Christine Quintana is a Canadian actor, playwright and theatre director from

Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...

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, whose play ''Selfie'' was a nominee for the

Governor General's Award for English-language drama The Governor General's Award for English-language drama honours excellence in Canadian English-language playwriting. The award was created in 1981 when the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry or drama was divided. Because the awar ...

at the 2021 Governor General's Awards. ''Selfie'' premiered on stage in 2018, before being published by Playwrights Canada Press in 2020. Quintana was the recipient of the

Siminovitch Prize in Theatre The Siminovitch Prize is Canada's largest theatre award recognizing excellence in mid-career directors, playwrights and designers. $100,000 is awarded annually, and for recipients, who are given the public recognition and financial resources, it i ...

's Protégé Award in 2017."Playwright Marcus Youssef wins $100K Siminovitch Prize"

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, November 6, 2017.

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