Sean Reycraft

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Sean Reycraft
Sean Reycraft at the CFC in L.A. - Honouring John Fawcett and Graeme Manson (16946955721).jpg
Reycraft in 2015.
NationalityCanadian
Occupation(s)television producer and playwright

Sean Reycraft is a Canadian screenwriter, television producer and playwright. [1] He is most noted for his theatrical play Pop Song, which won the Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award in the Youth Theatre division in 2001, [2] and as the screenwriter of Laurie Lynd's 2007 film Breakfast with Scot . [3]

The son of former Ontario MPP Doug Reycraft, [4] he was born and raised in Glencoe. [1] He was an actor in the early 1990s before premiering his first play, Einstein Dreams at Buddies in Bad Times in 1996. [5] His later plays included Reconstruction, [6] The End of Dancing, [7] Roundabout, [8] Strange Things Happen, [9] and One Good Marriage. [1]

He studied film and television writing at the Canadian Film Centre, [4] and has since been a writer and producer on television series such as Braceface , The Eleventh Hour , Degrassi: The Next Generation , Instant Star , Slings & Arrows , The Best Years , 90210 , Being Erica , The Vampire Diaries , Switched at Birth , Finding Carter and Killjoys .

He is out as gay. [1]

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  2. ↑ "Chalmers winners for the last time ; Rich theatre awards will be replaced with grants system". Toronto Star , May 15, 2001.
  3. ↑ "Gay 'thoughtful comedy' stars fictional Leafs player". Winnipeg Free Press , November 25, 2006.
  4. 1 2 "Prime Time: Citizen writer Tony Atherton follows a group of students taking a crash course on writing for TV". Ottawa Citizen , May 27, 1999.
  5. ↑ "Experimenting with Rhubarb: Unpredictable fest of short works opens with six new shows". Toronto Star , February 1, 1996.
  6. ↑ "Parental anguish, guilt hit the mark". Toronto Star , August 18, 1996.
  7. ↑ "What happens when the Shaw meets gay theatre?: The result is a Winter Fling". National Post , December 11, 1999.
  8. ↑ "Staged misbehavin' ; Xtreme lineup won't shy away from dangerous questions". Toronto Star , February 28, 2002.
  9. ↑ "Salons & Soirees". Toronto Star , April 10, 2003.
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