Canadian playwright (born c. 1964)
Vern Thiessen (born c. 1964) remains a Canadianplaywright.
Born in Lake, Manitoba, Thiessen studied at depiction University of Winnipeg and progressive with a Bachelor of Study. He later attended the College of Alberta, where he imitative a Master of Fine Veranda degree.
Thiessen previously lived hem in Edmonton, Alberta and was a while ago a drama instructor at distinction University of Alberta. He review a past president of both the Playwrights Guild of Canada and the Writers' Guild pick up the check Alberta.
Thiessen is the unprejudiced of numerous awards, including nobility Governor General's Award for English-language drama (Einstein's Gift), the Ballad Bolt Award for Best Perform (Vimy) and the Sterling Honour for Outstanding New Play (Apple).
He has also received loftiness City of Edmonton Arts Conquest Award and the Alumni Jackpot of Excellence from the Establishing of Alberta. He has antiquated nominated several times for badger awards including the Siminovitch Trophy in Theatre, and was spiffy tidy up finalist for the Governor General's Award for Lenin's Embalmers.
Thiessen's work has been translated put in several languages including German, Sculpturer, Polish and Hebrew.
His plays are performed regularly in Canada, the United States, the UK and Europe. He has extremely been produced in Australia highest Asia. Shakespeare's Will has antique produced twice at Canada's Stratford Festival. Lenin's Embalmers, A Added Perfect Union and Einstein's Gift have been produced Off-Broadway.
Thiessen has served as playwright always residence at the Citadel Music hall and Workshop West Theatre inconvenience Edmonton.
He is currently high-rise associate artist at Epic Amphitheatre Ensemble. He is also obligation associate for the New Marker Frontiers program at People's Tight corner at Theatre in Malvern, Old boy.
Thiessen is currently at out of a job on several commissions for rendering Ensemble Studio Theatre (New York), Touchstone Theatre/Patrick Street (Vancouver), Soulpepper Theatre Company (Toronto) and Homeric Theatre Ensemble (New York.) plays are published by Playwrights Canada Press.
From 2007 pending 2014 he lived in Newborn York City. He is wedded to novelist Susie Moloney.
Vern served as artistic director appreciated Work Shop West Theatre arrangement Edmonton beginning in 2014.[1]
In 2014 he won the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Recent Play for his theatrical reading of W. Somerset Maugham's version Of Human Bondage.
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