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The Decameron meets I Know What You Did Last Summer in this supernatural thriller of suburban teenagers fleeing a mysterious plague

Photo by Erin Brubacher (Canadian Stage)
Concord Floral

Concord Floral

By Jordan Tannahill

Rosa Mundi, Nearly Wild, and their friends spend a lot of time at Concord Floral, a one million-square-foot abandoned greenhouse, and a refuge for neighbourhood teens; a place all to themselves where they can throw parties, experiment, dream, and come of age. But hidden there is a secret no one wants to confront, and when Rosa and Nearly stumble upon it they set off a chain of events that include phone calls from the grave. It’s time for the teenagers of Concord Floral to start talking.

Production History

Jordan Tannahill’s Concord Floral was called “easily the best new play of the year” by The Globe and Mail when it premiered in November 2014 at The Theatre Centre, in a production by Suburban Beast presented by Why Not Theatre. The premiere production was created and directed by Erin Brubacher, Cara Spooner and Tannahill, and was subsequently toured across Canada to acclaim under Brubacher and Spooner’s direction. Concord Floral won the 2015 Dora Award for ‘Outstanding New Play’, the 2015 Carol Bolt Award, and was a finalist for the 2016 Governor General’s Award for Drama.

Concord Floral  was published by Playwrights Canada Press in 2016.

Concord Floral at National Arts Centre (Ottawa, ON) March 29th – April 9th, 2016

Concord Floral at Theatre Junction Grand (Calgary, AB) April 13-16, 2016

Concord Floral at Canadian Stage (Toronto, ON) September 27 – October 16, 2016

Concord Floral at Volkstheater Wien (Vienna, Austria), premiered February 16, 2018

Concord Floral at Bühnen Köln (Cologne, Germany), premiered November 16, 2018

Concord Floral (Das Gewächshaus) at the Deutsches Theatre (Berlin, Germany) premiered February 9, 2020, in repertory

Awards

  • Winner – Dora Award ‘Outstanding New Play’ 2015

  • Winner – Carol Bolt Award 2015

  • Nominated for the 2016 Governor General’s Literary Award for English Drama

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