Paul David Power (born 20th century) is a Canadian actor, playwright and theatre director from Newfoundland and Labrador,Paula Gale
"N.L. playwright a finalist for Governor General's Literary Award"
CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, October 21, 2021. whose play ''Crippled'' was a nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the

2021 Governor General's Awards The shortlisted nominees for the 2021 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 14, 2021, and the winners were announced on November 17."N.L. play about disabilities stopped at United States border"
CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, February 17, 2019. The play was first produced for the stage in 2018, with Power performing the lead role himself, and was published by

Breakwater Books Breakwater Books Ltd. is a Canadian publishing company based in Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost provinces and territories of Canada, pr ...

in 2021. A planned production in San Francisco in 2019 was halted under complicated American rules which require foreign theatre artists to have their work bureaucratically judged as "culturally unique" before they can be granted a work permit. In 2022, the play was mounted at Theatre Passe Muraille in Toronto, with Power playing the lead role. Power is the artistic director of his own theatre company, Power Productions, which specializes in stage plays about disability."Meet the 6 Newfoundlanders speaking at TEDxStJohns"
CBC News, April 2, 2019. His other plays have included ''Roomies'', ''Last Chance'', ''The View from Down Here'' and ''In Your Eyes''.

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