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James Long (director)

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James Long is a Canadian playwright and theatre director, most noted as the artistic co-director of the Theatre Replacement company in Vancouver, British Columbia.[1]

He was co-writer with Marcus Youssef of the play Winners and Losers, which was shortlisted for the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Original Play, General Theatre in 2014,[2] and the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2015 Governor General's Awards.[3]

He and Maiko Yamamoto, his partner in Theatre Replacement, jointly won the Siminovitch Prize in Theatre in 2019.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Janet Smith, "Theatre Replacement's Maiko Yamamoto and James Long win the Siminovitch Prize". The Georgia Straight, November 22, 2019.
  2. ^ Robert Cushman, "Best in shows; The Doras have a weak field to choose from this year, but they've chosen well". National Post, June 21, 2014.
  3. ^ Mark Medley, "Governor-General's Literary Awards announces finalists". The Globe and Mail, October 7, 2015.
  4. ^ Martin Morrow, "Maiko Yamamoto and James Long awarded this year’s Siminovitch Prize, the first artistic duo to receive honour". The Globe and Mail, November 21, 2019.