March 20, 2024
Best Comedy Podcast of the Year!
American Writing Awards win for Climate Change and Other Small Talk!
Read moreSunny Drake
Writer. Creator. Producer.
Explore my current & upcoming creations
This theatrical podcast is a worldwide tour for your ears - minus the carbon footprint and lost luggage. Audio dramas from 9 creative teams around the globe will entertain as well as explore our climate crisis. And maybe even what could get us out.
All episodes now launched: listen here or wherever you get your podcasts.
Every Little Nookie
World premiere at the Stratford Festival 2022: WE DARE YOU TO TRY IT – THE PLAY, THAT IS. When a suburban boomer couple return home to find their queer millennial daughter, Annabel, hosting a swingers’ party to make cash, they’re forced to question the state of their marriage. Annabel, in turn, must ponder her own future when she adds a new relationship to her chosen family of polyamorous and platonic roommates. In this high-spirited sex romp, it’s not just the earth that moves, as shifting paradigms encourage new possibilities, both personal and political.
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Men Express Their Feelings
CURRENTLY PLAYING IN SASKATOON & REGINA! A comedy about hockey, culture and relationships. Two dads and their sons are sequestered to a hockey rink dressing room to sort out an incident. Amidst a series of wild misunderstandings and ridiculous antics, these guys get to know each other and themselves a whole lot better, while redefining what it means to WIN. MEN EXPRESS THEIR FEELINGS premiered in Calgary in 2020 with Downstage, then had a Vancouer production in 2022 with Zee Zee Theatre.
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Child-Ish Homepage
Adults speak children’s exact words about love, life, and the world in this fresh verbatim work. Drawn from interviews with over 40 whip-smart and brutally honest children, a dynamite adult cast allows an adult audience to hear kids’ ideas and experiences anew. The results are surprising, hilarious, and moving. The latest addition to the CHILD-ish universe is the CHILD-ish web series, which you can watch online below!
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"One of Canada's brightest playwrights"
- Broadway World
Canada
“Theatrically sophisticated and accomplished"
- RealTime
Australia
“Dazzling, unique, creative and innovative”
- Calgary Sun
Canada
AboutSunny
Sunny is a writer, creator and producer. His inventive and multi-award-winning theatre works have been presented in over 60 cities across the world and translated into 6 languages. His wide range of audiences have spanned international arts festival goers, queers in underground warehouses, and seniors in regional theatres. Sunny is also a proud trans artist.
Photo credit: Luis Mora. Thanks to the Metcalf Foundation.
“Stories are the foundation of everything, including what we think is possible for ourselves and our planet. I aim to unmask the stories that keep us small and create new ones to call us into a different future”
- Sunny Drake
News
PACT Green Award
The Professional Association of Canadian Theatres has awarded The Green Award to Sunny Drake Productions, for Climate Change & Other Small Talk!
CHILD-ish reviews in Vancouver
The reviews are in!
Signal Awards winner!
More podcast awards wins for Climate Change & Other Small Talk!
