Donna-Michelle St. Bernard is a Canadian playwright, theatre director,"Sex Trade Fuels Gas Girls". ''
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'', October 24, 2014. emcee, and arts administrator. She is a three-time nominee for the
Governor General's Award for English-language drama
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Because the awa ...
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'', October 4, 2016. and at the
2020 Governor General's Awards
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in 2010 for Best New Play in the independent theatre division, as well as an Enbridge PlayRites Award from
Alberta Theatre Projects
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, and the
Herman Voaden Playwriting Competition
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. Her other plays have included ''Cake'', ''The House You Build'', and ''Salome’s Clothes''.
Originally from the
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, St. Bernard resides in
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,
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. She teaches at the National Theatre School, and is currently the Artistic Director o New Harlem Productions which is an intercultural, interdisciplinary organization creating work that advances the craft, elevates allies, and engages with communities, employing practices "based on principles of humanity, joyfulness and solidarity."
Plays
* ''Gas Girls'' (2011)
* ''Salome's Clothes''
* ''The House You Build''
* ''Refractions: Solo'' (co-editor, 2014)
* ''A Man A Fish''(2015)
* ''Indian Act: Residential School Plays'' (editor, 2018)
* ''Cake'' (2019)
* ''Sound of the Beast'' (2020)
* ''Refractions: Scenes'' (co-editor, 2020)