Tami Canaday

Tami Canaday has written stage plays that have been performed in the U.S., Canada, and Japan.

Tami's plays have been performed at the Left Theatre, the Changing Scene, the Luminous Group Theatre, Buckham Alley Theatre, Source Theatre Company, and the Producer’s Club among others. She was dramaturg and contributing writer for BINGO BOYZ: COLUMBINE, which received the Denver Post’s Ovation Award for best new work. Count Down to Zero Theatre in Denver commissioned and produced the play UNCLE ROOSTER in Denver and New York. Recently, Tami's play, JEREMIAH, was performed by Denver's Benchmark Theatre in its Casualties Season. Her plays have been selected for the Athena Project, the Western Playwright’s Showcase, Boulder Acting Group, Sonoma County Repertory Theatre’s New Drama Works, the...

Tami Canaday has written stage plays that have been performed in the U.S., Canada, and Japan.

Tami's plays have been performed at the Left Theatre, the Changing Scene, the Luminous Group Theatre, Buckham Alley Theatre, Source Theatre Company, and the Producer’s Club among others. She was dramaturg and contributing writer for BINGO BOYZ: COLUMBINE, which received the Denver Post’s Ovation Award for best new work. Count Down to Zero Theatre in Denver commissioned and produced the play UNCLE ROOSTER in Denver and New York. Recently, Tami's play, JEREMIAH, was performed by Denver's Benchmark Theatre in its Casualties Season. Her plays have been selected for the Athena Project, the Western Playwright’s Showcase, Boulder Acting Group, Sonoma County Repertory Theatre’s New Drama Works, the New York International Fringe Festival, and the Colorado Women’s Playwright Festival.

Tami's literary work has been featured in The Best Stage Scenes, The Best Women’s Stage Monologues, The Good Ear Review, Young Women’s Monologues from Contemporary Plays, Singular Voices, Door is A Jar Literary Magazine, Qutub Minar Review, and Stonecoast Review.

She is a member of the Dramatists Guild. For more information, please go to her website at Tamicanaday.com

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Scripts

Jeremiah

by Tami Canaday

1
Cast Size
5
Genre
drama

Full-length. Jeremiah’s brother, Mitchell, steals a gun which slowly and radically transforms the teenage brothers from innocent school boys into gunmen. The stolen gun is owned by a local gangster, which puts the lives of Jeremiah and Mitchell into jeopardy. They frantically try to get in front of the gangster discovering who stole the gun by convincing brothers Tobias and Todd to rent the gun from them....

Full-length. Jeremiah’s brother, Mitchell, steals a gun which slowly and radically transforms the teenage brothers from innocent school boys into gunmen. The stolen gun is owned by a local gangster, which puts the lives of Jeremiah and Mitchell into jeopardy. They frantically try to get in front of the gangster discovering who stole the gun by convincing brothers Tobias and Todd to rent the gun from them. When Todd and Tobias discover the truth, all hell breaks loose with lives at stake. The adage that guns don’t kill but people do doesn’t take into account that a gun can transform a teenager into someone he wouldn't have been but for the gun.

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Uncle Rooster

by Tami Canaday

Cast Size
7
Genre
dark comedy,
experimental,
fantasy,
political,
satire

Full-length. After an attack on Lulu Burg's neighborhood garden, the town must confront the reality of what happens to a community when laws are broken and individuals are held above the law in order to punish the suspected culprit, Uncle Rabbit. Uncle Rooster, through the lens of a children's fable, warns of the reality of political misbehaviour and the subsequent community erosion.

Full-length. After an attack on Lulu Burg's neighborhood garden, the town must confront the reality of what happens to a community when laws are broken and individuals are held above the law in order to punish the suspected culprit, Uncle Rabbit. Uncle Rooster, through the lens of a children's fable, warns of the reality of political misbehaviour and the subsequent community erosion.

Skidding on Butterflies

by Tami Canaday

2
Cast Size
2
Genre
drama

Ten-minutes. A mother fresh out of prison and her daughter hit the skids before they reconcile.

Ten-minutes. A mother fresh out of prison and her daughter hit the skids before they reconcile.

No Longer A Maiden

by Tami Canaday

1
Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
parody/spoof

Ten minutes. A young woman visits the all-seeing and all knowing tarot reader Madam Saboon for advice
on a dinner dish.

Ten minutes. A young woman visits the all-seeing and all knowing tarot reader Madam Saboon for advice
on a dinner dish.

Cold Versus Heat

by Tami Canaday

Cast Size
2
Genre
drama,
science fiction

Ten-minutes. The world is constantly cold, and Bianca has the opportunity to bring heat to the world if Jett can only convince her. He does to the world's detriment.

Ten-minutes. The world is constantly cold, and Bianca has the opportunity to bring heat to the world if Jett can only convince her. He does to the world's detriment.

Santa Tells a Story

by Tami Canaday

1
Cast Size
2
Genre
dark comedy,
holiday,
satire

Ten minutes. The comedy involves a garrulous, repetitive Santa Claus and a hapless man, Rob, who becomes Santa's captive audience. The piece is set in a laundromat, but for poor Rob, it might as well be in hell.

Ten minutes. The comedy involves a garrulous, repetitive Santa Claus and a hapless man, Rob, who becomes Santa's captive audience. The piece is set in a laundromat, but for poor Rob, it might as well be in hell.

Liver for Dinner

by Tami Canaday

1
Cast Size
3
Genre
dark comedy,
experimental,
satire

Ten minutes. A comedy that satirizes a couple in the kitchen who use liver and onions as a flirtatious marital glue, while they attempt to keep the dinner menu a secret from a curious cousin.

Ten minutes. A comedy that satirizes a couple in the kitchen who use liver and onions as a flirtatious marital glue, while they attempt to keep the dinner menu a secret from a curious cousin.

Mrs. Green

by Tami Canaday

1
Cast Size
4
Genre
dark comedy,
drama,
radio drama

Ten minutes. What length would you go for a nuisance neighbor? "Mrs. Green" explores the limits of humanity in the throes of a world crisis. (A radio version is also available)

Ten minutes. What length would you go for a nuisance neighbor? "Mrs. Green" explores the limits of humanity in the throes of a world crisis. (A radio version is also available)

Tock, Talk, Tock

by Tami Canaday

1
Cast Size
2
Genre
drama,
experimental

Ten minutes. A man and a woman meet at a bus stop to go to the man's apartment and back to the bus stop using language and emotion in a palindrome.

Ten minutes. A man and a woman meet at a bus stop to go to the man's apartment and back to the bus stop using language and emotion in a palindrome.

Mustard Cravat

by Tami Canaday

Cast Size
5
Genre
comedy,
experimental

Ten minutes. In an upper end restaurant, two couples - a man and woman each - sit at separate tables enjoying tea. The two women, Augusta and Amber, speak and move simultaneously, while the two men, Richard and Randy, do the same. That is until Tim enters . . .

Ten minutes. In an upper end restaurant, two couples - a man and woman each - sit at separate tables enjoying tea. The two women, Augusta and Amber, speak and move simultaneously, while the two men, Richard and Randy, do the same. That is until Tim enters . . .

Don Meets Dan

by Tami Canaday

2
Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy

Two minutes. In a coffee shop, Don meets Dan over a honey pot of unmet expectations.

Two minutes. In a coffee shop, Don meets Dan over a honey pot of unmet expectations.

A Bit of Snuff

by Tami Canaday

Cast Size
2
Genre
dark comedy,
horror,
melodrama

Ten minutes. Using a Grand Guignol genre, A Bit of Snuff uses heightened gestures and expressions to explore Manuel's domination over Mindy Sue for a video audience. Or, is it the other way around, unbeknownst to Manuel, where Mindy Sue is in control ?

Ten minutes. Using a Grand Guignol genre, A Bit of Snuff uses heightened gestures and expressions to explore Manuel's domination over Mindy Sue for a video audience. Or, is it the other way around, unbeknownst to Manuel, where Mindy Sue is in control ?

Big Eyed Doll

by Tami Canaday

1
Cast Size
3
Genre
horror

Two minutes. A family heirloom doll talks to a young child about her mother who is standing next to them.

Two minutes. A family heirloom doll talks to a young child about her mother who is standing next to them.