I started off the week over brunch at the charming L’Entrepots with my longtime collaborator David Paquet and the irrepressible Sam Buggeln, Artistic Director of Ithaca NY’s powerhouse company, The Cherry Arts. Having already produced the English-language professional premiere of David’s Jessie Award-winning play The Shoe, Sam is making it a double with his upcoming production of David’s Governor-General’s Award-winning play The Weight of Ants, directed by Dean Robinson. This was my first time meeting Sam, and I look forward to continuing this juicy collaboration.
Next, I travelled to Saint-Anne-de-Bellevue with David Paquet and Zach Fraser to speak to Zach’s bright and inquisitive students, who are producing The Weight of Ants at John Abbott College.
Then came the biggest news of the week: two of my projects have been shortlisted for the Playwrights Guild of Canada’s Tom Hendry Awards!
• Salesman in China, co-written with Jovanni Sy, is nominated for the Carol Bolt Award for best new play.
• Home Deliveries, my translation of Catherine Léger’s Deux femmes en or, is nominated for best comedy!
Have a listen to this PlayMe podcast, or go to this PGC web page, to find out all of the nominations. I will be tuning in to the awards announcements on the Playwrights Guild’s YouTube channel on Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. EDT [11 p.m.UTC] to hear the results. It’s a formidable field of artists this year, and I’m happy to be a part of the party.
I also just received confirmation of an upcoming production that I can’t announce yet. Stay tuned!