About the Play:

The Best Brothers is a full-length comedy by Daniel MacIvor. Two brothers have lost their mother to a comically gruesome accident at the Gay Pride Parade. As they come to grips with their mother's untimely demise, the brothers must contend with sibling rivalry and decades of buried resentment. The Best Brothers is a bittersweet comedy, from one of Canada's most beloved playwrights, that explores grief, acceptance, and love in unexpected places.

The Best Brothers is a heart-warming and hilarious two-hander. Hamilton and Kyle Best are two very different brothers. Hamilton designs buildings, Kyle sells them. Hamilton, the older brother, is a straight-laced architect with a (seemingly) stable marriage and home and little apparent appetite for adventure. Kyle is a free spirited real-estate agent who moves frequently and his current boyfriend is a "professional." The sudden death of their mother Ardith "Bunny" Best – in a ludicrous accident involving a drag queen, a loud speaker and a Gay Pride Parade – brings the brothers together to sort out the details of arranging her funeral and caring for her most beloved companion, a troublesome Italian greyhound named Enzo. As they look to celebrate their mother, their relationship is tested while they plan the funeral, and bicker over her obituary, eulogy-giving, dog-sitting, Kyle's unfortunate taste in men, and who Mom loved best – only to discover it may have been her dog.

The Best Brothers premiered in 2012 at the Stratford Festival to rave reviews and later went on to a successful run at Toronto's Tarragon Theatre. The play has been performed in regional repertory, college, and community theatre productions.

Cast: 2 male

What people say:

"MacIvor has the dynamics between siblings so right, you'll feel like he's been hacking into your Skype chats... it's one of the most beautifully bittersweet plays MacIvor has written." — The Globe and Mail

"It's comedy at its purest.... But underneath that wild hilarity is the MacIvor heart and wisdom...." — The Toronto Star

"....it may be the playwright's best play...." — The National Post

About the Playwright:

Daniel MacIvor is a Canadian playwright and performer. Recipient of the coveted Governor General's Award for Drama (Canadian equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize), two Chalmers New Play Awards, an Obie Award, a GLADD Award, the $100,000 Siminovitch Prize, and countless theatre awards across the country, he is one of Canada's greatest living playwrights.