Canadian playwright
Dorothy Dittrich is a Canadian playwright and musical theatre director and composer from Vancouver , British Columbia ,[1] who won the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2022 Governor General's Awards for her play The Piano Teacher: A Healing Key .[2]
Prior to its print publication in 2022, The Piano Teacher had its theatrical premiere at Vancouver's Arts Club Theatre in 2017,[1] and won the Jessie Richardson Theatre Award for outstanding original script that year.[3]
Her other plays have included When We Were Singing ,[4] The Dissociates [5] and Lesser Demons .[6] She has also released Short Stories , an album of original piano compositions which was produced by June Millington .[7]
She is out as lesbian ,[8] and wrote The Dissociates during a writers' residency at Buddies in Bad Times .[9]
^ a b Kathleen Oliver, "The Piano Teacher is a beautiful meditation on loss and the healing power of music" . The Georgia Straight , April 27, 2017.
^ Deborah Dundas, "Sheila Heti, Eli Baxter win 2022 Governor General’s Literary Awards for fiction and non-fiction" . Toronto Star , November 16, 2022.
^ Dana Gee, "Angels in America soars at Jessie Awards; Arts Club Theatre Company big winner at event honouring city's best in stage". Vancouver Sun , June 27, 2017.
^ Barbara Crook, "Notes on writing a musical: Putting New York demons and memories to rest". Vancouver Sun , October 12, 1995.
^ Kathleen Oliver, "The Dissociates" . The Georgia Straight , August 17, 2006.
^ Rik Jespersen, "Producers seek to draw more to ‘full theatrical experience’" . Coast Reporter , September 12, 2019.
^ Michael Posner , "Facing the music" . The Globe and Mail , September 27, 2000.
^ Nathaniel Christopher, "Split into seven pieces: A story about a lesbian who stopped listening" . Xtra! , August 2, 2006.
^ Jo Ledingham, "'Re-membering' our playful selves". Vancouver Courier , August 16, 2006.
1980s 1990s
Ann-Marie MacDonald , Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) (1990)
Joan MacLeod , Amigo's Blue Guitar (1991)
John Mighton , Possible Worlds and A Short History of Night (1992)
Guillermo Verdecchia , Fronteras Americanas (1993)
Morris Panych , The Ends of the Earth (1994)
Jason Sherman , Three in the Back, Two in the Head (1995)
Colleen Wagner , The Monument (1996)
Ian Ross , fareWel (1997)
Djanet Sears , Harlem Duet (1998)
Michael Healey , The Drawer Boy (1999)
2000s
Timothy Findley , Elizabeth Rex (2000)
Kent Stetson , The Harps of God (2001)
Kevin Kerr , Unity (1918) (2002)
Vern Thiessen , Einstein's Gift (2003)
Morris Panych , Girl in the Goldfish Bowl (2004)
John Mighton , Half Life (2005)
Daniel MacIvor , I Still Love You (2006)
Colleen Murphy , The December Man (2007)
Catherine Banks , Bone Cage (2008)
Kevin Loring , Where the Blood Mixes (2009)
2010s
Robert Chafe , Afterimage (2010)
Erin Shields , If We Were Birds (2011)
Catherine Banks , It Is Solved by Walking (2012)
Nicolas Billon , Fault Lines: Three Plays (2013)
Jordan Tannahill , Age of Minority: Three Solo Plays (2014)
David Yee , carried away on the crest of a wave (2015)
Colleen Murphy , Pig Girl (2016)
Hiro Kanagawa , Indian Arm (2017)
Jordan Tannahill , Botticelli in the Fire and Sunday in Sodom (2018)
Amanda Parris , Other Side of the Game (2019)
2020s