From the glittering high-rise condos to the desperate streets of Vancouver, powerful stories told by women reveal the fraying social fabric among the wealthy and hangers-on in the city's Asian Canadian community.

Lady Sunrise introduces us to six women who are risking everything, all motivated by the need for more money and the freedom it could buy, whether it's the allure of expensive items and real estate to substitute what's been lost or the safety of not being in abusive debt to anyone else just to survive. This heartbreaking examination of the effects of today's hyper-consumerist society will challenge perspectives of strength and power, exposing painfully raw consequences. (From Playwrights Canada Press)

Lady Sunrise is a finalist for the 2022 Governor General's Literary Award for drama. The winner will be announced on Nov. 16, 2022.

Marjorie Chan is a playwright from Toronto and currently the artistic director for the Theatre Passe Muraille. Her other plays include The Madness of the Square, a nanking winter and Tails From the City. She also wrote the libretti for the operas Sanctuary Song, The Lesson of Da Ji, M'dea Undone and The Monkiest King.