Mark Brownell is a

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-based playwright and co-artistic director of the Pea Green Theatre Group with his wife, Sue Miner. He is the author of a number of plays, including ''Monsieur D'Eon is a Woman'', which was nominated for a

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. His libretto for the opera ''Iron Road'' won a

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and he was nominated for a Dora for his 2006 play, ''Medici Slot Machine''. Other award-winning work includes ''The Martha Stewart Project'', ''Playballs'', ''High Sticking - Three Period Plays'', ''The Chevalier St. George'', ''The Storyteller's Bag'' and ''The Weaving Maiden''. Mark is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, and has been a playwright-in-residence at Toronto's

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. He lives in Toronto with his wife and two children, Lily and Gavin.

Produced stage plays

* Medici Slot Machine (premiere: Tarragon Theatre Extra Space, Toronto. Nominated for Best New Play, Dora Mavor Moore Awards) * The Weaving Maiden (Soundstreams/Tafelmusik, Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto) * Ice Time (Libretto; Tapestry Music Theatre, The Distillery, Toronto) * The Story Teller's Bag (Mississauga International Children's Festival and Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People, Toronto) * The Enfolded Hamlet (Alumnae Theatre New Ideas Festival, Toronto) * A Horrifying Monologue (Northern Light Theatre,

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) * The Chevalier Saint-George (Tafelmusik Baroque Ensemble, Toronto) * Iron Road (Libretto; Tapestry Music Theatre at the Elgin, Toronto. Winner, Best New Musical, Dora Mavor Moore Awards.) * Tough Change Project (Joseph Workman Theatre, Toronto) * Monsieur D'Eon is a Woman ( Buddies in Bad Times, Toronto. Nominate for a Dora Mavor Moore award and Governor General's Literary Award, Best New Play.) * Bells and Whistles (New Adventures in Sound, Tarragon Theatre Spring Arts Fair, Toronto) * Table Top (Tarragon Theatre Spring Arts Fair, Toronto) * Martha Steward Projects (Buddies in Bad Times, Toronto. Nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award) * The Venetian Elopement (

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) * Playballs ( Open Fist Theatre, Los Angeles. Winner of the Maxim Mazumdar and 20th Century Ensemble Play Competitions) * Double Play (

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, Toronto) * A New Woman (Theatre Centre, Under the Umbrella Festival, Toronto) * The Blue Wall (Alleyway Theatre, Buffalo) * High Sticking (Lunchbox Theatre,

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)

External links

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