Nick Green is a

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actor and playwright. He won the

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in 2017 for his play ''Body Politic'', a dramatization of the history of the Canadian

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newsmagazine ''

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''. A graduate of the

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,"Double Header at Fort Edmonton"
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'', June 20, 2009. his prior plays have included ''Gayface'',"Edmonton queer artists tell their stories at Fringe"
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'', August 16, 2009. ''On the Wire'', ''Undercovered'', ''Coffee Dad, Chicken Mom and the Fabulous Buddha Boy'', ''Under the Big Top'', and ''Bearded Lady''. His play ''Dinner with the Duchess'' premiered at Toronto's

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as part of the 2019 Next Stage Theatre Festival. In 2020, after a production of his newest play was cancelled due to the

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, Green launched Social Distancing Festival, a website where arts professionals can share works online. In 2023 his play ''Casey and Diana'', a dramatization of the 1991 visit of

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to Casey House, Toronto's

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hospice, premiered at the

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under the direction of

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.Karen Fricker
"‘My mother burst into tears’: Inside ‘Casey and Diana,’ the most moving Canadian play of the year"
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'', June 10, 2023.

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