Rebecca Deraspe graduated from the playwriting program of the National Theatre School of Canada in May 2010. She is the author of several plays which have been translated and produced internationally, including Deux ans de votre vie (English title: You Are Happy); Gametes (English title: Gametes); Je suis William (English title: I Am William); Faire la le&#231on (English title: The Lessons); Plus que toi; Peau d’ours; Nino; Le merveilleux voyage de Real de Montreal; Partout ailleurs; Nos petits doigts; Ceux qui se sont evapores; and Fanny. She is currently Playwright-in-Residence at Montreal’s Thetre la Licorne. Her work has been awarded the 2010 Prix BMO (for You Are Happy); the 2017 Montreal theatre critics’ prize for Best New Play (Gametes); the 2018 Montreal theatre critics’ prize for Best New Play for Young Audiences as well as the Prix Louise-Lahaye (I Am William); and most recently, the Prix Michel-Tremblay, for her new play Ceux qui se sont evapores. She is also the writer and host of the web series Le lexique de la polemique, produced and distributed by Savoir Media.

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Leanna Brodie is an actress, writer, and literary translator of several works, including Sébastien Harrisson’s From Alaska, Hélène Ducharme’s Baobab, and Louise Bombardier’s My Mother Dog, to name a few. She has also written numerous plays that have toured Canada, as well as the CBC Radio dramas Invisible City and Seeds of Our Destruction. Most recently, Leanna attended Tapestry’s renowned composer-librettist laboratory, and has since worked on operas, including Opera on the Rocks. Her play The Book of Esther was published in 2012 by Talonbooks.

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