Sky Gilbert
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Schuyler Lee (Sky) Gilbert, Jr. (born December 20, 1952) is a Canadian writer, actor, academic and drag performer. Born in Norwich, Connecticut, he studied theatre in Toronto, Ontario at York University and the University of Toronto, before becoming co-founder and artistic director of Buddies in Bad Times, a Toronto theatre company dedicated to LGBT drama. Gilbert's drag name is Jane.
Although primarily a playwright, Gilbert has also published novels, poetry and an autobiography. He has also been a regular columnist for Toronto's eye weekly. Many of Gilbert's works are produced at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre.
Gilbert holds the University Chair in Creative Writing and Theatre Studies at the University of Guelph. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Toronto.
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[edit] Works
[edit] Plays
- Art Rat (1980)
- Lana Turner Has Collapsed! (1980)
- Cavafy (1981)
- Murder/Lover (1982)
- Pasolini/Pelosi (1983)
- The Dressing Gown: a faery tale for adults only (Playwrights Canada Press, 1984, ISBN 0-88754-442-8)
- The Postman Rings Once: a comedy (1985)
- Theatrelife: a modern melodrama (Playwrights Canada Press, 1987)
- Drag Queens in Outer Space: a dreamplay (Playwrights Canada Press, 1990)
- Ban This Show: a play in the form of a dare (Playwrights Union of Canada, 1990)
- Suzie Goo: Private Secretary (1991)
- In Which Pier Paolo Pasolini Sees His Own Death in the Face of a Boy (1991)
- My Night With Tennessee (1992)
- An Investigation into the Strange Case of the Wildboy (1992)
- Play Murder (Blizzard Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0-921368-49-6)
- Drag Queens on Trial (1994)
- Hester: An Introduction (1994)
- More Divine (1994)
- Jim Dandy (1995)
- Crater (Playwrights Union of Canada, 1997, ISBN 1-55173-463-X)
- Ten ruminations on an elegy attributed to William Shakespeare (Playwrights Union of Canada, 1997, ISBN 1-55173-456-6)
- Schubert Lied (1998)
- Independence (1998)
- The emotionalists (Blizzard, 2000, ISBN 1-55331-001-2)
- Rope Enough (Playwrights Canada Press, ISBN 0-88754-872-5, Buddies 2005)
- Bad Acting Teachers (Buddies 26 Apr-7 May 2006)
- Will The Real J.T. LeRoy Please Stand up? (to premiere April 2007, Buddies)
[edit] Collections
- This Unknown Flesh: A Collection of Plays by Sky Gilbert (Coach House Press, 1995, ISBN 0-88910-479-4)
- Painted, tainted, sainted: four plays (Playwrights Canada Press, 1996, ISBN 0-88754-550-5)
- Avoidance tactics (Broken Jaw Press, 2001, ISBN 1-896647-50-2)
[edit] Novels
- Guilty (Insomniac Press, 1998, ISBN 1-895837-29-4)
- St. Stephen's (Insomniac Press, 1999, ISBN 1-895837-70-7)
- I am Kasper Klotz (ECW Press, 2001, ISBN 1-55022-477-8)
- An English Gentleman (ReLit Award; novel, Cormorant Books, 2004, ISBN 1-896951-55-4)
- Brother Dumb (novel, ECW Press, 2006)
[edit] Other
- Digressions of a Naked Party Girl (poetry, ECW Press, 1998, ISBN 1-55022-364-X)
- Ejaculations from the Charm Factory: a memoir (autobiography, ECW Press, 2000, ISBN 1-55022-432-8)
- Temptations for a juvenile delinquent (poetry, ECW Press, 2003, ISBN 1-55022-612-6)
