper Calls (S) | January, 2007 |
Michael Cooney
| Cash On Delivery (S) | March, 2011 |
Ray Cooney
| Not Now Darling (S) | October, 1977 |
| It Runs in the Family (S) | May, 1995 |
| One for the Pot (S) | October, 1995 |
| Caught in the Net (S) | March, 2005 |
Ray Cooney & John Chapman
| Move Over Mrs. Markham (S) | May, 1976 |
| There Goes The Bride (S) | January, 1985 |
Giles Cooper
| Everything In The Garden (S) | January, 1979 |
AnneMarie Copple
| A Christmas Adventure (C) | December, 1974 |
Bruce Coville
| The Dragonslayers (C) | December, 2005 |
Noel Coward
| Present Laughter (S) | May, 1970 |
| Fumed Oak (W) | October, 1970 |
| Blithe Spirit (S) | October, 1973 |
| Hay Fever (S) | October, 1983 |
| Blithe Spirit (S) | May, 2007 |
| Private Lives (S) | September 2012 |
Trevor Cowper
| Relative Strangers (S) | October, 1987 |
David S. Craig
| Having Hope at Home (S) | September, 2010 |
N.J. Crisp
| Dangerous Obsession (S) | March, 1999 |
Robertson Davies
| The Voice of the People (S) | November, 1969 |
| Overlaid (W) | December, 1972 |
| Hunting Stuart (S) | March, 1974 |
Denise Deegan
| Daisy Pulls It Off (S) | May, 1994 |
James DeVita
| Through the Looking Glass (C) | December, 2004 |
William Douglas-Home
| Lloyd George Knew My Father (S) | January, 1977 |
Anthony Drew & GeorgeStyles
| Just So (C) | December, 2008 |
Fay Ehlert
| The Undercurrent (W) | June, 1972 |
Bernard Farrell
| Happy Birthday Dear Alice (S) | November, 2006 |
Jean Feather
| The Golden Goose (C) | November, 1971 |
| Snow White and Rose Red (C) | November, 1973 |
Edna Ferber
| Sun Dried (W) | August, 2010 |
Georges Feydeau translated by David Ives
| A Flea in Her Ear (S) | May, 2013 |
Barbara Field
| The Boxcar Children (C) | December, 2009 |
Joseph Fields & Peter de Vries
| The Tunnel Of Love (S) | May, 1974 |
Timothy Findley
| The Stillborn Lover (S) | March, 2002 |
Stephen Flaherty & Lynn Ahrens
George C. Fosgate
| The Reluctant Dragon (M) | May, 1974 |
Norm Foster
| Sinners (S) | May, 1990 |
| The Melville Boys (S) | March, 1995 |
| The Affections of May (S) | March, 1997 |
| Ethan Claymore (S) | November, 2004 |
| Drinking Alone (S) | September, 2005 |
| Here on the Flight Path (S) | September, 2006 |
| The Long Weekend (S) | November, 2007 |
| Kiss the Moon, Kiss the Sun (S) | February, 2009 |
| Jenny's House of Joy (S) | February, 2011 |
| Maggie's Getting Married (S) | November, 2011 |
June Franklin
| Take Away My Shadow (W) | December, 1973 |
Michael Frayn
| Noises Off (S) | May, 1988 |
| Noises Off (S) | January, 2006 |
David French
| Jitters (S) | October, 1982 |
| Of The Fields Lately (S) | March, 1990 |
Brian Friel
| Dancing at Lughnasa (S) | February, 2005 |
Christopher Fry
| A Phoenix Too Frequent (W) | December, 1972 |
Zona Gale
| The Neighbors (W) | April, 1976 |
Gratien Gelinas
| Bousille And The Just (S) | March, 1981 |
Alice Gerstenberg
| Fourteen (W) | August, 2010 |
Jean Giraudoux
| The Madwoman of Chaillot (S) | May, 1999 |
Augustus Goetz and Ruth Goetz
| The Heiress (S) | September, 2007 |
Oliver Goldsmith
| She Stoops To Conquer (S) | October, 1985 |
Ed Graczyk
| Come Back to the Five & Dime,.... (S) | September, 1999 |
Warren Graves
| The Death of Dracula (S) | October, 1999 |
| Rock and Roll (S) | January, 2004 |
Simon Gray
| Otherwise Engaged (S) | January, 1983 |
Gayle Greenslade-Lalonde
| The Inheritance (S) | April, 2003 |
A.R. Gurney
| Sylvia (S) | September, 2000 |
| The Snow Ball (S) | May, 2003 |
Roger Hall
| Conjugal Rites (S) | October, 1997 |
Patrick Hamilton
| Angel Street (S) | March, 1977 |
Robert Harling
| Steel Magnolias (S) | January, 1994 |
Richard Harris & Leslie Darbon
| Two And Two Make Sex (S) | May, 1980 |
Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman
| You Can't Take It With You - I (S) | May, 1977 |
| You Can't Take it With You -II (S) | January, 2002 |
Jeffrey Hatcher
| Scotland Road (S) | April, 2009 |
Lezley Havard
| Jill (S) | May, 1982 |
Elliot Hayes
| Homeward Bound (S) | September, 2001 |
Michael Healey
| The Drawer Boy (S) | September, 2003 |
John Healy
| Nero Fiddles (W) | April, 1975 |
Marcy Heisler
| Dear Edwina Junior (C) | June, 2010 |
Beth Henley
| Crimes of the Heart (S) | October, 1989 |
| The Miss Firecracker Contest (S) | May, 1998 |
Geoff Holland
| Punch and Judy 1972 (M) | May, 1972 |
| Punch and Judy 1973 (M) | May, 1973 |
| Punch & Judy (M) | April, 1980 |
Henrik Ibsen
| Hedda Gabler (S) | January, 1975 |
| A Doll's House (S) | February, 1991 |
William Inge
| Bus Stop (S) | March, 2009 |
Philip Johnson
| Heaven on Earth (S) | November, 1969 |
| Everlasting Flowers (W) | October, 1970 |
| From Five to Five-thirty (W) | February, 1973 |
Tim Kelley
| Hi, Ho, Robin Hood (C) | December, 2006 |
Brett Kelly
| Hansel & Gretel: A Christmas Story (C) | December, 1997 |
Tim Kelly/Pam Hughes
| Aladdin & his Wonderful Magical Lamp (C) | December, 2003 |
Tim Kelly
| The Uninvited (S) | November, 2003 |
B.Keneford, D.Strong, G.Holland
| Igor and the Time Machine (C) | January, 1974 |
Jean Kerr
| Lunch Hour (S) | January, 1988 |
Joseph Kesselring
| Arsenic And Old Lace (S) | May, 1978 |
John Kirkpatrick
| Lady Killers (W) | April, 1969 |
KT Kids
| CSI: Storyland (C) | April, 2006 |
| The Christmas Play (W) | November, 2006 |
Harry Kurnitz
| A Shot In The Dark (S) | March, 1975 |
Carolyn Lane
| The Wayward Clocks (C) | October, 1972 |
Bob Larby
| A Month of Sundays (S) | October, 1996 |
Ira Levin
| Deathtrap (S) | March, 1983 |
| Critics Choice (S) | October, 1984 |
Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
| Life With Father (S) | May, 1975 |
Anna Lippman
| The Babies ( ) | April, 1995 |
David Lindsay-Abaire
| Rabbit Hole ( S) | February, 2013 |
Ken
Ludwig
| Lend Me A Tenor (S) | May, 1993 |
| Moon Over Buffalo (S) | January, 1999 |
| Leading Ladies (S) | September, 2008 |
| Postmortem (S) | March, 2010 |
Stephen Mallatratt
| The Woman in Black (S) | November, 1996 |
Steve Martin
| The Underpants (S) | May, 2010 |
Stephen Massicotte
| Mary’s Wedding (S) | November, 2012 |
Martin McDonagh
| The Beauty Queen of Leenane (S) | November, 2005 |
Beth McMaster
| Which Witch is Which? (C) | November, 1985 |
| Happy Holly (C) | December, 1999 |
Alan Melville
| Dear Charles (S) | October, 1974 |
Iven Menchell
| The Cemetery Club (S) | January, 1998 |
Arthur Miller
| The Crucible (S) | May, 1971 |
Madge Miller
| Hansel and Gretel (C) | February, 1975 |
A.A. Milne
| The Ugly Duckling (W) | January, 1972 |
Moliere
| Love's The Best Doctor (S) | March, 1976 |
Robert Morely & Rosemary Sisson
| Ghost on Tiptoe (S) | May, 1986 |
Christopher Morley
| Rehearsal (S) | November, 1969 |
Vera Morris et al (see below)
| The Jungle Book, The Musical (C) | December, 2001 |
Gregory Murphy
| The Countess (S) | November, 2008 |
John Murrell
| Waiting For The Parade (S) | March, 1987 |
Jack Neary
| To Forgive, Divine (S) | November, 2000 |
Irving Gaynor Neiman
| Murder Once Removed (S) | March, 1978 |
Ruth Newton
| Jack and the Giant (C) | January, 1971 |
| Cinderella (C) | December, 1975 |
| Jack and the Giant (C) | February, 1976 |
Eric Nicol
| The Clam Made a Face (M) | May, 1977 |
Liam O'Brian
| The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker (S) | January, 1973 |
Clifford Odets
| The Country Girl (S) | March, 1980 |
Lawrence O'Farrell
| Choice for the Future (C) | November, 1984 |
Alex Ostrovsky
| Diary Of A Scoundrel (S) | March, 1979 |
Dorothy Parker
| Here We Are (W) | April, 1979 |
John Patrick
| The Curious Savage (S) | January, 2000 |
Joe Di Pietro
| Over the River and Through the Woods (S) | March, 2004 |
Arthur Wing Pinero
| Dandy Dick (S) | January, 1980 |
Sharon Pollock
| Blood Relations (S) | March, 1994 |
Robert Neil Porter
| A Witch's First Birthday (C) | January, 1972 |
J.B. Priestley
| Dangerous Corner (S) | February, 1984 |
| When We Are Married (S) | May, 1991 |
Jonathan Rand
Terence Rattigan
| Separate Tables (S) | March, 1973 |
| Cause Celebre (S) | March, 1985 |
| A Bequest To The Nation (S) | October, 1986 |
John Reeve
| A Beach of Strangers (W) | February, 1973 |
Dodi Robb & Pat Patterson
| The Popcorn Man (C) | January, 1980 |
Lawrence Roman
| Alone Together (S) | March, 1998 |
James Roose-Evans
| 84 Charing Cross Road (S) | October, 1988 |
Paul Rudnick
| I Hate Hamlet (S) | February, 2003 |
Diane Samuels
| Kindertransport (S) | March, 2000 |
William Saroyan
| Hello Out There (W) | April, 1975 |
Anthony Shaffer
| Whodunnit (S) | May, 1987 |
Peter Shaffer
| The Public Eye (M) | May, 1974 |
| The White Liars (S) | May, 1984 |
| Black Comedy (S) | May, 1984 |
William Shakespeare
| Twelfth Night (S) | January, 1984 |
| As You Like It (S) | March, 1993 |
| Much Ado About Nothing (S) | November, 1997 |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream (S) | May, 2001 |
| The Taming of the Shrew (S) | November, 2010 |
George Bernard Shaw
| Pygmalion (S) | May, 1992 |
| You Never Can Tell (S) | October, 1993 |
Carol Shields
| Departures & Arrivals (S) | March, 2001 |
Neil Simon
| Fools (S) | January, 1992 |
| Lost in Yonkers (S) | October, 1994 |
| Rumors (S) | May, 2002 |
N.F. Simpson
| A Resounding Tinkle (W) | January, 1972 |
Bernard Slade
| Romantic Comedy (S) | May, 1983 |
Julian Slade & Dorothy Reynolds
| Salad Days (W) | November, 1974 |
Caroline Smith
| The Kitchen Witches (S) | September, 2009 |
Zelma Smith & Edith Rothrock
| The Gallant Tailor or 7 at One Blow (C) | December, 2007 |
Aaron Sorkin
| A Few Good Men (S) | May, 2011 |
Sam and Bella Spewak
| My Three Angels (S) | May, 1973 |
Joseph Stein
| Enter Laughing (S) | January, 1986 |
Shelagh Stephenson
| An Experiment with an Air Pump (S) | November, 2002 |
Martin Sterling
| Framed! (S) | March, 2008 |
Tom Stoppard
| After Magritte (S) | October, 1975 |
| The Real Inspector Hound (S) | October, 1975 |
| Enter A Free Man (S) | October, 1978 |
| On the Razzle (S) | January, 1989 |
| The Real Thing (S) | October, 1992 |
August Strindberg
| The First Warning (W) | April, 1976 |
Shaun Sutton
| A Christmas Carol (S) | January, 1978 |
Renee Taylor and Joseph Bologna
| Bea, Frank, Richie, and Joan (W) | December, 1973 |
C.P. Taylor
| And a Nightingale Sang (S) | January, 1990 |
Edward Taylor
| Murder by Misadventure (S) | November, 2001 |
Edward Taylor & John Graham
| Pardon Me, Prime Minister (S) | May, 1989 |
Brandon Thomas
| Charley's Aunt (S) | February, 1986 |
Ernest Thompson
| On Golden Pond (S) | February, 1996 |
James Thurber
| Many Moons (C) | February, 1977 |
unknown
| Moonchild (C) | November, 1979 |
Rob Urbinati
| West Moon Street (S) | September, 2011 |
Peter Ustinov
| Half Way Up The Tree (S) | April, 1972 |
| The Love Of Four Colonels (S) | January, 1976 |
John Van Druten
| I Remember Mama (S) | February, 1972 |
William Van Zandt & Jane Milmore
Dale Wasserman
| One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (S) | May, 2008 |
Wendy Wasserstein
| The Heidi Chronicles (S) | January, 1995 |
Brian Way
| Pinocchio (C) | March, 1974 |
Hugh Whitemore
| Pack of Lies (S) | February, 2012 |
Oscar Wilde
| The Importance of Being Earnest - I (S) | January, 1974 |
| The Importance of Being Earnest - II (S) | May, 1996 |
Thornton Wilder
| Our Town (S) | February, 1971 |
| The Happy Journey (W) | June, 1972 |
| The Long Christmas Dinner (W) | April, 1979 |
Catherine Ellis Wilkinson
| Rumpelstiltskin (C) | April, 1973 |
Emlyn Williams
| The Corn Is Green (scenes) (W) | April, 1976 |
Andrew Williams
| Igor's Back (W) | June, 2007 |
| Anything But . . . (W) | November, 2007 |
| KYOS presents Romeo & Juliet (M) | December, 2009 |
Tennessee Williams
| Lord Byron's Love Letters (W) | April, 1979 |
| Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (S) | March, 2007 |
Andrew Wreggitt & Rebecca Shaw
| The Wild Guys (S) | September, 2002 |
