Bethune: Doctor Under Fire by Greta Papageorgiu MELANIE 16 YEARS OLD Before Wikipedia was misinforming the masses…if you had a project you, had to go to the library. I know it’s bad to procrastinate. Okay fine, I’ve waited until the day before my 5-page project on Norman Bethune: Chinese hero, Canadian Unknown is due, but […]
Collage by Bill Zagat It’s a cool place. The renovation’s taking, like, for-ever, but except for that—oh, and except for the crappy photocopiers…I have a favourite machine I got dibs on. Well, not dibs, just it’s better than most and rarely jams. I like doing collages, you know, so I’m always copying a bunch of […]
Books, Blood, and Seagulls by Diana Manole Old Diana (OD)Young Diana (YD) Both characters are performed by the same actress. YD: I’m 24 years old and finally back to school. I’m taking night classes and working part-time in a bank. Three times a week. Mopping, dusting, cleaning the toilets. Sometimes, I’m asked to count money. […]
A House of Ghosts by Dominic Mann-Bertrand A man stands amidst a collection of thick, eco-friendly bags. They are full, but we can’t see what is in them. He wears what once was a very expensive long winter coat, now well worn and ragged. Though homeless, his hair and beard are rather well maintained. These […]
The Toronto Reference Library – A Love Story of SortsBy Melissa Allen-Anderson That silly little girl from my writers’ group – apparen’tly there’s two at Toronto Reference Library – is cornering me in the Manulife Indigo bookstore. Some playwright-in-residence has specially chosen her and a select few to write about the everyday Torontotonian’s experience […]
Quiet Lies by Tina Silver I like her immediately. She’s youthful and pretty but humble. She’s copying show music; ‘What I Did for Love,’ from Chorus Line and ‘I Know Him So Well’ from Chess. She says “The Chess song’s actually a duet but you can do it as a solo.” I smile, because I’ve […]
Monologue by Sean Hingston I'm confused. That's why I'm here. If I knew everything I would have no need to surround myself with such an unfathomable mass of text. I came here this morning looking for answers and after a day of turning pages and scribbling notes, I feel like I may have a […]
Monologue for a Man in a White Hat By Risa Z. Klarman The man is wearing a blue, single-breasted suit, a blue shirt, a striped tie. His eyebrows are white and wiry, as is his hair; the Trilby perched on top is the colour of cream. The man seats himself at a desk […]
Monologue – By Johnnie Walker A man of about 30 wearing a black pea coat with a Remembrance Day poppy on the lapel. Welcome to the library. I'm not going to talk about the service cuts. Or the mayor's office. Or the Margaret Atwood thing, or any of that stuff. Unfortunately, I really cannot […]
A Study Room of My Own – By Ana Lorena Leija A big library table, with three or four thick books opened in different pages, a notebook, pen, markers and a computer. Nino is nicely dressed, handsome man in his late thirties. Talking to the audience. NINO: I’ve been coming here for a week now, […]