Jana O'Connor

Jana O’Connor is a Canadian performer, producer, improviser, voice actor, and writer. She is nationally known as a core cast member/writer for CBC Radio’s long-running sketch comedy series, The Irrelevant Show, and as a writer and core cast member on season five of APTN’s sketch comedy series Caution: May Contain Nuts. As a playwright, Jana has had multiple productions of her work in Canada, with a special focus on comedy and theatre for young audiences.

Jana O’Connor is a Canadian performer, producer, improviser, voice actor, and writer. She is nationally known as a core cast member/writer for CBC Radio’s long-running sketch comedy series, The Irrelevant Show, and as a writer and core cast member on season five of APTN’s sketch comedy series Caution: May Contain Nuts. As a playwright, Jana has had multiple productions of her work in Canada, with a special focus on comedy and theatre for young audiences.

Scripts

The Early Bloomer

by Jana O'Connor

Cast Size
4
Genre
comedy,
young audiences

She’s no shrinking violet…

Follow Maisie Daisy and her best buds in their hilarious adventures in the 5th Row of the Garden Plot, as Maisie faces the embarrassing and exciting challenges of blossoming a little sooner than her pals. With the help of Principal Gardener, her parents and her fellow daisies, Maisie figures out how to stand tall, be proud and discover a new found be-leaf in herself! A sweet and funny...

She’s no shrinking violet…

Follow Maisie Daisy and her best buds in their hilarious adventures in the 5th Row of the Garden Plot, as Maisie faces the embarrassing and exciting challenges of blossoming a little sooner than her pals. With the help of Principal Gardener, her parents and her fellow daisies, Maisie figures out how to stand tall, be proud and discover a new found be-leaf in herself! A sweet and funny look at puberty that celebrates the uniqueness and awkwardness of every young person’s journey to become a young adult.

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Going, Going, Gone!

by Jana O'Connor

Cast Size
5
Genre
comedy,
farce,
period,
romantic comedy

An elegant whirlwind of misunderstandings and misdirected luggage, set in 1930s Boston and New York, and featuring an affable antiques dealer whose earnest quest for a pair of prize candlesticks is complicated by his having one fiancee more than is perhaps ideal. A screwbelle comedy!

An elegant whirlwind of misunderstandings and misdirected luggage, set in 1930s Boston and New York, and featuring an affable antiques dealer whose earnest quest for a pair of prize candlesticks is complicated by his having one fiancee more than is perhaps ideal. A screwbelle comedy!

The Lonely Hearts

by Jana O'Connor

Cast Size
3
Genre
biography,
dark comedy,
docudrama/historic,
satire

Inspired by the nefarious antics of Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck, The Lonely Hearts is set in the midst of the media circus that surrounded their 1949 trial. The pair were dubbed “The Lonely Hearts Killers” for their propensity to lure unsuspecting women to their death through a Lonely Hearts newspaper column. When the public learned of their dastardly deeds, Martha was pilloried far more for her mass than...

Inspired by the nefarious antics of Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck, The Lonely Hearts is set in the midst of the media circus that surrounded their 1949 trial. The pair were dubbed “The Lonely Hearts Killers” for their propensity to lure unsuspecting women to their death through a Lonely Hearts newspaper column. When the public learned of their dastardly deeds, Martha was pilloried far more for her mass than for the murders that she committed. A sordid tale of lust, murder, and betrayal—truly bizarre and bizarrely true!

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CTRL-ALT-DEL

by Jana O'Connor

Cast Size
3
Genre
dark comedy,
docudrama/historic,
satire,
young audiences

CTRL-ALT-DEL is an emotionally-charged new play exploring cyber bullying through the eyes of 3 teens set in the theatrical world of a carnival side show. Led by a ringmaster who may or may not be the Internet himself, the play, which was commissioned by Concrete Theatre, explores issues of online safety, sexuality and sexual coercion and personal responsibility and care. Ages 12+

CTRL-ALT-DEL is an emotionally-charged new play exploring cyber bullying through the eyes of 3 teens set in the theatrical world of a carnival side show. Led by a ringmaster who may or may not be the Internet himself, the play, which was commissioned by Concrete Theatre, explores issues of online safety, sexuality and sexual coercion and personal responsibility and care. Ages 12+