Donna-Michelle St. Bernard
Donna-Michelle St. Bernard is a Canadian playwright and theatre director.[1] She is a three-time nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama, receiving nods at the 2011 Governor General's Awards for Gas Girls,[1] at the 2016 Governor General's Awards for A Man A Fish,[2] and at the 2020 Governor General's Awards for Sound of the Beast.[3]
Donna-Michelle St. Bernard | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | playwright |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 2010s-present |
| Notable works | Gas Girls, A Man A Fish |
Gas Girls also won a Dora Mavor Moore Award in 2010 for Best New Play in the independent theatre division,[4] as well as an Enbridge PlayRites Award from Alberta Theatre Projects and the Herman Voaden Playwriting Competition.[5] Her other plays have included Cake,[6] The House You Build,[7] and Salome’s Clothes.[8]
Originally from the Grenadines,[1] St. Bernard resides in Hamilton, Ontario.[1] She is currently artistic director of New Harlem Productions.
References
- "Sex trade fuels gas girls". Montreal Gazette, October 24, 2014.
- "Governor-General’s Literary Award short list a serious case of déjà vu". The Globe and Mail, October 4, 2016.
- "Francesca Ekwuyasi, Billy-Ray Belcourt & Anne Carson among 2020 Governor General's Literary Awards finalists". CBC Books, May 4, 2021.
- "Actresses who sing dirty songs not excluded; Dora Awards; Louise Pitre, Morris Panych among winners". National Post, June 29, 2010.
- "Preview: Gas Girls". Now, November 4, 2009.
- "Donna-Michelle St. Bernard's Cake an expressionistic parable of colonialism". thestar.com. 2017-11-22. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
- "Theatre company program builds the future; Circle of Voices ready to be heard". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, February 25, 2015.
- "Stage Ignites With Fresh Talent; Three-day theatre festival showcases emerging artists". Calgary Herald, June 11, 2009.