Nick Green
Occupationactor, playwright
NationalityCanadian
Alma materUniversity of Alberta
Notable worksBody Politic

Nick Green is a Canadian actor and playwright.[1] He won the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play in 2017 for his play Body Politic,[2] a dramatization of the history of the Canadian LGBTQ newsmagazine The Body Politic.[3] He is also the recipient of an Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award,[4] the Tom Hendry Award[5] and BroadwayWorld.com Award.[6]

In 2023 his play Casey and Diana, a dramatization of the 1991 visit of Diana, Princess of Wales, to Casey House, Toronto's HIV/AIDS hospice, premiered at the Stratford Festival under the direction of Andrew Kushnir. This production was praised by critics, being named "...the most moving Canadian play of the year by the Toronto Star[7] and a "moving celebration" by the Globe and Mail[8] and that it should "top the list for artistic directors in Toronto (and New York) planning their next seasons."[9]

Green’s play Happy Birthday Baby J was produced by Shadow Theatre in 2020. In 2019, Green co-wrote Every Day She Rose with playwright Andrea Scott, which was produced by Nightwood Theatre, a production named “...an important piece of political theatre” by Now Magazine.[10] This play was published by Playwrights Canada Press.[11] Also that year, his play Dinner with the Duchess premiered at Toronto's Factory Theatre as part of the Next Stage Theatre Festival.

Other plays include Undercovered, Coffee Dad, Chicken Mom and the Fabulous Buddha Boy,[12] Under the Big Top, and Bearded Lady.

Green is also a book writer for musical theatre. In Real Life won the 2021 Tom Hendry Award for a New musical. This show, developed with the Canadian Music Theatre Projects[13] is slated for a workshop production with the Musical Stage Company in 2024 [14] Other projects include Dr Silver, which has had two developmental productions at South Coast Repertory Theatre,[15] FanGirl[16], and the Sterling Award-nominated Poof! The Musical.[4]

In 2020, after a production of his newest play was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Green launched Social Distancing Festival, a website where arts professionals can share works online.

References

  1. ↑ "Nick Green is LemonTree Creations’ Writer in Residence". Daily Xtra, July 28, 2014.
  2. ↑ "A Dora Awards to make you verklempt". Now, June 27, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Body Politic connects Toronto gay community's past and present: review". Toronto Star, June 2, 2016.
  4. 1 2 "The Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Awards, 2012/2013 Recipients" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "Canadian Play Outlet".
  6. ↑ Henry, Allen (January 8, 2020). "Winners Announced For 2019 BroadwayWorld Toronto Awards". Broadway World.
  7. ↑ Fricker, Karen (June 10, 2023). "'My mother burst into tears': Inside 'Casey and Diana,' the most moving Canadian play of the year". Toronto Star.
  8. ↑ Nestruck, J. Kelly (June 3, 2023). "Stratford Festival's AIDS drama Casey and Diana is a moving celebration of women who choose compassion over fear". Globe and Mail.
  9. ↑ Murphy, Aisling (June 2, 2023). "REVIEW: Casey and Diana at the Stratford Festival". Intermission.
  10. ↑ Cole, Susan G. (November 29, 219). "Every day she rose is an important piece of political theatre". Now Toronto.
  11. ↑ "Every Day She Rose". Playwrights Canada.
  12. ↑ Kerr, Ted (August 16, 2009). "Edmonton queer artists tell their stories at Fringe". Xtra.
  13. ↑ Barber, Victoria. "Nick Green and Kevin Wong, On Real Life". Musical Stage Company.
  14. ↑ Aisling, Murphy (November 30, 2023). "Kevin Wong announced as third resident artist at Musical Stage Company". Intermission.
  15. ↑ "Dr. Silver". South Coast Repertory.
  16. ↑ Nestruck, J. Kelly (August 13, 2019). "The Globe and Mail: The Musical? Reprint turns our old news into song and dance rather than fishwrap". The Globe and Mail.


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