Carol Bolt Award
1 appearances
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Edition 17 (2018) Winner
Matthew MacKenzie
マシュー・マッケンジー
Mashū Makkenzī
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Nationality
- Canadian
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Edmonton, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario
Career
- Occupations
- playwright, actor
- Active Years
- 2008-2024
- Affiliations
- Métis Nation of Alberta, Pyretic Productions
- Memberships
- Métis Nation of Alberta
- Nominations
- Dora Mavor Moore Award (After the Fire, 2019)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Theatre School of Canada | — | playwriting program | — | — | Canada |
National Theatre School of Canada
playwriting program
Country:
Canada
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Dora Mavor Moore Award | Bears | Outstanding New Play, Independent Theatre | Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts | winner |
| 2023 | Dora Mavor Moore Award | The First Métis Man of Odesa | Outstanding New Play, Independent Theatre | Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts | winner |
| 2018 | Carol Bolt Award | Bears | — | — | winner |
| 2014 | Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award | Benefit | — | — | winner |
Dora Mavor Moore Award
2018
Work:
Bears
Category:
Outstanding New Play, Independent Theatre
Organization:
Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts
Result:
winner
Dora Mavor Moore Award
2023
Work:
The First Métis Man of Odesa
Category:
Outstanding New Play, Independent Theatre
Organization:
Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts
Result:
winner
Carol Bolt Award
2018
Work:
Bears
Result:
winner
Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award
2014
Work:
Benefit
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Bears
2015 DramaInspired in part by MacKenzie's discovery of his Métis ancestry. It centres on Floyd, a Métis man on the run from police after being blamed for an accident at his former workplace, an oil company.
Métis ancestryenvironmentalismoil pipelinesindigenous rights
The First Métis Man of Odesa
2023 Romantic comedyCentres on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and Russian invasion of Ukraine on the couple's plans to marry, incorporating real-life events including refugee efforts.
intercultural romancewar in UkraineCOVID-19refugees
Bibliography
- Tick
- Me Happy
- The Particulars
- In General
- Sia
- Benefit
- The Other
- The Bone Wars or The Curse of the Pathological Palaeontologists
- Bust
- After the Fire
Legacy
Noted as a two-time Dora Mavor Moore Award winner for Outstanding New Play in independent theatre, recognized for exploring Métis identity and contemporary issues.
Trivia
- Member of the Métis Nation of Alberta.
- Founded his own theatre company Pyretic Productions in Edmonton in 2008.
- In a relationship with Ukrainian actress Mariya Khomutova, co-wrote a play with her.