Audrey Dwyer

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Audrey Dwyer
BornWinnipeg, Manitoba
Alma mater University of Manitoba
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Audrey Dwyer is a Canadian writer, actor, and director. She is a former associate artistic director of the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre. She wrote the 2018 comedy, Calpurnia .

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Early life

Dwyer was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She studied theatre at the University of Manitoba. [1]

Career

In 2011, Dwyer did dramaturgy for and directed Rabiayshna Productions' The Apology. [2] From 2016 to 2017, Dwyer was the artistic director of Cow Over Moon Children’s Theatre in Mississauga. She also served as the associate artistic director of both Tarragon Theatre and Nightwood Theatre in Toronto. [1]

Dwyer's play, Calpurnia , premiered in 2018 in Toronto with Nightwood Theatre and Sulong Theatre, under Dwyer's direction. Calpurnia follows a young Jamaican-Canadian writer who is writing a script retelling To Kill A Mockingbird from the perspective of one of the book's minor characters, Calpurnia. [3] The play tackles themes of race, class, and privilege. [4] fu-GEN Theatre selected Calpurnia as one of their top 49 groundbreaking plays by women of colour. [5] Also in 2018, Dwyer developed and performed in One Thing Leads to Another for Young People's Theatre. [6]

In 2019, Dwyer was appointed associate artistic director of the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre. [1] She previously acted in the RMTC's 2015 production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. [7] In 2020, she directed the RMTC's premiere of Frances Koncan's Women of the Fur Trade. [8] The next year, she directed The Mountaintop with RMTC. The production was streamed online to accommodate COVID-19 restrictions. [9] The RMTC is set to put on Dwyer's play Calpurnia in 2022. [10] [11]

Dwyer wrote the 6-episode Crave series, The D Cut , which premiered in 2020. [12] In 2020, Dwyer wrote the libretto for the opera Backstage at Carnegie Hall. Backstage was composed by Tim Brady and was based on Charlie Christian's 1939 Carnegie Hall performance with Benny Goodman's band. [13]

Dwyer's audio-play, Come Home – The Legend Of Daddy Hall, premiered in May 2021 with Tarragon Theatre. Dwyer directed the production which featured the voices of Jesse Clark, Beau Dixon, Starr Domingue, and Jackie Richardson. [14]

Acting credits

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008–2009 Da Kink in My Hair TheaEpisodes: "Forced Ripe Mango" and "Di Heart of Di Matter"
2017–2018 Baroness Von Sketch Show Misc. rolesEpisodes: "Sometimes It's Good to Be the Shaman" (2018), "Is That You Karen?" (2018), and "Taco and a Hair Flip" (2017)

Theatre

YearTitleRoleCompanyRef.
2005throwing stonesClear Light (Toronto Fringe) [15]
2005Blue PlanetHulda Young People's Theatre [16] [17]
2006The BabysitterBabysitterTheatre Direct Canada/Eldritch [18]
2008Black MedeaMedea Obsidian Theatre [19]
2009 The Tempest Ariel Dream in High Park [20]
2010The OverwhelmingEmiritha / Market Woman / WaitressStudio 180/Canadian Stage [21]
2012thirstyJulia National Arts Centre [22]
2013 Clybourne Park Francine / LenaStudio 180 [23]
2014 Good People Kate Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre [24]
2015 Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike CassandraRoyal Manitoba Theatre Centre [7]
2016One Thing Leads to AnotherEnsembleYoung People's Theatre [6]
2018TheoryLee Tarragon Theatre [25]

Directing credits

Theatre

YearTitleCompanyRef.
2011The ApologyRabiayshna Productions [2]
2011The Aftermath Nightwood Theatre (Grounsdwell Festival) [26]
2017Serenity WildTender Container/SummerWorks [27]
2018CalpurniaNightwood Theatre [28]
2020Women of the Fur TradeRoyal Manitoba Theatre Centre [8]
2021 The Mountaintop Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre (online) [29]
2021Come Home – The Legend Of Daddy Hall (audio play)Tarragon Theatre [14]
2021In ConclusionRoyal Manitoba Theatre Centre (online -

Pimootayowin: A Festival of New Work)

 [30]

Awards

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultNotesRef.
2011 Dora Mavor Moore Awards – Independent Theatre DivisionOutstanding DirectionThe ApologyNominated [31]
2015Cayle Chernin AwardTheatreCalpurniaWon [32]
2016Dora Mavor Moore Awards – Theatre for Young AudiencesOutstanding Performance, EnsembleOne Thing Leads to AnotherWon [33]
Outstanding New PlayWonwith Maja Ardal, Julia Tribe, and Mary Francis Moore

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