http://www.leannabrodie.com/translator daily 0.75 2025-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1460647387332-YMXPLR4B602B4AD4RCRN/tales+of+the+moon.jpeg Translations - Christian Essiambre, France LaRochelle Written and directed by Philippe Soldevila. Set and costumes by Luc Rondeau and Erica Schmitz; lighting by Christian Fontaine. Photography by Louise Leblanc. Produced by Théâtre les Confettis at the National Arts Centre (Ottawa, 2011). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1461624599111-98ZIQZMO5CQ8HGI3LKW7/Panda+Panda.jpg Translations - Patrick Fleurant, Rénald Laurin Directed by Robert Drouin for Théâtre en L'Aire (2005). Set by Geneviève Jacques and Anick La Bissonière, costumes by Marie-Soleil Lavoie, props by Geneviève Asselin, lighting by Sylvain Letendre. Photography by Robert Etcheverry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1467763413945-FLWDVEYF70GA0XV5B6NA/eFuEK3q0qYXgkWolU5lVpb0IwppLt4fl61MpF6Pe5ug.jpg Translations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1493924699407-XL78IYHL3X32YY06TMO4/C4E2417486D5F8DF238F77E9D6B02229.jpg Translations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1527273750120-GRVCHRG6YJBT12DVNMAT/YAH-GCTC2017-158-WEB.jpg Translations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1527625842463-1FP47I81YR0ISHU56F79/gametes_bible_urbaine1-610x350.jpg Translations - Gamètes at La Licorne L-R: Dominique Leclerc and Annie Darisse of Les Biches Pensives. The director was Sophie Cadieux. Photo: Jérome Leclerc. Further production and design credits here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1528150587080-0WFOTN78E7X5AYRNUE5Q/Screen+Shot+2018-06-04+at+3.14.51+PM.png Translations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1569658578857-C3KB8DJ8QABFJE9ZY3IO/70125033_10157266959646233_6261617303121559552_n.jpg Translations Patrick Hivon and Robin-Joël Cool in the Hôtel-Môtel/Aujourd’hui/Cercle Molière production directed by Philippe Ducros. Photo by Maxime Côté. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1629234664780-CW63TYFZ3EMSMLTRBXKL/tn-500_0675landondoak%28left%29aswilliamandshakuradicksonasmargaretiniamwilliam.photographybydavidhou..jpg Translations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1629522057518-LX5ENMSESTVPJZN553HA/affiche-Omi-Mouna-2020-final2-siteweb-1.jpg Translations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1461376750171-SQPRKCOZWAISI5E85V0C/qvWH1hZWZp8Co9ZE8pGM8sIv1-sQPuDohrTyVXtrRcM.jpg Translations - Jennifer Lines and Scott Bellis …received Vancouver’s Jessie Awards as Best Actress and Best Actor for their work in this production. Photo: Tim Matheson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1736309257283-KGIRAJ91YJMGH3HH31XV/FROMALASKA_0406.jpg Translations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1672885428251-LH54BSZ7F6ALJGLWW19L/Review-Wildfire-at-Factory.png Translations - The Factory Theatre production in Toronto, ON. The Canadian premiere of Wildfire took place on June 2, 2022 at The Factory Theatre in Toronto, directed by Soheil Parsa. L-R: Soo Garay, Paul Dunn, and Zorana Sadiq. Sets and lighting by Kaitlin Hickey; costumes by Jackie Chau; sound design and composition by Thomas Ryder Payne. (Dora Mavor Moore Awards for Best New Play, Director, and Production) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1741215452968-EGVADI413ULPORJ4D9FR/409032238_1106546590364763_3647694046917614308_n.jpg Translations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1741301100709-Y8SO9J7I2SSZK4IFGDX0/VideoDeuxfemmes.jpg Translations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1570567971878-IB354QRM2UUPAVRVATJQ/71553196_2710479175651752_5341937424907894784_n.jpg Translations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1761673924094-TITWTHG2UQ2R94W06QBN/Screenshot+2025-10-28+at+1.49.45%E2%80%AFPM.png Translations - At The Cherry Arts in Ithaca NY. Jacob Garrett White as Olivier. Directed by Dean Robinson. Costumes: Iris Estelle. Lighting: Conor Mulligan. Projections: Stephen St. Francis Decky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1461697714425-O7OYE38HBB7O0Y70PW6C/opium_37.jpg Translations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1461697836293-OCTBESTOW5RUQN0BZILX/LB12-Baobab.jpg Translations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1461698058228-QZZN1CWGI72QNUFRJVTW/p_mere_2.jpg Translations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1570563525645-DLJ7XF2UKLEFU8Z5TGDY/71553196_2710479175651752_5341937424907894784_n.jpg Translations Godfrey L. Simmons in the 2019 world premiere production of David Paquet’s The Shoe. DIrected by Samuel Buggeln for The Cherry Artspace, Ithaca NY, it also featured Emma Bowers, Amoreena Wade, and Josh Witzler. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1561934926952-AAVVNICA9CYHRPAHOGPY/lesoulier-61-gaetannerincx-1822x1215.jpg Translations Le Soulier (The Shoe) by David Paquet World premiere at Théâtre la Seizième, Vancouver, in March 2019. With France Perras and Félix Beauchamp (pictured), Joey Lespérance, and Annie Lefebvre. Directed by Esther Duquette and Gilles Poulin-Denis. Set and costume design by Drew Facey. Lighting by Itai Erdal, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/ff9c9bef-11a1-4021-b2f1-895f973b13fa/9780369104038_cover_rb_modalcover+%281%29.jpeg Translations - Make it stand out Buy from:alllitup.ca |bookshop.org (US/UK) or through your local bookshop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/381387f0-55e7-4b17-9ece-a903fb0e276c/Benevolence-Advanced-Photos-5-scaled-2.jpg Translations - Make it stand out Charles Christien Gallant as Gilles Jean in the 2022 Ruby Slippers/Pacific Theatre production of Benevolence directed by Diane Brown. Set and lighting by John Webber, costumes by Jessica Oostergo. Photo credit: Moonrider Productions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/4c7c45ec-2349-4a4d-811c-4a7380a77741/409032238_1106546590364763_3647694046917614308_n.jpg Translations - Make it stand out Photo of the 2023 Great Canadian Theatre Company production of Benevolence by Fanny Britt, translated by Leanna Brodie. L-R: Puja Uppal, Will Somers, Mélanie Beauchamp, and Pierre Simpson. Directed by Eric Coates. Designers: Isabelle Bélisle (costumes), Emilio Sebastiao (lighting), Brian Smith (sets). Photo by Curtis Perry. http://www.leannabrodie.com/playwright daily 0.75 2026-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1464914626880-7EAC8U9JA45RUNAGGGBX/FHAC+cover.jpg Plays https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1461170554068-XT2JH3YII8FAHPVX7KGJ/The+Whistlestop+Project.jpg Plays - The Whistlestop Project (2009) At the Women's Institute Cairn on the Georgian Bluffs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1493930295103-SGOBEDXFYBMRRPT1STAB/Vic1.jpg Plays https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1741125998321-ESKL84JC30GSFIRPI572/9780889225718.jpg Plays Available from alllitup.ca | Indigo | bookshop.org (US and UK) and through your local bookshop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1735066644578-84CQ5V2ZWAF6Z9J1TLA4/image-asset.jpeg Plays - Salesman in China Official Trailer | Stratford Festival 2024 | National Arts Centre 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1461348474856-TTBYGT6TNPMMIA4M1FCV/Book+of+Esther+cover.jpg Plays https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1461697060616-FYN8LN9BJFZ6QEAMNRT6/12803045_10153846655766233_4952163456623617494_n.jpg Plays http://www.leannabrodie.com/librettist daily 0.75 2016-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1461373995684-D4STLL2L1QRG5OSSEO26/Karaoke.JPG Libretti https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1461262488562-C2QD2PSPAEREDSJ3GS5X/LB3-opera_to_go.JPG Libretti https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1461697262701-94OJXLHYJUE717LCXNL2/Ulla%27s%2BOdyssey.%2BOperaUpClose%2C%2BKings%2BPlace.%2BSarah%2BMinns.%2BPhoto%2Bby%2BChristopher%2BTribble.jpeg Libretti http://www.leannabrodie.com/actor daily 0.75 2024-12-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1460647722401-BE3AT4VZ2SIP22F39EQH/terminus+3.png Acting - Terminus, by Mark O'Rowe Pi Theatre. Directed by Richard Wolfe. Set by David Roberts, costumes by Carmen Alatorre, lighting by Alan Brodie, photography by Ian Snow. A dark, demonic thrill ride through the streets of Dublin. Horror, laughter, pathos, and adrenaline... achieved with nothing but the writer's words and actors' bodies. I was very proud of this show, which was nominated for just about every Jessie Award in Vancouver (and won a few, too, including Best Production). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1461650257451-EOEV4J4DU4K4A8K98QQT/IMG_1574.jpg Acting - One show, three characters. The Parisian waitress... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1461649590176-E21QZET8JE56ATY0V69V/IMG_1585.JPG Acting - the old fruit-seller... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1461649601510-FT3RXFNVJJYH20AQHUIU/IMG_1534.JPG Acting - ... and Julia Child's partner, Simone Beck. Backstage at To Master The Art, by William Brown and Doug Frew, directed by Susan Ferley, The Grand Theatre (London, 2011). Costumes by Pat Flood. The fastest character change: from the old market woman into this party outfit in about 2 minutes, with the help of a fabulous dresser. (Personal photos)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1489880947629-9M2V33SRQLD9K7N1CPD5/Bonjour+la%CC%80%2Cbonjour+%283%29+.jpg Acting Q&A after Théâtre la Seizième's production of Bonjour, là, bonjour, 2017. L-R: Annie Lefebvre, Thérèse Champagne, me, Lyne Barnabé, Siona Gareau-Brennan. Our ensemble cast was nominated for a Jessie Award. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1461717307067-QI9JD24VPZIZS94FF1GR/terminus+3.png Acting http://www.leannabrodie.com/news daily 0.75 2025-11-04 http://www.leannabrodie.com/news/2026/2/6/schoolhouse2026 monthly 0.5 2026-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/2c699ff8-bef2-437f-8bb8-993377cdb1c7/Schoolhouse.jpeg Recent news - Schoolhouse Rides Again in 2026 - Make it stand out The 2007 4th Line Theatre production of Schoolhouse, directed by Kim Blackwell, a critical and popular success, was brought back for the 2008 season. Pictured: Shannon Taylor, Nora Hickey, Cody McMahon, and Jade O’Keefe. Photo: Wayne Eardley. http://www.leannabrodie.com/news/2025/10/9/its-been-a-big-news-week-olaXg monthly 0.5 2025-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1760035760954-VJKL071D198XYSFZ7AR6/IMG_9432.jpeg Recent news - The Tom Hendrys. 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And... - At John Abbott College, Quebec Above my head: a poster from the 2014 J.A.C. production of For Home and Country, directed by Andrew Cuk. http://www.leannabrodie.com/news/2025/2/11/where-the-chicken-meets-the-road-thoughts-on-translation monthly 0.5 2025-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/34ffc549-887f-4580-98d6-37d28f749286/FROMALASKA_0145.jpg Recent news - Where the Chicken Meets the Road: Thoughts on Translation - Make it stand out Brenda Robins and Kosta Ledermeyer in Sébastien Harrisson’s FROM ALASKA, directed by Michael Shamata at the Belfry Theatre, 2025. : David Cooper. http://www.leannabrodie.com/news/2025/1/7/salesman-in-china-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1736284503469-CY41Y4IQAEIMVVV8704X/457385193_1064251545710364_8209660568381873109_n.jpg Recent news - Developing SALESMAN IN CHINA - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1502413586815-789AWI7HF0USJOR1Q3LH/IMG_1148.JPG Recent news - Developing SALESMAN IN CHINA - Make it stand out Li Shilong and Mi Tiezeng stand in front of the photo of their younger selves as Biff and Happy in Arthur Miller’s landmark 1983 production of Death of a Salesman at the Beijing People’s Art Theatre. 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I’ll probably go with AN EMIGRATION TRILOGY, in the end. http://www.leannabrodie.com/news/2021/3/3/schoolhouse-at-two-planks-and-a-passion-1 monthly 0.5 2021-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1614825300799-J68IF15342I2511US8R4/schoolhouse-web-icon_orig.png Recent news - Schoolhouse at Two Planks and a Passion http://www.leannabrodie.com/news/2021/2/22/turbulence-at-the-alchemy-festival monthly 0.5 2021-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1614019590956-3JNEF6P3RCT8JHKPNTC0/TURBULENCE_DRAFT_IMAGE.png Recent news - Turbulence at the Alchemy Festival, Feb. 27 http://www.leannabrodie.com/news/2020/12/21/fanny-britts-benevolence-january-8-reading-online monthly 0.5 2020-12-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1608613117473-6VAW56XF6CL5FGKNB1X4/Benevolence-FB-1024x536.png Recent news - Fanny Britt's Benevolence: January 8 Reading Online I was looking for a picture of a country highway passing in front of an apple tree… but this one is not bad either. If you have, or if I can commission you to draw, a picture of a highway and an apple tree, please get in touch. http://www.leannabrodie.com/news/2020/12/21/just-in-time-for-christmas monthly 0.5 2020-12-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1608611118464-0CXW9NDE52MJSJO85UNU/From-Alaska-2_1__page-0001_360x.jpg Recent news - Just in time for Christmas... http://www.leannabrodie.com/news/2020/9/29/nominations-for-the-tom-hendry-awards monthly 0.5 2020-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1601419748225-4C90ZOHMQTM5IVP309LE/Screen+Shot+2020-09-28+at+6.25.06+PM.png Recent news - Two Nominations for the Tom Hendry Awards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1601419918868-IPXQH3O0E1PTBT1YNUB3/Screen+Shot+2020-09-28+at+6.45.49+PM.png Recent news - Two Nominations for the Tom Hendry Awards http://www.leannabrodie.com/news/2020/2/5/david-paquets-wildfire-us-premiere monthly 0.5 2020-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1580947252559-4F6SC6XBZGBE4MPH2Z9U/IMG_3757.JPG Recent news - WILDFIRE Premieres in St. Louis The cast and crew of Wildfire celebrates opening night. L-R: Me with cast members Tom Wethington and Jane Paradise, director Philip Boehm, cast member Nancy Bell, assistant director Dylan Arnold, ASM Clare Fairbanks, Lighting Designer Steve Carmichael, and PSM Patrick Siler. Front row: costume designer Laura Hanson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1580949437227-FCA9RYB2M4DMYJ450DKM/IMG_3739.jpg Recent news - WILDFIRE Premieres in St. Louis On my last day in St. Louis, Philip Boehm took his old friend and frequent collaborator Steve Carmichael and I on a tour of the city: here we are under Eero Saarinen’s iconic arch. In ten years of working with Upstream, it was Steve’s first day of sightseeing and his first time downtown, so we Canadians have our uses! I also explored the National Blues Museum… and enjoyed talking to the wonderful Ron Himes after seeing him in an outstanding production of August Wilson’s TWO TRAINS RUNNING at his distinguished company, the Black Rep. http://www.leannabrodie.com/news/2020/1/11/meanwhile-in-a-pyramid-in-arlington-texas monthly 0.5 2020-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1578793772314-RK0TA7DPJIJU766H6WK4/81533542_528856324638905_6122415725136052224_o.jpg Recent news - Meanwhile, in a pyramid in Texas... A show where dancing is encouraged, and there are no aisles… Photo by TA Visuals from the premiere of STELLA in Arlington, Texas. http://www.leannabrodie.com/news/2019/11/16/hedgebrook-is-magic-for-writers-hkhze monthly 0.5 2020-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1574101997448-V64V4X44DB65MXJU89TJ/IMG_3624.JPG Recent news - Hedgebrook. They care. You write. - Fir Cottage One of six perfect cottages, each made for one writer. (Click here to see more.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1573958234423-FIGYGVA2YIOY6NHMAIZW/IMG_3606.JPG Recent news - Hedgebrook. They care. You write. When you step out your front door, you are within sight of one other cottage… but only just. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1574102062116-1AW817AFQ7ULFJRXAZ2J/IMG_3605+2.JPG Recent news - Hedgebrook. They care. You write. - I love the sculpture of rabbits that is unique to Fir Cottage. Other sculptures are hidden all around the grounds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1574102331663-FN5KNN8K9YT20HHN7GV9/IMG_3597.JPG Recent news - Hedgebrook. They care. You write. I seldom use a desk to write, but it’s a great place to break out the index cards. You can see the outline I drafted during the week. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1574102140978-X6PTLLARWYWRISS12WK7/IMG_3603.JPG Recent news - Hedgebrook. They care. You write. A tiny perfect woodstove. The stairs to the sleeping loft. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1574101950750-C8AMAHJCV4N8XSHLF2W0/IMG_3602.JPG Recent news - Hedgebrook. They care. You write. This tiny lovely kitchen is well-stocked but no one really cooks here: communal dinners are at the central farmhouse where the chef prepares your lunch for the next day, and you can grab breakfast and snacks from the farmhouse kitchen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1574101968237-4NUQZ4J799L6GBLPMGPJ/IMG_3598.JPG Recent news - Hedgebrook. They care. You write. My nighttime writing spot. And my companions were the journals on that shelf: 30 years of jottings from the women of this cottage. We are wildly different and we have so much in common, especially the struggle to write. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1573958259884-RVF8PFI6PD8BKKED2E8N/IMG_3599.JPG Recent news - Hedgebrook. They care. You write. My daytime writing spot. Deer, chickadees, spiders, and squirrels came to say hello. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1574102042423-LVRRI52JBYT3DLOURHM3/IMG_3613.JPG Recent news - Hedgebrook. They care. You write. I am obsessed with this pink blanket. And blessed to come to this extraordinary place again, where there is simplicity and beauty and comfort and silence and support. http://www.leannabrodie.com/news/2019/10/7/the-shoe-premieres-in-ithaca monthly 0.5 2019-10-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1570472397917-KW2PGJBDSLGQR24M74OK/Screen+Shot+2019-10-07+at+11.18.38+AM.png Recent news - THE SHOE Premieres in Ithaca THE SHOE. Directed by Samuel Buggeln, with Emma Bowers, Godfrey L. Smmons, Amoreena Wade, and Josh Witzling (pictured). At The Cherry Artspace in Ithaca, NY. http://www.leannabrodie.com/news/2019/9/26/ive-been-named-as-a-ruby-slippers-theatre-associate-artist monthly 0.5 2019-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1569524007795-HFZD6U7SQAXEHIZFQZDL/Screen+Shot+2019-09-26+at+11.52.07+AM.png Recent news - I've been named as a Ruby Slippers Theatre Associate Artist. Here are all the Ruby Newbies! Couldn’t be happier to share a page with these passionate women. http://www.leannabrodie.com/news/2019/9/24/10-days-4-plays monthly 0.5 2019-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1569378828762-6WYQ7CF2VPO60KYKSDKK/IMG_4929.jpeg Recent news - 10 Days. 4 Plays. Q&A with the Arts Club Theatre’s Associate Artistic Director and New Play Festival curator Stephen Drover, after the reading of Gilles Poulin-Denis’ Outside. Photo by Pippa Mackie. Directed by Jovanni Sy, this reading featured some of the finest actors in Vancouver: Alessandro Juliani, Kayvon Khoshkam, Pippa Mackie, Kevin McNulty, Adele Noronha, and Alec Willows. Our SM was Liz King. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1569382513245-AJALZ1DHWO36OC967HPV/IMG_2161.JPG Recent news - 10 Days. 4 Plays. Our Playwrights Theatre Centre Salesman in China workshop had yet another exceptional Vancouver cast. Back row L-R: Peter Anderson, Conor Wylie, Agnes Tong, Lou Ticzon, Chris Lam, and Tetsuro Shigematsu. Front row L-R: Donna Soares, Susan Hogan, and Hiro Kanagawa. Not pictured: Our dramaturg and workshop director Kathleen Flaherty; cultural consultants Xin Xuan Song, Steven Siyuan Liu, and Fang Zhang Helwig (who will also be translating our text into Mandarin.) Photo by my co-writer, Jovanni Sy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1569381873564-EUCDJ7XUBKUHBDGYZJPV/After+Alaska+Workshop+1.jpg Recent news - 10 Days. 4 Plays. This translation workshop for Sébastien Harrisson’s lyrical and personal From Alaska took place in the London offices of Equity (the UK actors’ union), with me joining in by Skype. L-R: Director John Jack Paterson, James watterson, and Joan Blackham. You were all quite brilliant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1569383050164-VXKL34QRCU0UCNTA0F2E/70963333_427989534736788_1754424707974692864_n-1.jpg Recent news - 10 Days. 4 Plays. This is the World Premiere Production of my translation of David Paquet’s The Shoe, at The Cherry Arts in Ithaca, NY. Directed by Samuel Buggeln. L-R: Amoreena Wade, Josh Witzling, http://www.leannabrodie.com/news/2019/9/26/stratford-festival-lab-2019 monthly 0.5 2019-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1569527439528-RH5TMU1RKJ8OFXQXSKD9/69997692_10157233888926233_1713353262867939328_n.jpg Recent news - August 2019: Stratford Festival Lab Jason Woolley as Arthur Miller in our workshop of Salesman in China as part of the Stratford Festival Lab. http://www.leannabrodie.com/news/2019/7/18/the-shoe-wins-best-new-play monthly 0.5 2019-07-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1563469650191-EAROOM8G57P30PD58G3H/67224817_10162130182010375_624272607415369728_n.jpg Recent news - Le Soulier (The Shoe) Wins Best New Play The cast and crew of Théåtre la Seizième’s production of Le Soulier at the 2019 Jessie Awards. L-R: Félix Beauchamp, who won Best Actor; David Paquet, who won for Best New Play; pivotal cast member Annie Lefebvre; me; Gaëlle de Ruyter and Sarah Bouix of La Seizième; Itai Erdal (nominated for lighting design, he won for a different show); Best Actress nominee Prance Perras; and Best Sound Design winner Malcolm Dow. http://www.leannabrodie.com/news/2019/7/8/ujzwt5095fln8vduyzs5kx1bsi48tx-4bnt2 monthly 0.5 2020-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1562614626741-P8IZQG9N0OGL9MYIF9GE/ReACT-logo.jpg Recent news - My 2019-2020 Season of Translations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1564852904087-G5DT6T08IUJY0AEANYE4/67662348_10157346255798334_2674425261331578880_n.jpg Recent news - My 2019-2020 Season of Translations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1562613484120-HCCRW3EHIYL4240JAJB3/you%2Bare%2Bhappy%2Bsquare.png Recent news - My 2019-2020 Season of Translations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1562613501857-G3E4MVOCOFZXYWPPVADQ/quick-19-20-flyer.jpg Recent news - My 2019-2020 Season of Translations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1562613492015-MYX8OF27Y079JET08XZR/WebsiteBanner980x3956.png Recent news - My 2019-2020 Season of Translations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1562613479490-WQF693YZADJXZOPXP9YJ/i-lost-my-husband-web.jpg Recent news - My 2019-2020 Season of Translations http://www.leannabrodie.com/news/2019/7/5/from-jamais-lu-to-jamais-vu-my-spring-roadtrip monthly 0.5 2019-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1562359351030-1RJFNCATBQ0KQE3OWYHO/jl20192mai-5179-e1557613691354-1.jpg Recent news - Jamais Lu and after Talk to Your Neighbour was the theme of the opening night of the Festival du Jamais Lu, Montréal’s premiere reading series of new works. I was invited to write and deliver a very personal six-minute monologue. It was my French-language public speaking début. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1562384733494-Q227DCXQBRJR5YNN8MFW/60639158_10156650517153220_6388957594479755264_n.jpg Recent news - Jamais Lu and after Les Deux Mondes’ Two-Part Inventions at the Harbourfront Junior Festival. The heroic cast premiered the show in French, got up the next morning, and premiered the English translation. Then they got up the next morning and learned how to do what English-speaking theatre people call a “relaxed performance” (a wonderfully inclusive concept which, if I had to perform one, would make me anything but relaxed). Harou and Myriam may be dressed like rockstars here, but they are in fact warriors. L-R: Lisandre Coulombe (SM); Sébastien Harrisson (playwright, Artistic Director); Harou Davtyan (The Boy); Josianne Dulong-Savignac (Assistant Director); Myriam DeBonville (The Girl); and Michel-Maxime Legault (director). http://www.leannabrodie.com/news/2019/7/4/r0gafp8lcum3decx86lkvzy16py2i4 monthly 0.5 2019-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1562287655530-H1TPLR5G48RN67G9NZMX/IMG_20190620_202531.jpg Recent news - Glassco 2019: We need more doors. Not more walls. This year’s Vancouver crew at the Glassco Translation Residency was unusually large, and feisty to boot! L-R: Gilles Poulin-Denis, me, Carmela Sison, and Jovanni Sy. Taking the photo: our residency leader and senior translator Bobby Theodore. http://www.leannabrodie.com/news/2019/3/10/entre-my-season-of-translation monthly 0.5 2019-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1552249436393-PEVSV495KQMP111L6OQQ/LeSoulier_HELENE01-1328x893.jpg Recent news - "Entre": My Season of Translation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1552249571469-90QTSJV7UHOY90YLQR0J/IMG_2617.jpg Recent news - "Entre": My Season of Translation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1552249040874-BIC4QIOM9GXX0C7A78IB/afrique_1600x900-2-1518035885.jpg Recent news - "Entre": My Season of Translation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1552247808146-311FYA5C7JRYAV502EN3/Unknown-3.jpeg Recent news - "Entre": My Season of Translation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1552249645826-EZRQB90PVUOUNWYEAWUQ/Pourquoi-tu-pleures_au-Patriote.jpg Recent news - "Entre": My Season of Translation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1552249872964-ZCC95NPI0CVEKA22UZO1/Unknown-5.jpeg Recent news - "Entre": My Season of Translation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1552250014627-2E7J8G5PWCY13WF15UUP/gametes_bible_urbaine.jpg Recent news - "Entre": My Season of Translation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1552250154665-I3MWJI4H66W82K0A8DTU/Wildfire_web_EN_good.png Recent news - "Entre": My Season of Translation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1552258488262-LQ3872C3UII7EYCAEHEV/43538397.jpg Recent news - "Entre": My Season of Translation http://www.leannabrodie.com/news/2018/10/22/a-chicago-workshop-of-you-are-happy-in-asl monthly 0.5 2019-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1540229091625-R0OWT1WHVHLCNUZOP3CP/call+you+baby+copy.jpg Recent news - You Are Happy in Chicago Red Theater Chicago brings their innovative and inclusive approach to an in-house reading of Rébecca Déraspe’s You Are Happy. http://www.leannabrodie.com/news/2018/10/17/wuchien-michael-than-fund-grant-for-salesman-in-china monthly 0.5 2018-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1539803471906-E3J2BLPEA3BCXN9WD95L/logo1.jpg Recent news - Wuchien Michael Than Fund Grant for SALESMAN IN CHINA http://www.leannabrodie.com/news/2018/10/15/quick-update-on-salesman-in-china monthly 0.5 2018-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1539627914965-Z1E8CHOEZLT3PDR03Y6P/PTC+Salesman+in+China+workshop Recent news - Fall Update on SALESMAN IN CHINA In the PTC Test Kitchen, Oct. 14. L-R: Karin Konoval, Johnny Wu, Tetsuro Shigematsu, our dramaturg Kathleen Flaherty, Carmen Aguirre, Jovanni, me, Peter Anderson, Paulo Ribeiro. Not pictured: the fabulous Raugi Yu, who took this photo. Derek Chan was also part of the workshop on Oct. 9. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1539628326005-N69FGQXTCHFSAXWVJN2L/Stratford+Playwrights+Retreat+2018 Recent news - Fall Update on SALESMAN IN CHINA We didn’t manage a single photo with Bob and all the playwrights in it, and none at all with Jovanni! But here’s as close as we got. L-R: Rose Napoli, Carmen Aguirre, our leader Bob White and his partner Kevin, Shira Ginsler our ever-helpful Festival liaison, me, Sunny Drake, Diane Flacks, Ryan Griffith. Not pictured: Jovanni Sy, Frances Koncan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1539629012779-MEGJEO46AYYUBF668ZLY/Peter+and+Paulo Recent news - Fall Update on SALESMAN IN CHINA A thoughtful Paulo Ribeiro, and Peter Anderson reading Arthur Miller. Photo by Raugi Yu. http://www.leannabrodie.com/news/2018/6/18/stratford-in-september monthly 0.5 2018-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1529350538302-4M4L205C3B0MAL4PGWBT/preview.jpg Recent news - Stratford in September Henry V at the Stratford Festival, starring Richard Monette. (Photo from The Cleveland Press Collection) http://www.leannabrodie.com/news/2018/6/4/congratulations-olivier-sylvestre-r22kn monthly 0.5 2018-06-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1528130984855-NSBYO287BV6WPDQIOXW2/b3cb98_d808c4a6fbea491d9b804b58cdc65a60%7Emv2.jpg Recent news - Congratulations, Olivier Sylvestre!!! "For its lyricism, versatility and commitment to artistic risk and innovation." – The jury's comments about The Paradise Arms. More details about Safe Words at https://www.safeword.ca/safewords2018 http://www.leannabrodie.com/news/2018/6/3/the-paradise-arms-at-safewords-2018 monthly 0.5 2018-06-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1528084159098-ANVFK6BEJIBCJPXJG6TL/34207281_1726261334131064_1239710746275741696_n.jpg Recent news - The Paradise Arms at Safewords The cast of Friday's public reading at the Tarragon Theatre, Toronto. L-R: Scott Emerson Moyle; Amy Keller; Liz Best; Alex Zonjic; M. John Kennedy; director Eric Benson, and Krystina Bojonowski. I'm just going to guess who they were playing: Scott as Dany; Amy as Maryline; Liz as Sylvie; Alex as Olivier; John as M. Picard; and Krystina as Alexe. (Did I get it right?) http://www.leannabrodie.com/news/2018/5/29/safewords-and-coups-de-thtre monthly 0.5 2018-05-29 http://www.leannabrodie.com/news/2018/4/6/y3pax36wd6a0xjov28oub92x747xhe monthly 0.5 2018-04-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1523037967428-DKHSIMZCP05M0WXX196J/ahem.gif Recent news - The Humanity Bureau is out! http://www.leannabrodie.com/news/2018/3/21/yo-mama-we-just-chillin-january-march-2018-news monthly 0.5 2018-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1521698807580-I07UCJYU75O9FP35QU7N/4.-meghan-gardiner-agnes-tong-in-i-lost-my-husband-2018.-photo-by-david-cooper.jpg Recent news - January-March: "Yo, Mama... We Just Chillin" Meghan Gardiner and Agnes Tong in Diane Brown's March 2018 production of Catherine Léger's I Lost My Husband! (Ruby Slippers Theatre and Gateway Theatre). Costumes by Hannah Case; set and lighting by John Webber; photo by David Cooper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1521700695894-FAZK52Q2MGJ2LS7NBHWE/IMG_1535.jpg Recent news - January-March: "Yo, Mama... We Just Chillin" First blue sky we saw in Squamish. Two weeks in. Worth it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1521699379781-PZTOY7RJ59MDBPFV2NHE/B941EBDF-0744-426D-8745-CE1EBAF14941-9984-00000E0A745D5A81_tmp.jpg Recent news - January-March: "Yo, Mama... We Just Chillin" L-R: Translator and interpreter Fang Zhang, who spoke about her work with the Shanghai Theatre Academy translating everything from THE JOY LUCK CLUB to THE MASTER AND MARGARITA; Dr. Claire Conceison of MIT and Duke University, a scholar of modern Chinese theatre who spoke about the relationship between Arthur Miller and Ying Ruocheng; and my partner in Salesman in China and in life, Jovanni Sy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1521706000268-W2V3IGQYTWA3K8VVIMFT/29249674_10155973569911233_6464424133881479848_n.jpg Recent news - January-March: "Yo, Mama... We Just Chillin" http://www.leannabrodie.com/news/2017/11/8/the-vic-in-kingston-jump-on-in-and-live-it monthly 0.5 2017-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5668a3fd25981de26410f039/1510165745417-8XKPLAAIEPC1RUGTURVX/23130708_1731713646863585_5606212602553038746_n.jpg Recent news - The Vic in Kingston: "Jump on in and live it..." 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