2026 Theatre Development Recipient
We are proud to announce Iris Rhian as the recipient of the Theatre Development Award at the 15th Annual Cayle Chernin Awards presented by Equity Showcase.
Their project, BABY, is a bold and compelling new work. Iris’ voice as a playwright is thoughtful, dynamic, and deeply resonant, and we are honoured to support the next stage of this project’s journey.
Congratulations, Iris, on this well-deserved recognition.
We are proud to announce the Theatre Development Finalists for the 15th Annual Cayle Chernin Awards presented by Equity Showcase:
Virginia Cowan & Anastasia Kokolakis for Split Ends Iris Rhian for BABY
Meghan Swaby for blackNurse
Thank you to our sponsors for making this all possible.
The recipient of the Theatre Development Award will be announced and presented at the Equity Showcase Cayle Awards on May 5th.
Daddy’s Girl by Emma Donoghue. Directed by Zoe Marín with Iris Rhian
This is a true story of secrets and lies. Based on articles from New York newspapers in 1901, this is a one-woman show about young Minnie Hall, the day she learns her father was not who she thought he was at all. @e_donoghue@zmar_@irisrhian@women_at_plays@mariannesawchuk@videocabaret Photo by @connorygk
i spent the last six months inching towards new drafts for 3 coming-of-age weirdo-comedy dramas:
"Baby"
"The Lobster Ladies"
"Tiger Lilies"
more project-specific & people-specific photos to come, but for now, feeling boundless gratitude for these organizations, their leaders, and my associated dramaturges:
@parconline@santig1@jena_mclean@factorytheatre@fwenchfwiez@gillianshark@alunatheatre@beapizano@zmar_@jonnie__lombard@stratfest@keeferbarker
& countless countless others
i feel like the luckiest person on earth to know and love so many wonderful artists--you know who you are 💗🥹👆
Tiger Lilies
by Iris Rhian
Directed by Zoe Marín
CAMINOS 2025
Presented by Aluna Theatre, in Association with Factory Theatre
Set inside the washroom of a public high school in North America, Tiger Lilies follows three queer grade-twelve-ers as they are thrust from adolescence into adulthood. As the teenagers struggle to find belonging in their world, in the liminal space before graduation, each cracks under pressures to conform. This play exposes how spaces meant to be safe (washrooms) can shape shift away from safety in our current politicization of the (gendered) multi-stall washroom.
Photos by: @camieonfilm
september 29, 2024
belated bts from a very special day
hearing "Baby" in a provincial park
endless gratitude to @talkisfreetheatre and @nathaniel.hj (esp. for pointing out the dramaturgically relevant obelisk)
