Brian Drader
| Brian Drader | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1960 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Occupation | playwright |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 1980s-present |
| Notable works | Prok, The Fruit Machine |
Brian Drader (born 1960) is a Canadian stage actor and playwright.[1] He is best known for his plays Prok, about Alfred Kinsey and Clara McMillen,[1] and The Fruit Machine, about the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's controversial 1960s fruit machine project to identify homosexual people.[2]
Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, he is currently based in Montreal, Quebec, where he teaches playwriting at the National Theatre School of Canada.[3]
His other plays have included Easter Eggs,[4] TuckTuck,[5] The Author's Voice,[6] The Norbals,[7] Mind of the Iguana,[8] Liar,[9] To Be Frank,[10] Everybody's Business and Curtsy.
Awards
He won the Herman Voaden Playwriting Competition in 1997 for The Norbals.[7]
Prok was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2003 Governor General's Awards,[11] and won the Lambda Literary Award for drama at the 16th Lambda Literary Awards.[12]
References
- 1 2 "Manitoban Drader among 'fresh crop'". Winnipeg Free Press, October 21, 2003.
- ↑ "Opposite eras attract in gay history story". Vancouver Sun, October 23, 1998.
- ↑ "Mother's Day shows feature veteran voices". Windsor Star, May 5, 2007.
- ↑ "What's to see at Fringe?" Calgary Herald, August 25, 1989.
- ↑ "Three new writers join playRites stable". Calgary Herald, August 22, 1992.
- ↑ "Fringe buzzes under greasepaint and sweat". Edmonton Journal, August 16, 1992.
- 1 2 "Playwriting contest winners announced". Kingston Whig-Standard, May 6, 1997.
- ↑ "Cover / fringe". Winnipeg Free Press, July 12, 2007.
- ↑ "Not quite OK". Sacramento News & Review, November 8, 2012.
- ↑ "Sit up and pay attention". The Link, March 23, 2010.
- ↑ "Big surprises as book awards shortlisted". Edmonton Journal, October 21, 2003.
- ↑ "Bram, Revoyr among Lambda Literary winners". The Advocate, June 10, 2004.