Joan MacLeod (born 1954) is a

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playwright.Joan MacLeod
Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia, 2013. She is best known for her 1990s plays, particularly ''Amigo's Blue Guitar'' (1990) and ''The Hope Slide'' (1993). Raised in North Vancouver, MacLeod studied creative writing at the University of Victoria and the

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. She later joined the playwrights unit at the Tarragon Theatre in

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."Victoria-based playwright Joan MacLeod wins lucrative Siminovitch Prize"
'' The Western Star'', November 8, 2011. She remained with Tarragon for six years as a 'playwright in residence'. She returned to British Columbia in 1992, where she has taught creative writing at the University of British Columbia, the University of Victoria and Kwantlen College. Since 2004, she has been a professor at the University of Victoria."Playwright Joan MacLeod wins $75K Siminovitch Prize"

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, November 7, 2011.

Awards

She won the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the

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for ''Amigo's Blue Guitar''. She was shortlisted for the same award at the

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for ''The Hope Slide'' and ''Little Sister'', and at the 2009 Governor General's Awards for ''Another Home Invasion''. She won the Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award in 1993 for ''The Hope Slide'', was shortlisted for the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play in 1990 for ''Amigo's Blue Guitar'', and won the Jessie Richardson Award and the Betty Mitchell Award in 2001 for ''The Shape of a Girl''. MacLeod won the Siminovitch Prize in Theatre in 2011.

Plays

*''Jewel'' (1987) *''Toronto Mississippi'' (1987) *''Amigo's Blue Guitar'' (1990) *''The Hope Slide'' (1992) *''Little Sister'' (1994) *''2000'' (1996) *''The Shape of a Girl'' (2001) *'' Homechild'' (2006) *''Another Home Invasion'' (2009) *''The Valley'' (2013) *''Gracie'' (2017)

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Joan MacLeod
{{DEFAULTSORT:MacLeod, Joan 1954 births Living people 20th-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights 21st-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Canadian women writers 21st-century Canadian women writers Canadian women dramatists and playwrights Governor General's Award–winning dramatists University of British Columbia alumni University of Victoria alumni Academic staff of the University of Victoria Writers from Vancouver