Brian Drader
Brian Drader is an actor, writer, dramaturg and artistic administrator. His plays have been produced in Canada, the United States, and Europe. Awards for his writing include the Herman Voaden National Playwriting Award for The Norbals, and the Philadelphia Brick Playhouse New Play Award for Prok. Prok was also nominated for the 2003 Governor General’s award, the McNally Robinson Book of the Year, and won the Lambda Literary Award for Drama (USA). His play Liar was a finalist in the Joyce Dutka Arts Foundation Playwriting Competition, New York, and premiered at Prairie Theatre Exchange in February of 2004. The Norbals, Prok and Liar are all published by Scirocco Drama. His short film Iris and Nathan won the National Screen Institute Drama Prize. A feature film, The Return of the Fabulous Seven, is in development with Markham Street Films, and another feature, Please Mr. Please, is in development with Full Stop Films in Toronto. His most recent play, Curtsy, was part of the On the Verge series at the Magnetic North Theatre Festival and published by Signature editions. Brian has also acted in over seventy professional theatre productions across Canada, as well as numerous films, television projects, and radio dramas. He is presently the Director of Playwriting for the National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal.