August 10, 2023
Podcast awards win!
Climate Change and Other Small Talk wins in 5 categories
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
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, with the generous support of Hit & Myth Productions, then had a Vancouer production in 2022 with Zee Zee Theatre. It is now a 3 episode audio drama - listen below!
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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 and creator for theatre and TV.
His award-winning and inventive theatre works have been presented in over 60 cities across the world and translated into 4 languages. His wide range of audiences have spanned international arts festivals, queers in underground warehouses, seniors in regional theatres and youth in drop-in centres.
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
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An interview about Climate Change and Other Small Talk
Sunny talks about the making of his new global theatrical podcast
Read the script!
The electronic script for Men Express Their Feelings is available for purchase.
What a ride it's been: Every Little Nookie at the Stratford Festival!
Some tales from the production, and your last chance to book tickets
