Nick Green (writer)

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]

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

A graduate of the University of Alberta,[4] his prior plays have included Gayface,[5] On the Wire,[6] Undercovered,[7] Coffee Dad, Chicken Mom and the Fabulous Buddha Boy,[5] Under the Big Top,[4] and Bearded Lady.[4]

His play Dinner with the Duchess premiered at Toronto's Factory Theatre as part of the 2019 Next Stage Theatre Festival.[8]

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.[9]

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.[10]

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. "Double Header at Fort Edmonton". St. Albert Gazette, June 20, 2009.
  5. "Edmonton queer artists tell their stories at Fringe". Daily Xtra, August 16, 2009.
  6. "A walk in the park". Vue Weekly, April 15, 2010.
  7. Gelinas, Ben (December 30, 2010). "The night they raided the Pisces club". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  8. Susan G. Cole, "Allegra Fulton takes a bow at Next Stage Theatre Festival". Now, January 9, 2019.
  9. Wayne Alan Brenner, "The Social Distancing Festival Is Live Online". Austin Chronicle, March 15, 2020.
  10. Karen Fricker, "‘My mother burst into tears’: Inside ‘Casey and Diana,’ the most moving Canadian play of the year". Toronto Star, June 10, 2023.


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