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Shawn Hitchins is a gay Toronto-based comedian[1], writer, and actor. He is known for his red hair and his experience donating sperm to a lesbian couple.
Early life
[edit]Hitchins was born in Egypt, Ontario.[2] In 2000, Hitchins attended an acting program at George Brown College.[3]
Career
[edit]Hitchins spent a summer performing in with the drag trio 'B' Girls in Provincetown, Massachusetts.[4]
Hitchins debuted a one-man show entitled Survival of the Fiercest at the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe Festival where he made an offhand joke about the need for redheads to have a “Ginger Pride Day.”[5] In 2015, he returned to Edinburgh to host the Ginger Pride march in Edinburgh, Scotland which gained media attention and now also takes place in Plymouth, England and Breda, Holland.[6]
In 2015, Hitchins wrote, directed, produced in a one-person show called Ginger Nation which debuted at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The show recounts Hitchins' experience donating sperm to a lesbian couple as well has memories from adolescence, brushes with celebrity, and pride in his ginger hair. It received unprecedented media coverage[7] for the festival and the show was later brought to Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom.[8] In 2016, Hitchins adapted it into a documentary film which will be screened during San Francisco’s 2018 SFIndiefest.[8][9] Huffington Post described it as "vastly entertaining."[10]
Ginger Nation received top hit at the 25th Atlantic Fringe Festival.[11]
In 2017, Hitchins released a book
Personal Life
[edit]Hitchins welcomed a daughter after becoming a sperm donor for two close lesbian friends.[12]
Books
[edit]- Hitchins, Shawn (2017). A Brief History of Oversharing: One Ginger's Anthology of Humiliation. ECW Press. ISBN 978-1770413269. (Humor)
Filmography
[edit]Documentary
[edit]- 2016: Shawn Hitchins: Ginger Nation - also writer, producer, collaborating director
Films
[edit]- 2010: The Con Artist - Metrosexual
Television
[edit]TV Mini-Series
[edit]- 2008: The Trojan Horse - Bellboy
TV Series
[edit]- 2009-2010: 1 Girl 5 Gays - Himself
- 2004: Wild Card - The FedEd Guy
References
[edit]- ^ "Shawn Hitchins: Ginger Nation". Time Out New York. Retrieved 2017-12-21.
- ^ "It's always a great day in Egypt, Ont". TVO. 2017-07-27. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
- ^ "Former George Brown theatre students allege they were humiliated, abused by faculty | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
- ^ "A Brief History of Oversharing: One Ginger's Anthology of Humiliation | Quill and Quire". Quill and Quire. 2017-10-17. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
- ^ Heymont, George (2018-01-15). "Powering Through An Identity Crisis". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
- ^ "How Shawn Hitchins' Ginger Pride jokes ignited red-hot passion". CBC Radio. Retrieved 2017-12-21.
- ^ Desk, BWW News. "Shawn Hitchins Brings GINGER NATION to The Duplex Tonight". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2017-12-21.
((cite news)):|last=has generic name (help) - ^ a b Desk, BWW News. "Shawn Hitchins Brings GINGER NATION to The Duplex Tonight". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2017-12-21.
((cite news)):|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Heymont, George (2018-01-15). "Powering Through An Identity Crisis". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
- ^ Heymont, George (2018-01-15). "Powering Through An Identity Crisis". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
- ^ "Shawn Hitchins scores top hit at Fringe Festival with Ginger Nation". The Chronicle Herald. 2015-09-14. Retrieved 2017-12-21.
- ^ Heymont, George (2018-01-15). "Powering Through An Identity Crisis". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
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