Prodigals (play)

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title: "Prodigals (play)" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2011-plays", "northern-ontario-in-fiction", "one-act-plays", "canadian-plays-adapted-into-films", "plays-set-in-canada"] description: "One-act play written by Sean Minogue" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prodigals_(play)" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary One-act play written by Sean Minogue ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox play"]

Field	Value
name	Prodigals
writer	Sean Minogue
characters	6
setting	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
premiere	May 2011
place	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
orig_lang	English
genre	Drama
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| name = Prodigals | writer = Sean Minogue | characters = 6 | setting = Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario | premiere = May 2011 | place = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | orig_lang = English | subject = | genre = Drama

Prodigals is a 2011 play written by Sean Minogue about a group of twenty-somethings in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, who spend their days drinking in a bar while awaiting the results of a friend's murder trial.

Release

The play premiered in May 2011 in Vancouver, British Columbia as the first original production of the Twenty-Something Theatre company. The premiere was directed by Peter Boychuk, produced by Sabrina Evertt, stage manager Aliya Rozenberg and featured Tara Pratt as Jen, Timothy Johnston as Wesley, Jameson Parker as Greg, Brandyn Eddy as Nips, Aslam Husain as Eliot, and Kirsten Kilburn as Nina.

A workshop production was previously produced in May 2010 at Vancouver's Havana restaurant and theatre, which also elicited positive reactions from critics.

Reception

The play was described as a "notable accomplishment" by Straight magazine and "an impressive and polished first play" by Vancourier.

Feature film adaptation

Minogue adapted his play into a feature screenplay and sold the option to Vancouver-based production company Whiskaye Films, the company behind the White Ninja web series. The film stars David Alpay and Sara Canning, both of whom previously appeared on The Vampire Diaries television series. Shot in Sault Ste. Marie and Vancouver, the film premiered on November 30, 2017, at the Whistler Film Festival in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.

Prodigals had in a limited theatrical run in spring 2018 by Toronto-based indie distributor LevelFilm.

Book publication

Latitude 46 Publishing published Prodigals as a book in August 2025. The book was launched in Toronto on September 8, 2025, at Canada's Theatre Museum.

Writing for the Seaboard Review of Books, Anne M. Smith-Nochasak said the play is "not so much about Benny’s trial as it is a story of how we relate to home—why we stay, or why we leave."

References

References

1. Dana Gee. (May 3, 2011). "Play Prodigals ponder friends' return".
2. John Lucas. (May 4, 2011). "Prodigals' tale taps the Soo". The Georgia Straight.
3. Colin Thomas. (April 29, 2010). "Prodigals explores the terrain between adventure and compromise". The Georgia Straight.
4. Colin Thomas. (May 6, 2011). "Prodigals is a notable accomplishment". The Georgia Straight.
5. "Prodigals brims with dirty realism".
6. "Prodigals is a play and forthcoming feature film written by Sean Minogue".
7. "Prodigals". Whiskaye Films.
8. Furminger, Sabrina. "Canada's 'coolest' film fest beckons". Westender.
9. nurun.com. "Minogue brings Prodigals to big screen".
10. "WFF17 FILMS {{!}} Whistler Film Festival". Whistler Film Festival.
11. "LevelFilm picks up Prodigals".
12. "Prodigals". Latitude 46.
13. "Playwrights Canada Press Fall 2025 Book Launch". Canada's Theatre Museum.
14. "Prodigals by Sean Minogue". Seaboard Review of Books.

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