Colleen Wagner

Canadian playwright

Colleen Wagner

Born| Elk Point, Alberta
Occupation| playwright
Nationality| Canadian
Period| 1980s – present
Notable works| The Monument

Colleen Wagner (born in Elk Point, Alberta)[1] is a Canadian playwright. She is best known for her 1995 play The Monument, which won the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 1996 Governor General's Awards.[2] Her other plays have included Sand (1989), Eclipsed (1991), The Morning Bird (2005), Down from Heaven (2009) Home (2010) and 'The Living' (2019).

Wagner was educated at the Ontario College of Art and Design and the University of Toronto.[1] She is an associate professor of screenwriting in the film studies department at York University.[1]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c Jennifer Wise & Craig S. Walker, The Broadview Anthology of Drama, Vol. II: The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. Broadview Press, 2003. ISBN 9781551115825. p. 622.
2. ^ "The Monument: a stark reminder of Rwanda's tragedy". The Globe and Mail, April 28, 2011.

## External links[edit]

* Colleen Wagner faculty page at York University

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Winners of the Governor General's Award for English-language drama

1980s|

* Sharon Pollock, Blood Relations (1981)
* John Gray, Billy Bishop Goes to War (1982)
* Anne Chislett, Quiet in the Land (1983)
* Judith Thompson, White Biting Dog (1984)
* George F. Walker, Criminals in Love (1985)
* Sharon Pollock, Doc (1986)
* John Krizanc, Prague (1987)
* George F. Walker, Nothing Sacred (1988)
* Judith Thompson, The Other Side of the Dark (1989)

1990s|

* Ann-Marie MacDonald, Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) (1990)
* Joan MacLeod, Amigo's Blue Guitar (1991)
* John Mighton, Possible Worlds and A Short History of Night (1992)
* Guillermo Verdecchia, Fronteras Americanas (1993)
* Morris Panych, The Ends of the Earth (1994)
* Jason Sherman, Three in the Back, Two in the Head (1995)
* Colleen Wagner, The Monument (1996)
* Ian Ross, fareWel (1997)
* Djanet Sears, Harlem Duet (1998)
* Michael Healey, The Drawer Boy (1999)

2000s|

* Timothy Findley, Elizabeth Rex (2000)
* Kent Stetson, The Harps of God (2001)
* Kevin Kerr, Unity (1918) (2002)
* Vern Thiessen, Einstein's Gift (2003)
* Morris Panych, Girl in the Goldfish Bowl (2004)
* John Mighton, Half Life (2005)
* Daniel MacIvor, I Still Love You (2006)
* Colleen Murphy, The December Man (2007)
* Catherine Banks, Bone Cage (2008)
* Kevin Loring, Where the Blood Mixes (2009)

2010s|

* Robert Chafe, Afterimage (2010)
* Erin Shields, If We Were Birds (2011)
* Catherine Banks, It Is Solved by Walking (2012)
* Nicolas Billon, Fault Lines: Three Plays (2013)
* Jordan Tannahill, Age of Minority: Three Solo Plays (2014)
* David Yee, carried away on the crest of a wave (2015)
* Colleen Murphy, Pig Girl (2016)
* Hiro Kanagawa, Indian Arm (2017)
* Jordan Tannahill, Botticelli in the Fire and Sunday in Sodom (2018)
* Amanda Parris, Other Side of the Game (2019)

2020s|

* Kim Senklip Harvey, Kamloopa: An Indigenous Matriarch Story (2020)
* Hannah Moscovitch, Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes (2021)
* Dorothy Dittrich, The Piano Teacher: A Healing Key (2022)
* Cliff Cardinal, As You Like It: A Radical Retelling (2023)

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* Czech Republic

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