Erin Shields
Erin Shields | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | actress, playwright |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 2000s-present |
| Notable works | If We Were Birds |
Erin Shields is a Canadian stage actress and playwright.[1] She is best known for her play If We Were Birds, which won the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2011 Governor General's Awards,[2] and was a nominee for the 2010 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play.[3] The play premiered at the Summerworks Festival in 2008 before being mounted by Tarragon Theatre in 2010.[1]
Her other plays include Barrel Crank,[4] Montparnasse (cowritten with Maev Beaty),[5] The Unfortunate Misadventures of Masha Galinski,[6] The Epic of Gilgamesh (up to the part when Enkidu dies) and Soliciting Temptation.[7]
References
- ^ a b "Playwright Erin Shields nurtures two new creations". Toronto Star, April 14, 2010.
- ^ "Three Toronto writers take home Governor General’s awards (two, somehow, for “bird” books)". Toronto Life, November 15, 2011.
- ^ "Eric Peterson’s stagecraft brings three Dora nominations". Toronto Star, June 2, 2010.
- ^ "A work in progress". St. Catharines Standard, August 8, 2012.
- ^ "Theatre Review: Of models and nude muses in Montparnasse". National Post, March 26, 2011.
- ^ "Masha mashup". Now, November 29, 2007.
- ^ "Theatre Review: Soliciting Temptation is the season’s best new Canadian play". National Post, April 13, 2014.
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