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| Name | David van Belle |
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| Location | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Biography | Born in Amsterdam and raised all over Canada, 2017 Writer-In-Residence David van Belle is a relative newcomer to Edmonton and will call EPL home for the whole of 2017. He is a playwright, director, actor and theatre deviser who has been Co-Artistic Director of Ghost River Theatre, an ensemble member of One Yellow Rabbit and playwright-in-residence at Alberta Theatre Projects. Van Belle has created such works as BUZZ JOB! The True Story of Cal Cavendish with Kris Demeanor and The Invisible Project during a month-long residency at Calgaryês largest homeless shelter. He is also a recipient of the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Award, several Betty Mitchell awards and numerous other citations, as well as being a multiple nominee for the Gwen Pharis Ringwood prize in playwriting. |
| Publications | Publications Liberation Days, Scirocco Drama (2016) Reg's Trees (poetry, B House Press, 2009) Friction (Canadian Theatre Review, 2005) Productions (selected) Liberation Days, Theatre Calgary, 2014 The Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst (with Eric Rose), Alberta Theatre Projects, 2015 The Highest Step in the World (with Eric Rose), Alberta Theatre Projects, 2010 Everything Is Terribly Nice Here, Ghost River Theatre, 2012 Tomorrow's Child (with Matthew Waddell and Eric Rose), Ghost River Theatre, 2014 Of Fighting Age (with Col Cseke and Christopher Duthie), Verb Theatre/High Performance Rodeo, 2014 Reverie, with Eric Rose, Ghost River Theatre, 2011 The Invisible Project (collaborative creation in residence at the Drop In Centre), High Performance Rodeo, 2009 BUZZ JOB! The True Story of Cal Cavendish (with Kris Demeanor), Calgary Folk Festival, High Performance Rodeo, 2009 Friction (with Blake Brooker, Michael Green, Andy Curtis and Brad Payne), One Yellow Rabbit, 2005 X-Ray, with David Rhymer and Kira Bradley, Ghost River Theatre, 2004 |
| Awards | Betty Mitchell Award, Outstanding Production of a Play for The Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst (2015). Betty Mitchell Award, Outstanding New Play for The Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst with Eric Rose (2015). Betty Mitchell Award nomination, Outstanding New Play for Liberation Days (2015). Betty Mitchell Award nomination, Outstanding New Play for Tomorrowês Child with Matthew Waddell and Eric Rose (2015). Enbridge Playwrights Award for Velvet Revolution (2015). Short list, Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award for Playwriting for The Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst (2016). Saskatoon and Area Theatre Award, Outstanding Production for The Highest Step in the World (2015). Short list, Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award for Playwriting for Liberation Days (2015). Calgary Critics Award nomination, Best New Play for Liberation Days (2015). Calgary Critics Award nomination, Best Creative Concept for The Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst with Eric Rose (2015). Calgary Critics Award, Best Creative Concept for Of Fighting Age with Col Cseke and Christopher Duthie (2014). Honourable mention, Alberta Playwrightsê Network Playwrighting Competition for Liberation Days (2013). Canadian Institute for Theatre Technology Award of Technical Merit for The Highest Step in the World (2012). Short list, Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award for Playwriting for The Highest Step in the World (2011). Betty Mitchell Award nomination, Outstanding Production of a Musical, Reverie (2011). Betty Mitchell Award nomination, Outstanding Production of a Musical, Twisted (2011). Betty Mitchell Award, Outstanding Production of a Play for The Highest Step in the World (2010). Betty Mitchell Award nomination, Outstanding New Play, The Highest Step in the World (2010). Betty Mitchell Award nomination, Outstanding performance by an Actor in a Drama, The Highest Step in the World (2010). Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Award (as part of the One Yellow Rabbit Ensemble) (2007). Annual commission, Alberta Playwrights' Network (for Everything Is Terribly Nice Here) (2007). Betty Mitchell Award nomination, Outstanding New Play for X-Ray (2005). |
| Experience | Writer-in-Residence (2017), Edmonton Public Library system Ghost River Theatre (2009-2015), Co-Artistic Director (currently serving as Creator-in-Residence Alberta Theatre Projects (2007- 2010, 2014-2015), Playwright-in-Residence Theatre Alberta (2008-2013), Editor, All Stages Magazine One Yellow Rabbit Performance Theatre (2001-2007), Member of Creative Ensemble Theatre & Company (1995-1998), Member of Creative Ensemble, Assistant to the Artistic Director |
| Memberships | Canadian Actors Equity Association Theatre Alberta |
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