Christine Quintana

Spanish Translation and Adaptation by Paula Zelaya Cervantes. The lives of two women from very different worlds collide in the illusionary paradise of a Mexican resort. Adriana, a hotel floor manager reeling from a family loss, has a chance encounter with Sarah, a Canadian wedding guest with a long-held traumatic secret—when their worlds collide on a fateful rainy night, both women are forced to face their past and all that they’ve tried to keep hidden. Premiered Spring 2022 with Neworld Theatre at the Cultch and Western Canada Theatre, and South Coast Repertory Theatre; upcoming productions at Syracuse Stage and Hartford Stage.

A new year of high school is full of excitement and potential—but three teens didn’t expect it to bring such a dark change to their lives. After spending a summer reinventing herself in Paris, Emma is ready for her new life to start, while her best friend Lily is eager for them to reconnect. Lily throws a last-minute party fuelled by alcohol and Instagram, which leads to a long-awaited encounter between Emma and Lily’s older brother Chris. But the next day Emma feels that something went terribly wrong. When a doctor’s appointment and a visit from police confirm that there was a sexual assault at the party, and the whole school turns against Emma, the three friends grapple with what actually happened between Emma and Chris. This smart and intense play about the complexities of relationships and community opens up a much-needed conversation about the nature of consent.

Open-hearted Isabelle is a lifelong romantic, but modern love isn’t like a pop song or an old novel—or is it? When her best friend, Kristin, embarks on a rebound romance, things get complicated as Isabelle’s “wingman” duties cross the line. This charming new comedy launches the mistaken identities of Cyrano de Bergerac into 21st-century Vancouver with millennial manifestos, dating apps, and the quest for self-love.

Jo is a 60-year-old alcoholic now eight years sober and ten years estranged from her daughter – once a prominent botanical researcher, Jo is now rebuilding her life and starting a new relationship with the too-good-to-be-true Rick. But strange things keep happening. She wakes up one morning covered in scratch marks – another morning, she is panicked after feeling hung-over despite her sobriety. A mysterious phone call from a person from her past sends her on an urgent quest to find her daughter, as aspects of her research bleed into her personal life in unexpected and life-changing ways.

Our Time joins a girl on her graduation day, just minutes away from her convocation ceremony. Through vivid memories, she shares the journey of what has led her to this special day – and why everything will change when she crosses that stage. All her life, she has wondered if she will ever find a passion that will guide her – be it a career path, a hobby, or something to believe in. The closest thing she has is her best friend Jeremy – They’re not the best students or the worst, and far from popular. To their parents’ chagrin, they have no idea what university they want to attend, let alone what to study. The furthest into the future they like to look is to their Chinese food tradition on Sundays. It seems like nothing will ever happen to them, when two sudden twists of fate change everything. As the minutes leading up to her graduation fly by, she looks back at her high school journey in hopes she’ll discover what she wants before it’s too late.