Don Hannah (born in

Shediac, New Brunswick Shediac (official in both languages; ''Shédiac'' is colloquial French) is a heavily Acadian town in Westmorland County, New Brunswick. The town is home to the famous Parlee Beach and is known as the "Lobster Capital of the World". It hosts ...

) is a Canadian playwright and novelist. He won a

Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award The Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award was a Canadian literary award given to Canadian plays produced by any professional Canadian theatre company, and having performances in the Toronto area. The prize had a monetary value of $25,000, and wa ...

for his first play, ''The Wedding Script''. He has been playwright in residence at

Tarragon Theatre The Tarragon Theatre is a theatre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and one of the main centers for contemporary playwriting in the country.

, the

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, the NotaBle Acts Theatre Festival, and was the inaugural Lee Playwright-in-Residence at the

University of Alberta The University of Alberta, also known as U of A or UAlberta, is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford,"A Gentleman of Strathcona – Alexander Cameron Rutherfor ...

. His other residencies include the

University of New Brunswick The University of New Brunswick (UNB) is a public university with two primary campuses in Fredericton and Saint John, New Brunswick. It is the oldest English-language university in Canada, and among the oldest public universities in North Americ ...

, the Yukon Public Library, and

Green College, University of British Columbia Green College is a centre for interdisciplinary scholarship and a community of scholars at the University of British Columbia founded by Cecil Howard Green and Ida Green. The college consists of a residential community of nearly 100 graduate stu ...

. He is a founding member of PARC, the Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre, and for five years was associate dramaturg at the

Banff Centre Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, formerly known as The Banff Centre (and previously The Banff Centre for Continuing Education), located in Banff, Alberta, was established in 1933 as the Banff School of Drama. It was granted full autonomy as ...

Playwrights Colony. He had also worked as a dramaturg for Vancouver's Playwrights Theatre Centre. His novel ''Ragged Islands'' won the

Thomas Head Raddall Award The Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award is a Canadian literary award administered by the Atlantic Book Awards & Festival for the best work of adult fiction published in the previous year by a writer from the Atlantic provinces.

. In 2012 his play ''The Cave Painter'' received the Carol Bolt award. His latest play, ''Resident Aliens'', will debut at Theatre New Brunswick in 2022.

Works

Plays

Full Length

* ''The Wedding Script'' (1986) * ''Rubber Dolly'' (1986) * ''In the Lobster Capital of the World'' (1988) * ''Love Jive'' (1989) with composer

David Sereda David Sereda (born ) is a Canadian musician, singer, playwright, pianist and composer. Sereda was born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta. He graduated from the Playhouse Acting School in Vancouver (1977) under teacher Powys Thomas, and has since wor ...

* ''Siren Song'' (1990) with composer David Sereda * ''The Wooden Hill'' (1994) * ''Running Far Back'' (1994) * ''Fathers and Sons'' (1998) * ''While We're Young'' (2008) * ''There is a Land of Pure Delight'' (2008) * ''The Woodcutter'' (2010) * ''The Cave Painter'' (2011) * ''Resident Aliens'' (2022)

Shorts

* ''Firing Francine'' (1985) * ''Undersea'' (1988) * ''The Wall in the Garden'' (1989) * ''Wedlock'' (1990)

Opera

* ''Facing South'' (2003) with composer Linda C. Smith

Novels

* ''The Wise and Foolish Virgins'' (1998) * ''Ragged Islands'' (2007)

References

External links

Don Hannah's home page
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