Mark Crawford is a Canadian theatre actor and playwright.[1] He is best known for his 2016 play The Birds and the Bees, one of the most widely-produced new Canadian plays of the 2010s.[2]

Originally from Glencoe, Ontario, he is a graduate of the theatre programs at the University of Toronto and Sheridan College.[1] He was a stage actor for ten years before premiering his first theatrical play Stag and Doe at the Blyth Festival in 2014.[3] His second play Bed and Breakfast, about a gay couple from Toronto who open a bed and breakfast in a small town, premiered at the Thousand Islands Playhouse in 2015,[4] and The Birds and the Bees, a comedy about an adult woman returning to live with her elderly mother after her divorce, premiered at the Blyth Festival in 2016.[5]

In 2017 he premiered Boys, Girls and Other Mythological Creatures, a youth play about a young child struggling with gender identity issues.[6] His most recent play The New Canadian Curling Club, a comedy about new immigrants joining a curling team, premiered at Blyth in 2018 and has also since been produced across Canada.[7]

Crawford is the partner of playwright and actor Paul Dunn.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Crawford, Mark". Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia, March 27, 2019.
  2. ↑ "All the world is his stage; Glencoe playwright Mark Crawford has three shows playing at Ontario theatres". London Free Press, August 15, 2018.
  3. ↑ "New and old faces as Blyth Festival celebrates 40". Guelph Mercury, June 14, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Bed and Breakfast runs Aug. 14 to Sept. 13 at Playhouse". Gananoque Reporter, August 6, 2015.
  5. ↑ "No sting with The Birds and the Bees". Sudbury Star, April 13, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Actor-turned-playwright Mark Crawford explores gender identity". Toronto Star, April 26, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Hurry hard to ATP for its hilarious The New Canadian Curling Club". Calgary Herald, March 19, 2019.
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