James Long (director) explained

James Long is a Canadian playwright and theatre director, most noted as the artistic co-director of the Theatre Replacement company in Vancouver, British Columbia.^[1]

He was co-writer with Marcus Youssef of the play Winners and Losers, which was shortlisted for the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Original Play, General Theatre in 2014,^[2] and the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2015 Governor General's Awards.^[3]

He and Maiko Yamamoto, his partner in Theatre Replacement, jointly won the Siminovitch Prize in Theatre in 2019.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Janet Smith, "Theatre Replacement's Maiko Yamamoto and James Long win the Siminovitch Prize". The Georgia Straight, November 22, 2019.
2. Robert Cushman, "Best in shows; The Doras have a weak field to choose from this year, but they've chosen well". National Post, June 21, 2014.
3. Mark Medley, "Governor-General's Literary Awards announces finalists". The Globe and Mail, October 7, 2015.
4. Martin Morrow, "Maiko Yamamoto and James Long awarded this year’s Siminovitch Prize, the first artistic duo to receive honour". The Globe and Mail, November 21, 2019.