Sean Harris Oliver

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Sean Harris Oliver is a Canadian actor and playwright. He is most noted for his play The Fighting Season, which was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2019 Governor General's Awards. [1]

The Fighting Season is a war drama which was based in part on Oliver's father, an orthopedic surgeon who served as an army doctor during the War in Afghanistan. [2] Following a run at the 2015 Vancouver Fringe Festival, [3] the play had its commercial premiere in Vancouver in January 2017, [2] and was published in book form by Scirocco Drama in 2019.

Oliver's other plays have included Bright Blue Future [4] and Redpatch, a collaboration with Raes Calvert. [5]

In 2024, Oliver co-wrote the screenplay for the independent horror film Hunting Matthew Nichols with his friend Markian Tarasiuk, both of whom graduated from Studio 58. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Michael Crummey among fiction finalists for Governor General's Literary Awards". CTV News, October 2, 2019.
  2. 1 2 Laura Lynch and Glen Kugelstadt, "Chaos, horror, trauma: B.C. playwright's war drama inspired by father's work in Kandahar hospital". CBC News British Columbia, January 28, 2017.
  3. ↑ Colin Thomas, "Fringe Fest 2015: The Fighting Season is cause for celebration". The Georgia Straight , September 14, 2015.
  4. ↑ Colin Thomas, "Gen Y actors give Bright Blue Future some clarity despite a foggy script". The Georgia Straight , February 22, 2016.
  5. ↑ Janet Smith, "Redpatch brings together artistic and personal journey". The Georgia Straight , April 11, 2017.
  6. ↑ Smith, Janet. "At Whistler Film Festival, Hunting Matthew Nichols plays with true-crime genre to scary effect". Create A Stir. Retrieved 8 December 2024.


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