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Donna-Michelle St. Bernard

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Donna-Michelle St. Bernard

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
Grenadines
Nationality
Canadian, Saint Vincentian
Languages
English
Residence History
Grenadines → Hamilton, Ontario

Career

Occupations
playwright, theatre director, emcee, arts administrator
Active Years
2010-2024
Affiliations
New Harlem Productions, National Theatre School
Nominations
2011 Governor General's Award for English-language drama (Gas Girls), 2016 Governor General's Award for English-language drama (A Man A Fish), 2020 Governor General's Award for English-language drama (Sound of the Beast)

Awards

Dora Mavor Moore Award
2010
Work: Gas Girls
Category: Best New Play (independent theatre division)
Organization: Dora Awards
Result: winner
Enbridge PlayRites Award
2009
Work: Gas Girls
Organization: Alberta Theatre Projects
Result: winner
Herman Voaden Playwriting Competition
2009
Work: Gas Girls
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Gas Girls

2011 drama

A play about the sex trade

sex tradesocial issues

A Man A Fish

2015 drama

Sound of the Beast

2020 drama

Bibliography

  • Gas Girls (2011)
  • Salome's Clothes
  • The House You Build
  • Refractions: Solo (co-editor, 2014)
  • A Man A Fish (2015)
  • Indian Act: Residential School Plays (editor, 2018)
  • Cake (2019)
  • Sound of the Beast (2020)
  • Refractions: Scenes (co-editor, 2020)

Legacy

Canadian playwright nominated three times for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama.