Sprouts 2025

Introduce your children to live theatre through this engaging and gentle first theatre experience.

The 23rd annual Sprouts New Play Festival for Kids presents another crop of new short plays for kids and families!

3 plays penned by playwrights from diverse cultural backgrounds will share their newest works in fully produced staged readings.

ASL Interpretation provided!

The 2025 Playwrighting Cohort is:

About the Plays:

Little Crow and Magpie by Shyanne Duquette
Little Crow is struggling to leave the nest. With the support of the moon and a nearby magpie, she learns to venture out. Themes include the power of community, navigating big transitions in life, and friendship.

The Club Conundrum by Jasmine Hopfe
It’s Club Day at school when the students pick which club they belong to based on where they believe their strengths lie. But what to do when more than one club feels like the right place? Explores themes of mixed-race identity and the ways we might fit in to more than one box.

Wanda, Wendy and the What-If Walrus by Hayley Moorhouse
A young penguin needs to know all the steps for the Annual Winter Waddle but is worried she won’t learn them in time. Explores themes of overcoming anxiety and moving through your fears.

Click here to see photos and credits of previous Sprouts Festivals

All ticket sales will be matched up to 50% by our charity partner Rogers Birdies for Kids presented by AltaLink

Credits

2025 Playwrights: Shyanne Duquette, Jasmine Hopfe, Hayley Moorhouse

Directed & Dramaturgy by Jenna Rodgers*

Performed by Monica Gate, Yassine El Fassi El Fihri*, Kristen Padayas*

Stage Managed by Steven Sobolewski*

Set & Props Designed by Whittyn Jason

Sound Designed and Performed by Dave Clarke

Costumes Designed by Amy Dass

Lighting Designed by Heather Cornick

Production Managed by Kate Boswell

ASL Interpretation by Thurga Kanagasekarampillai, Andrea Konowalec, Jody Morrison

Lobby activities by ZuMa: Talent to Amuz

*Concrete Theatre is a member of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres, and engages, under the terms of the Canadian Theatre Agreement, professional artists who are members of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association.