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2026 Tom Hendry Award Recipients

Carol Bolt Award Supported by Playwrights Canada Press, York University Department of Theatre, Dance, & Performance, Scirocco Drama, Alberta Playwrights Network, Manitoba Association of Playwrights, Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre. Rez Gas …

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2026 Emerging Playwright Award Recipient

Lamb by Sepehr Reybod Lamb is a surrealist drama about diaspora, its cost and the ways it takes. It’s also about liberty and transcending form and place. When Beau, an Iranian-Canadian afflicted by kidney failure, travels to …

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2026 Musical Award Recipient

The 7 Fires: A New Musical by Dillan Meighan Chiblow & Landon Doak Laws within the Indian Act are being reinstated. 7 Ancestors conduct a ceremony to put the 7 …

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2026 Drama Award Recipient

The Ghosts of Mariupol by Christopher Morris In 2022, Russia bombed Ukraine’s Mariupol Theatre, killing over 600 people sheltering there. Amongst them were staff and artists of the Mariupol Theatre. …

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2026 Comedy Award Recipient

Agency by Nathaniel Hanula-James Viola is a queer-owned, boutique advertising agency focused on the local and the public good. When the agency’s creative director dies in hilarious circumstances, the remaining …

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2026 Carol Bolt Award Recipient

Supported by Playwrights Canada Press, York University Department of Theatre, Dance, & Performance, Scirocco Drama, Alberta Playwrights Network, Manitoba Association of Playwrights, Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre. Rez Gas by Cale …

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2026 Honorary Membership Award Recipient

Annie Gibson Congratulations to Annie Gibson, winner of this year’s Honorary Membership Award! “Her principled, discerning, caring, and patient stewardship has profoundly shaped Canadian theatre culture for decades and made …

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2026 THA Ceremony Host

We’re thrilled to announce that the incredible Craig Lauzon will be hosting our upcoming Tom Hendry Award ceremony! Craig Lauzon is an award-winning actor, comedian, writer, and one of Canada’s …

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2026 World Theatre Day Message

What are we celebrating when we celebrate World Theatre Day? Perhaps it’s this ancient art form that has transformed over time and circumstance to continue engaging and inspiring audiences and …

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2025 Lifetime Membership Award Recipient

Djanet Sears Congratulations to Djanet Sears, winner of this year’s Lifetime Membership Award! “This groundbreaking playwright delves beautifully into the human condition with a particular focus on Black cultures and …

Awards

2025 Tom Hendry Awards Recipients

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. In Seven …

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