{"id":6,"date":"2010-03-30T23:26:22","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T06:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2026-02-03T16:23:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T21:23:12","slug":"theatre","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/?page_id=6","title":{"rendered":"Theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\">\r\n<div id=\"attachment_108\" style=\"width: 405px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/sb_lemon-shoot_03-sourbrides-photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-108\" class=\"wp-image-108\" title=\"sb_lemon-shoot_03 sourbrides photo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/sb_lemon-shoot_03-sourbrides-photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"395\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/sb_lemon-shoot_03-sourbrides-photo.jpg 395w, https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/sb_lemon-shoot_03-sourbrides-photo-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/sb_lemon-shoot_03-sourbrides-photo-150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me and Moira in our bridal gowns (Photo by Guin Lalena)<\/p><\/div>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From 2005-2012 I was the Co-Artistic Director (with Moira Sauer) of Sour Brides Theatre,\u00a0 a touring company based in Whitehorse, Yukon. We toured our work across Canada between 2008 and 2010.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am a member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/playwrightsguild.ca\/about\/who-we-are\/\">Playwrights Guild of Canada<\/a>. You can find my PGC page <a href=\"https:\/\/playwrightsguild.ca\/playwright\/mcbride-celia\/\">here<\/a>, which contains a number of my plays available for purchase and a more detailed bio.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My play <em>So Many Doors<\/em> was published by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playwrightscanada.com\/\">Playwrights Canada Press<\/a> in 2010. You can order the book by emailing me.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three of my monologues are also available in <em>She Speaks: Monologues for Women<\/em>, edited by Judith Thompson.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2001, my play <em>cardboard box<\/em> was published by Vehicule Press in an anthology called <em>ribsauce<\/em> and is available for purchase <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapters.indigo.ca\/en-ca\/books\/ribsauce-a-cd-anthology-of\/9781550651508-item.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My short story <em>Backseat, Baby<\/em> was published in <em>Telling Stories: New English Stories from Quebec<\/em>, edited by Claude Lalumiere, available <a href=\"https:\/\/vehiculepress.com\/shop\/telling-stories-new-english-stories-from-quebec-edited-by-claude-lalumiere\/?v=5435c69ed3bc\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\">\r\n<div id=\"attachment_109\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/brides-theatre-car-lemons.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109\" class=\"wp-image-109\" src=\"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/brides-theatre-car-lemons-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/brides-theatre-car-lemons-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/brides-theatre-car-lemons-150x104.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/brides-theatre-car-lemons.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-109\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Far North, High Commitment (Photo by Guin Lalena)<\/p><\/div>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Plays by Celia:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">2011 <em>GITA: God in the Army (Contact Celia to buy a copy)<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">2008: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadianplayoutlet.com\/products\/anatomy-broken-love-affair\"><em>Anatomy of a Broken Love Affair<\/em><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">2007: <em>So Many Doors (Contact Celia to buy a copy)<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">2006: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadianplayoutlet.com\/products\/critical-success\"><em>The Critical Success<\/em><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">2006: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadianplayoutlet.com\/products\/hannahs-play-by-celia-mcbride\"><em>Hannah&#8217;s Play<\/em><\/a> (Theatre for Young Audiences)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">2005: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadianplayoutlet.com\/products\/snore\"><em>Snore<\/em><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">2004: <em>Longfellow Falling <\/em>(Contact Celia to buy a copy)<em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2003: <em>Will, Love, Hunt &amp; Punish <\/em>(Contact Celia to buy a copy)<em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">2002: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadianplayoutlet.com\/products\/walk-right\"><em>Walk Right Up<\/em><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">2002: <em>Longing<\/em> (Radio)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">2002: <em>Happy ? <\/em>(Contact Celia to buy a copy)<em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">2001: <em>Dementia<\/em> (Radio)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">2001: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadianplayoutlet.com\/products\/her-only-customer\"><em>her only customer&#8230;<\/em><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">2000: <em>Back of All Things\u00a0<\/em>(Contact Celia to buy a copy)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1999: <em>Lamentation <\/em>(Contact Celia to buy a copy)<em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1998: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadianplayoutlet.com\/products\/what-cad\"><em>What a Cad!<\/em><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1997: <em>cityzenjive <\/em>(Contact Celia to buy a copy)<em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1996: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadianplayoutlet.com\/products\/choke-my-heart\"><em>Choke My Heart<\/em><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">1996: <em>Annasue: A Rock &#8216;n&#8217; Roll Play <\/em>(Contact Celia to buy a copy)<em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">1996: <em>The Coffee Shop Stop <\/em>(Contact Celia to buy a copy)<em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">1995: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapters.indigo.ca\/en-ca\/books\/ribsauce-a-cd-anthology-of\/9781550651508-item.html\"><em>Cardboard Box<\/em><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">1995:<em> Long Things <\/em>(Contact Celia to buy a copy)<em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">1995: <em>The Shack Whack <\/em>(Contact Celia to buy a copy)<em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">1995: <em>Backstage Passmore (or Will You What?) <\/em>(Contact Celia to buy a copy)<em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">1994: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadianplayoutlet.com\/products\/hitching-ride\"><em>Hitching a Ride<\/em><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">1993: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadianplayoutlet.com\/products\/last-stop-miles\"><em>Last Stop for Miles<\/em><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">1993: <em>Shiloh <a href=\"http:\/\/english204-dcc.blogspot.com\/2011\/05\/shiloh.html\">(Adaptation) <\/a><\/em>(Contact Celia to read a copy)<em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">1993:<em> Sleep it Off <\/em>(Contact Celia to buy a copy)<em><em><br \/><\/em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From 2005-2012 I was the Co-Artistic Director (with Moira Sauer) of Sour Brides Theatre,\u00a0 a touring company based in Whitehorse, Yukon. We toured our work across Canada between 2008 and 2010. I am a member of the Playwrights Guild of Canada. You can find my PGC page here, which contains a number of my plays&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":43,"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1721,"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/1721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}