Herman Voaden Playwriting Competition
2 appearances
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Edition 1 (1997) Winner
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Edition 11 (2017) Runner-up
Brian Drader
ブライアン・ドラダー
Brian Drader
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1960 （Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada）
- Nationality
- カナダ, カナダ人
- Languages
- 英語
- Residence History
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada → Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Career
- Occupations
- playwright, stage actor
- Active Years
- 1980-2024
- Affiliations
- National Theatre School of Canada
- Nominations
- Shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama (2003)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Herman Voaden Playwriting Competition | The Norbals | — | — | winner |
| 2004 | Lambda Literary Award | Prok | Drama | — | winner |
Herman Voaden Playwriting Competition
1997
Work:
The Norbals
Result:
winner
Lambda Literary Award
2004
Work:
Prok
Category:
Drama
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Prok
2003 DramaA play about Alfred Kinsey and Clara McMillen.
sexualitysciencehistory
The Fruit Machine
DramaAbout the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's controversial 1960s fruit machine project to identify homosexual people.
LGBTQ+historydiscrimination
Bibliography
- Prok
- The Fruit Machine
- Easter Eggs
- TuckTuck
- The Author's Voice
- The Norbals
- Mind of the Iguana
- Liar
- To Be Frank
- Everybody's Business
- Curtsy
Legacy
Canadian playwright best known for plays dealing with LGBTQ+ themes, such as Prok and The Fruit Machine. Based in Montreal, teaches playwriting at the National Theatre School of Canada.