365 Days / 365 Plays at Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse – Toronto, Canada

In 2002, Suzan-Lori Parks wrote one play a day for a year, creating a series of short, non-linear, and unrelated plays responding to her reality as a Black woman living in America. There is an aliveness to Parks’ text, this mosaic of ideas which responded daily to the world around her. Parks weaves between the philosophically complex and the gentle mundane. She invites artists to select 27 plays in addition to 3 undated plays called the Constants for a presentation of a total of 30 plays. These constants act as guideposts for all 365 plays, honing in on three essential themes of Parks’ writing. Aria and Teodora have taken plays written in 2002/2003, and rooted them in 2026 through a full year of dramaturgy. Our selection is going to explore: grief as movement, bad systems, and divinity as sound.

Dates & Times:
April 23 – 25 at 7:30pm
April 25 at 2:00pm (with post-show chat)

Ticket Price:
$10 – General Admission
All tickets are $10 (plus tax and fees). We have also included an option at check out to add a donation to your ticket. All donations go directly to the cast and creative team through our profit-share model. Thank you for your support!

Location:
Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse – 79 St. George Street, Toronto, ON
The Playhouse is fully accessible. Please notify Sunface Collective if you require wheelchair accessible seating by emailing 365daysof2026@gmail.com.

This production is in partnership with the Centre for Drama, Theatre & Performance Studies at the University of Toronto as the 2026 CDTPS Alumni Performance Project– a non-student opportunity which provides the venue, some rehearsal space, and technical elements as in-kind donations. We are also supported by EJ3Arts – a new Toronto based theatre production company who has provided us with seed funding for this project. The contributions of CDTPS and EJ3Arts have made this production possible, and we extend enthusiastic thanks.

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