Erin Shields Explained
| Erin Shields |
| Occupation: | actress, playwright |
| Period: | 2000s-present |
| Nationality: | Canadian |
| Notableworks: | If We Were Birds, Paradise Lost |
Erin Shields is a Canadian stage actress and playwright.[1] She is best known for her play If We Were Birds, which won the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2011 Governor General's Awards,[2] and was a nominee for the 2010 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play.[3] The play premiered at the Summerworks Festival in 2008 before being mounted by Tarragon Theatre in 2010.
Her other plays include Barrel Crank,[4] Montparnasse (cowritten with Maev Beaty),[5] The Unfortunate Misadventures of Masha Galinski,[6] The Epic of Gilgamesh (up to the part when Enkidu dies) and Soliciting Temptation,[7] and Beautiful Man.[8]
Her play Paradise Lost, a theatrical adaptation of John Milton's Paradise Lost, was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2018 Governor General's Awards.[9]
In 2021, she wrote "Here We Are," a 90-minute audio poem piece to mark the first anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.[10]
Notes and References
- https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/2010/04/14/playwright_erin_shields_nurtures_two_new_creations.html "Playwright Erin Shields nurtures two new creations"
- http://www.torontolife.com/informer/toronto-culture/2011/11/15/three-toronto-writers-win-governor-generals-awards/ "Three Toronto writers take home Governor General’s awards (two, somehow, for “bird” books)"
- https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2010/06/02/eric_petersons_stagecraft_brings_three_dora_nominations.html "Eric Peterson’s stagecraft brings three Dora nominations"
- http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/2012/08/08/a-work-in-progress "A work in progress"
- http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/03/26/of-models-muses-and-mistresses-in-montparnasse/ "Theatre Review: Of models and nude muses in Montparnasse"
- https://nowtoronto.com/stage/theatre/masha-mashup/ "Masha mashup"
- http://arts.nationalpost.com/2014/04/13/theatre-review-soliciting-temptation-is-the-seasons-best-new-canadian-play/ "Theatre Review: Soliciting Temptation is the season’s best new Canadian play"
- News: Sumi. Glenn. SummerWorks Preview: Erin Shields flips the gender switch. 5 November 2016. NOW. 5 August 2015.
- https://www.cbc.ca/books/the-finalists-for-the-2018-governor-general-s-literary-award-for-drama-1.4840585 "The finalists for the 2018 Governor General's Literary Award for drama"
- https://www.crowstheatre.com/whats-on/view-all/here-we-are "Here We Are"
