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The Following Canadian and Indigenous Playwrights of Diverse Backgrounds Were Recommended to Us The following Canadian and Indigenous playwrights of diverse backgrounds were recommended to us. If anyone wants to recommend a favourite play for us to study, please let us know. AUTHOR PLAYS Trey Anthony How Black Mothers Say I Love You (2017) Playwright, actor, producer I Am Not a Dinner Mint (2006) The Crap Women Swallow to Stay in a Relationship! (2006) From her website bio: Da Kink in My Hair (2001) “Anthony is the first Black Canadian woman to write and produce a television show on a major prime time Canadian network … Anthony founded, The Trey Anthony@One Centre in Toronto, a women-focused, creative wellness facility.” Keith Barker The Hours that Remain (2013) Metis artist, playwright, director, and theatre administrator Learn more via Native Earth Performing Arts Marie Beath Badian Prairie Nurse (2013) playwright, performer, The Making of St. Jerome (2010) director, and arts educator Novena (2002) Learn more via her website. Maria Campbell Flight (1986) Metis author, playwright, Book of Jessica (with Linda Griffiths) (1997) broadcaster, filmmaker, and Elder Learn more via the Canadian Encyclopedia. Cliff Cardinal Maria Gets a New Life (2013) Cree playwright and actor Huff (2012) Stitch (2011) Read more via his website. Ins Choi Subway Stations of the Cross (2015) Actor and playwright Kim’s Convenience (2011) From his website bio: “Born in South Korea, [he] grew up in Scarborough and now lives in Toronto with his wife and two children.” His play Kim’s Convenience was made into a CBC sitcom currently on air. Lisa Codrington Up The Garden Path (2016) Actor and playwright The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God (2016) From Canadian Theatre Cast Iron (2005) Encyclopedia: “[Her] family emigrated from Barbados to Winnipeg, Manitoba. She has a BA in criminology from the University of Manitoba and a BFA Honours in acting from Ryerson University (2003). Tomson Highway The (Post) Mistress (2010) Playwright, novelist, Kisageetin (2009) children’s author Ernestine Shuswap Gets Her Trout (2005) Rose (2000) From his website bio: Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing (1989) “A full-blood Cree, he is a The Rez Sisters (1986) registered member of the Aria (1987) Barren Lands First Nation … Today, he writes novels, plays, and music for a living.” Falen Johnson Ipperwash (2017) Mohawk and Tuscarora from Two Indians (2016) Six Nations actor and Salt Baby (2013) playwright Read more via Soul Pepper Theatre. Hiro Kanagawa Indian Arm (2017) Playwright, voice and TV The Patron Saint of Stanley Park (2010) actor Tiger of Malaya (2003) From his website bio: “Born in Sapporo, Japan, he grew up in Guelph, Ontario and Sterling Heights, Michigan before returning to Japan for high school … he is the recipient of the 2017 Governor General’s Literary for Drama for his play Indian Arm.” He resides in Port Moody, BC. Anita Majumdar Fisheyes (2005) Actress and playwright Learn more via her website Daniel David Moses Kyotopolis (2008) Playwright and poet Pursued by a Bear: Talks, Monologues and Tales (2005) Songs of Love and Medicine (2005) From his website bio: City of Shadows: Necropolite! (2000) “…is registered as a Sixteen Jesuses (2000) Delaware Indian … hails Brébeuf's Ghost (2000) from the Six Nations lands Big Buck City (1998) located on the Grand River The Indian Medicine Shows (1996) near Brantford. He holds an The Moon and Dead Indians (1994) Honours B.A. from York Almighty Voice and His Wife (1992) University and an MFA from The Dreaming Beauty (1990) UBC.” Coyote City: A Play in Two Acts (1990) The White Line (1988) Delicate Bodies (1980) Yvette Nolan The Unplugged (2015) Playwright, director, actor, Job’s Wife (2003) and educator Two Old Women Ham and the Ram From Canadian Theatre Annie Mae’s Movement (2001) Encyclopedia: Faithless “She was born in Prince Video Albert to an Algonquin Child mother and an Irish A Marginal Man immigrant father … She is Blade (1990) currently based in Saskatoon, where she teaches playwriting to undergraduates at the University of Saskatchewan and pursues a Master of Public Policy degree.” Anusree Roy Little Pretty and The Exceptional (2017) Playwright and actress Sultans of the Street (2014) Brothel # 9 (2011) Read more via Canadian Roshni (2010) Theatre Encyclopedia: Letters to My Grandma (2008) Pyaasa (2007) Kenneth T Williams In Care (2016) Cree playwright Deserters (2013) Gordon Winter (2012) Learn more via NAC-CNA Bannock Republic (2010) Three Little Birds (2008) Café Daughter (2006) Suicide Notes (2003) Thunderstick (2001) David Yee Carried away on the crest of a wave (2013) Actor and playwright Paper Series (2011) R.H. Thomson’s: How to Become Chinese (2009) Read more via Canadian Lady in the red dress (2008) Theatre Encyclopedia D’bi. Young Anitafrika Selphine Loathing (Debbie Young) Yagayah Queer Black feminist Androgyne playwright-performer, poet The Sankofa Trilogy (Blood.Claat, Benu, & Word! Sound! and arts-educator Powah!) The Orisha Trilogy (Esu Crossing The Middle From her website bio: Passage, Mami Wata & The PussyWitch Hunt) “d’bi addresses issues of Lukumi: A Dub Opera gender, sexuality, race, class and the human experience” in her work. Marcus Youseff How Has My Love Affected You? (2013) Actor and playwright Winners and Loser (2012) Ali & Ali: The Deportation Hearings (2010) Born in Montreal to Egyptian The Adventures of Ali & Ali (2004) parents. From his website bio: Axes of Evil (2004) “… is an editorial advisor Otherwise Occupied (2001) to Canadian Theatre Review, A Line in the Sand (1996) Senior Playwright in True Lies (1993) Residence at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, and a Canadian Fellow to the International Society of Performing Arts. Also see Playwrights Canadian Press to find more bios of authors and short descriptions of their work sorted by playwrights, title of plays and genres. .
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