Collin Doyle

Collin Doyle is an Edmonton based writer. His play The Mighty Carlins premiered at Workshop West in January of 2008. Nakai Theatre in Whitehorse produced a second production in the spring of 2009. Persephone Theatre in Saskatoon produced a third production in February of 2012. The Mighy Carlins was the winner of the Discovery Category of the Alberta Playwriting Competition in 2004, and received the Sterling Award for Outstanding New Play in 2008. His play for teens, Routes, premiered in the fall of 2009. Concrete Theatre toured Routes to high school audiences in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Ontario. Routes received a Sterling Award for Outstanding Production for Young Audiences; it also received a Dora Award for Outstanding Production for Young Audiences.  His play Slumberland Motel won the main category of the Alberta Playwriting Competition in 2006. His plays Dear Penthouse and Nighthawk Rules (with James Hamilton) were critical and popular successes at the Edmonton Fringe in 2004 and 2005.  Nighthawk Rules received two Sterling Awards for Outstanding Fringe Production and Outstanding New Fringe Work. His new play, Let the Light of Day Through, won the Alberta Playwriting Competition in 2012. Theatre Network in Edmonton will produce Let the Light of Day Through in the spring of 2013.  Collin is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada.