The Flannery List of Faith-Related Plays
Current Projects
Rio Friendly Meats
A new play commissioned by The Firehall Theatre about my adventures working for a family run butcher shop during the SAG strike.
Danger To Self And Others
A two hander play about two sisters grappling with addiction, family secrets and memory bears. Developed with Touchstone Theatre, commissioned by Kimberley Sustad.
Responder
A celebration of female fire fighters and an exploration of the stressors first responders face on the job and at home. Developed with the generous support of the BC Arts council, the Boca del Lupo SlAM initiative, in partnership with Affair of Honour and the Justice Institute of British Columbia.
Joy Tide
A Christmas show with music developed with composer Rick Colhoun.
The Seagull
An adaptation in collaboration with Ukrainian director, Andrii Krupnyk
Chickens
United Players, September 6-29 2024
Directed by Christopher King
Pal escapes from his woes of bankruptcy and immerses himself in the world of raising exotic chickens while his wife, Liza, tries to keep the family farm afloat. Meanwhile, in the chicken coop, two roosters and two hens parallel the couple’s life and get down and dirty with the pressures of egg fertilization, the country poultry fair and the question of flying.
Recent Projects
Grazie: a novel
Published by Talon Books
An unforgettable tale of healing and forgiveness
When Graziana’s violent stalker dies in a car crash, the abrupt news and its resulting catharsis land her in hospital. Her eight-year-old, the willful and creative Hazel, suddenly becomes the ward of Grandpa “Grumpy” Herman, while her mother embarks on a necessary path to healing – a path that includes a pilgrimage to Italy to bike the famous Via Francigena.
A gritty and spiritual story of transformation, forgiveness, accountability, and rebirth, Grazie takes us from Red Deer to Rome, from the Amazon to Andromeda. Both violent and tender, Grazie examines what it means to feel connection to oneself, one’s family, one’s history, one’s culture, and to existence.
Truth + Lies: Disrupted
Pi Theatre, 2023
As the trans mountain pipeline comes into operation, politician Aya Lopez wearily warns British Columbians once again of the climate change crisis, only to be met with ridicule. Her husband, Clem, anASMR artist, tries to comfort her and support her by laying in similar messages in his ASMR videos. Meanwhile, Aya’s sister, Camila, is holed up in a basement suite in her cosplay outfit, living out an entire lie of an existence as Spytryx. Her delusions grow as she starts to flirt online with Grig, a Russian disrupter in Canada for some nefarious work.
Kindred
Belfry Theatre, 2022
(writing as Rosa Dolores)
A fairy tale for adults.
Can you snatch happiness from the jaws of discontent? Elise and Troy, Mo and Soleil: two couples search for the answer to that very question in this new romantic and dramatic comedy.
When your world turns sour and the future you dreamt of disappears, what happens next? Words and recriminations don’t get you far but maybe there is a silver lining. Could one date change fate? And could one chance encounter change it all again?
Produced Plays
