Jason Hall (playwright)

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Jason Hall (born 1978) is a Canadian playwright. He was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. He attended Queen's University, King's College London, and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

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Eyes Catch Fire, his first full-length play, won Canada's Herman Voaden Playwriting Competition in 2003. It was subsequently produced at the Finborough Theatre, London in 2004 and was selected as a Time Out Critics' Choice. [1]

GBS, his second play, was first produced at Toronto's Factory Theatre in 2004 as part of the Toronto Fringe Festival. Its second production was in 2006 at Theatre503, London. [2] GBS' third production took place in March–April 2010 at New York's off-Broadway Kirk Theatre on Theatre Row. [3]

Stand Sentry, a short film adapted from his play of the same name, premiered at the Strasbourg International Film Festival on August 31, 2009. [4]

In 2005, he was selected by the Royal Court Theatre Young Writers Programme to attend the World Interplay Festival in Australia. [5] Later that year, he was chosen by the British Council's Visiting Arts programme to spend three months in residence at El Teatro Libre in Bogotá, Colombia. [6]

He currently resides in London, UK.

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Notes

  1. ↑ Eyes Catch Fire at Finborough Theatre. Accessed 2009-07-22
  2. ↑ Jason Hall listing in doolee.com. Accessed 2009-07-22
  3. ↑ http://www.theclockworktheatre.org/currentprod.html#gbs . Retrieved 2009-07-22.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ "Strasbourg International Film Festival - Comedic Shorts". www.strasbourgfilmfest.com. Archived from the original on 2009-09-12.
  5. ↑ "Jason Hall - complete guide to the Playwright and Plays". www.doollee.com. Archived from the original on 2009-01-12.
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-04. Retrieved 2009-07-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ↑ Hall, Jason (2006). GBS. ISBN   1-84002-702-9.


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