Carol Bolt Award
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The Carol Bolt Award is an annual Canadian literary award. Presented by the Playwrights Guild of Canada, the award is bestowed for a theatrical play premiere by a PGC member, judged to be the year's best. The award is named in memory of Canadian playwright, Carol Bolt.
Winners
- 2002 - Kent Stetson, The Harps of God[1]
- 2003 - Daniel Goldfarb, Adam Baum and the Jew Movie[2]
- 2004 - Florence Gibson, Home Is My Road[3]
- 2005 - Mieko Ouchi, The Red Priest (Eight Ways To Say Goodbye)
- 2006 - John Mighton, Half Life
- 2007 - Stephen Massicotte, The Oxford Roof Climber's Rebellion
- 2008 - Colleen Murphy, The December Man
- 2009 - Vern Thiessen, Vimy
- 2010 - Michael Nathanson, Talk[4]
- 2011 - Anusree Roy, Brothel #9[5]
- 2012 - Don Hannah, The Cave Painter
- 2013 - David Yee, carried away on the crest of a wave
- 2014 - Colleen Murphy, Pig Girl
- 2015 - Jordan Tannahill, Concord Floral
- 2016 - Lisa Codrington, Up the Garden Path[6]
- 2017 - Kate Hennig, The Virgin Trial[7]
- 2018 - Matthew MacKenzie, Bears[8]
- 2019 - Amy Rutherford, Mortified[9]
- 2020 - Keith Barker, This Is How We Got Here[10]
- 2021 - No Award was presented this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic
References
- ^ "Fine judge of talent". The Guardian, March 4, 2005.
- ^ "'Jewtopia' and 'Modern Orthodox': Treading the Line". Backstage, January 12, 2005.
- ^ "Relocated playwright enjoying Thornhill". YorkRegion.com, May 7, 2013.
- ^ "A less-than-relaxing weekend at the 'cottage'". Winnipeg Free Press, March 31, 2011.
- ^ "'That just feels like such a gift'". The Globe and Mail, November 8, 2011.
- ^ "News (National): Tom Hendry Award Recipients Announced – Playwrights Guild of Canada". Theatre Alberta, November 1, 2016.
- ^ "Winners Announced for Playwrights Guild of Canada's 2017 Tom Hendry Awards". Broadway World. October 30, 2017.
- ^ "MacKenzie, Matthew". Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia. January 29, 2019.
- ^ "News (National): Playwrights Guild of Canada Announces the Winners of the 2019 Tom Hendry Awards". Theatre Alberta. October 29, 2019. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
- ^ J. Kelly Nestruck, "The top 10 theatrical works of 2020, a year when stages went dark and performing arts pivoted". The Globe and Mail, December 8, 2020.
External links
- Carol Bolt Award Past Recipients at the Playwrights Guild of Canada