Description

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A collection of monologues from diverse contemporary works by Canadian playwrights that reflect the country's artistic landscape through a breadth of themes, styles, regions, and creative practices. Refractions: Solo can be used as a monologue source for actors and students, and as a primer on diverse Canadian theater and an entry point into new works.

About the Author

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Donna-Michelle St. Bernard is an activist, emcee, and playwright. She has been tea lead vocalist of Belladonna & The Awakening, playwright-in-residence at Obsidian Theatre, and founder of New Harlem Productions. DM's Salome's Clothes, was presented by Sage Theatre in 2009 and New Harlem's production of her award-winning play, Gas Girls, was recently mounted at Theatre Passe Muraille. Yvette Nolan is the playwright behind the critically acclaimed Annie Mae's Movement and director of The Only Good Indian, Death of a Chief, and The Unnatural and Accidental Women. She's been playwright-in-residence at the National Arts Centre (2008), Mount Royal College (2009), and Brandon University (1996).