Mary-Colin Chisholm is a Canadian actress, playwright, and co-assistant director of the theatre companies LunaSea Theatre and Frankie Productions.

Career

In 2000, Chisholm directed the theatrical piece called ''Frankie'', starring Mary Ellen Maclean. Christian Murray coached movement and provided sound for the play and the three later founded the theatre company Frankie Productions. Chisholm was then commissioned to write the CBC radio series ''He'd Be Your Mother's Father's Cousin'', which she later adapted to for the stage. In 2005, Chisholm appeared as Christine in

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's ''How It Works''. Chisholm performed in a co-op production of ''The Donahue Sisters'' by Geraldine Aron at the TNS Studio Space in Halifax in 2006. Four of the actors later decided to form a theatre company which was incorporated in 2007 as LunaSea Theatre. The company has performed, amongst others, Chisholm's ''To Capture Light'',

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'', and an all-woman production of

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(2009). In 2008, Chisholm performed in Christian Murray's play, ''Bone Boy'', as the mother of a child brought to life from a tooth. In 2010, Chisholm played the emergency medical technician, Eleanor Carr, in the SyFy-produced TV series ''

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'' and she also appeared in the Canadian thriller ''The Corridor''. Chisholm directed ''Lauchie, Liza and Rory'' by

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in 2010 for the Eastern Front Theatre and in 2011 for the Mulgrave Road Theatre, in association with Frankie Productions at the

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, Ontario. She also performed in

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'' for the LunaSea Theatre, as well as in Michel Nadeau's ''And Slowly Beauty ...'' playing the waitress Anita. In 2012, Chisholm performed the role of God in the play, ''Creation'', and in a one-woman version of her play ''He'd Be Your Mother's Father's Cousin'' at Festival Antigonish. In 2014, Chisholm appeared in the award-winning film '' Cast No Shadow''. Chisholm's play ''Half-Cracked: The Legend of Sugar Mary'' premiered at Neptune Theatre in

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in 2018 under the direction of Martha Irving.

Playwright credits

*''Safe Haven'' (1991) *''He'd Be Your Mother's Father's Cousin'' (2000) *''Strange Humours'' (2000) *''To Capture Light'' (2008) *''Half-Cracked: The Legend of Sugar Mary'' (2018)

Television credits

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'' (1999) *''

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'' (1999 - 2003) *''

'' (2010)

Filmography

Awards

In 2008, Chisholm was the recipient of the Mayor's Award for Achievement in Theatre at the

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. Chisholm has been nominated for several Robert Merritt Awards including Outstanding Actress (in 2011 for ''Woman and Scarecrow'', 2009 for ''Talking Heads: An Evening of Alan Bennett Monologues'', and 2002 for Sisters), Outstanding Director (2011 for ''Lauchie, Liza and Rory''), Outstanding Play by a Nova Scotian Playwright (2003 with Jackie Torrens, Ed Thomasen, and Bruce Barton for ''Private Views'') and Outstanding Supporting Actress (2007 for ''The Little Years''). Chisholm was awarded the Theatre Nova Scotia Legacy Award at the 2018 Robert Merritt Awards. In 2019, she was nominated at the Merritt Awards in the category Outstanding Play by a Nova Scotian Playwright for her play ''Half-Cracked: The Legend of Sugar Mary''.

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External links

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Mary-Colin Chisholm
at Northern Stars
LunaSea TheatreFrankie ProductionsMulgrave Road TheatreThe Belfry Theatre
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