2025 Tom Hendry Award Finalists
Carol Bolt Award
Supported by Playwrights Canada Press, Scirocco Drama, Alberta Playwrights Network, Manitoba Association of Playwrights, Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre, Playwrights Workshop Montreal, and Saskatchewan Playwrights Centre.
The Bidding War by Michael Ross Albert (ON)
Salesman in China by Leanna Brodie and Jovanni Sy (QC)
In Seven Days by Jordi Mand (ON)
Peer Assessment Panelists: Karen Hines (Chair), Philip Akin, and Robert Tsonos.
Comedy Award
Supported by an Anonymous Donor.
Koan by Damien Atkins (ON)
Home Deliveries by Playwright: Catherine Léger, Translator: Leanna Brodie (QC), Adapted from the screenplay by Marie-José Raymond and Claude Fournier
Aging Youth Gang by Norman Yeung (ON)
Peer Assessment Panelists: Kevin Loring (Chair), Natasha MacLellan, and Zahida Rahemtulla.
Dan School of Drama & Music Musical Award
Supported by DAN School of Drama & Music.
Small Gods The Musical, Book by Makram Ayache (ON), Music by Landon Doak
Olivia O, The Musical Book by: Diane Currie Sam (BC) & Jessica Carmona, Lyrics by: Jessica Carmona with additional lyrics by Diane Currie Sam, & Music by: Gil Yaron
The Great(er) Maple Syrup Heist Book, music & lyrics by Ellen Denny (ON)
Peer Assessment Panelists: Kevin Wong (Chair), Jamie Bradley, and Krystle Pederson.
Drama Award
Supported by the National Arts Centre.
The Village it Takes by Michael Ross Albert (ON)
21 by Katherine Turnbull, Playwright (in English) (QC), Rachel Graton, Playwright (in French)
To Live & Die by the Paper Route by Sydney Wolf (YT)
Peer Assessment Panelists: Tetsuro Shigematsu (Chair), Pamela Halstead, and Jamie Robinson.
RBC Emerging Playwright Award
Supported by the RBC Emerging Artists Project.
Syncopation on Terauley Street by Trisha Harlan (ON)
The Shivers by Tracey Hoyt (ON)
Baby by Iris Rhian (ON)
Peer Assessment Panelists: Suzie Martin (Chair), Rebecca Cuddy, and Michaela Di Cesare.
Theatre for Young Audiences Award
Supported by the Estate of Rachel Wyatt.
A Boy, A Horse, and The North Wind by Sean Dixon (ON)
PYPER by Susanna Fournier (ON)
Blue Beads and Blueberries by Erin Macklem (BC), Original Music by Avery Brown
Peer Assessment Panelists: Jan Taylor (Chair), Lily Falk, and Michele Riml.