LIFT OFF! was a series of new play readings that Cahoots organized between 1993 and 2006. The readings were a way to develop and workshop new work and a number of these works went on to full scale productions at Cahoots.
LIFT OFF! ’93
Shaman of Waz by Lorre Jensen
Immigrants by M. J. Kang
No Man’s Land by Rahul Varma
Belle by Florence Gibson
Canadian Monsoon by Sheila James
Seven Year Cycle by Sonia Dhillon
The Moon and Dead Indians by Daniel David Moses
LIFT OFF! ’94
Coups and Calypsos by M. Nourbese Philip
Mom, Dad, I’m Living With A White Girl by Marty Chan
Mother Tongue by Betty Quan
Scowlitz: Where Two Rivers Meet by Joseph A. Dandurand
LIFT OFF! ’96
Sleeping in Generation Y by Victoria Shen
Running Dog, Paper Tiger by Simon Johnston
Karis by Columpa C. Bobb
Once upon a time in the park… by Tarek Ghaleb
LIFT OFF! ’98
LIFT OFF! Hong Kong (2006)
I by John Ng
China Doll by Marjorie Chan
Peking Duck by Jovanni Sy



