The seven winners of the 2025 NotaBle Acts Ten-Minute and Site-Specific Playwriting Contests

Saturday, July 26 through Tuesday, July 29, beginning nightly at 7:30 PM in the Beaverbrook Art Gallery Courtyard. Performances are outdoors and weather-permitting. Patrons may wish to bring a seat cushion for Taking it to the Streets (seating is in the concrete amphitheatre of the BAG courtyard) and a cushion, blanket, or lawn chair for Street Scenes.

Run time: Taking it to the Streets: approximately 50 minutes.

Street Scenes: approximately 50 minutes.

Admission: by donation.

Taking it to the Streets: Four Ten-Minute Plays:

Folie a Deux by Dani Brun

Confined to adjoining cells but unable to see each other, best-friend prisoners Jules and Marie decide to dig a tunnel—but not for the reason you might expect.

Directed by Emily Bossé and featuring Jordan Comeau, Rachel Rowan, and Karlie Curtis.

Bus Stop Breakup by Kyla Brewer

Sadie and Carol have been picking their kids up at the bus stop together for years. But today, Carol’s got some bad news for her friend.

Directed by Alex Dawson and featuring Kelsey Price, Brenda Madill, and Ali Dejong

Don’t Shoot Your Mother! by Brandon Hicks

A mother tries to reconnect with her sullen and withdrawn teenage son by joining him in his favourite video game—literally.

Directed by Kat Hall and featuring Felix Nocera, Dino Andriani, Ryca McCullough, and Kat Hall.

Lavender Brews and Patchouli by Erin Russell

Two feuding vendors, one selling lavender and the other a hodgepodge of new age medicinals, engage in an epic grudge-driven battle for customers at the Garrison Night Market, back-biting as only artists can.

Directed by Sophie Brander and featuring Ella Murphy and Diana Chavez.

The four ten-minute plays in Taking It to the Streets will begin at 7:30 PM at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery Courtyard, and will be followed immediately (approximately 8:25 PM) by the three plays in

Street Scenes: Three Site-Specific Plays:

The Happiest Day of Their Lives by Alex McAllister

As they pose for their wedding photos, a bride and groom recount the ups, downs, and moments of laughter and absurdity that have brought them to the happiest day of their lives.

Directed by Brie Sparks and featuring Isaac Gilbert and Sophie Brander.

Location: the Green beside the Beaverbrook Art Gallery Courtyard.

On the Grounds of the Assembly by Brent White

A tourist couple’s encounter with an with an out-of-touch MLA on the grounds of the Legislative Assembly shines a cutting and satirical light on New Brunswick’s unique—and at times baffling—political culture.

Directed by Len Falkenstein and featuring Scott Harris, Joe Everett, and Kat Hall.

Location: New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, front west side lawn, Queen and St. John Streets.

For Whom the Troll Tolls by Andrew Allen

When a hapless visitor unwittingly wanders into the lair of a pair of troll brothers long starved for human flesh, things don’t quite go as expected.

Directed by Alex McAllister and featuring Dino Andriani, Ryca McCullough, and Beatrix Culligan.