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Biography
Saskatchewan-born, Winnipeg-based Maureen Hunter (dob - 28-Sep-47) is one of Canada's most accomplished playwrights. Her work has been produced extensively on Canada's major stages, as well as in Britain and the U.S. and by CBC and BBC Radio. It has been nominated for two Governor General's Awards, two Dora Mavor Moore Awards (Outstanding New Play) and the Lou Siminovitch Prize in Theatre. Sarah Ballenden, Hunter's latest play, premiered at Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre in Winnipeg in April 2017. Other plays include Wild Mouth, premiered by Tarragon Theatre, Toronto, in 2008; Vinci, premiered by the National Arts Centre, Ottawa, in co-production with RMTC in 2002; Atlantis, premiered in English by RMTC in co-production with Theatre Calgary in 1996 and in French by Theatre de la Manufacture, Montreal, in 1999; Transit of Venus, which premiered at RMTC in 1992 and was given its British premiere by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1993, its U.S. premiere by the Berkshire Theatre in Stockbridge, Mass., in 1998 and its opera premiere (for which Hunter wrote the libretto) at Manitoba Opera in 2007; and Footprints on the Moon, which premiered at Agassiz Theatre, Winnipeg, in 1988 and received its European premiere at the Finborough Theatre in London, England, in 2017. Hunter's plays have been published individually and in a number of anthologies.
OPERA America/Opera.ca Grants Awarded
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| GRANT NAME | YEAR | Opera Fund/Canadian Opera Creation Fund | 2008 | Opera Fund/Canadian Opera Creation Fund | 2007 |
Productions
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| COMPANY | TITLE | DATES | Manitoba Opera | Transit of Venus | 11/11/2007 - 11/29/2007 |
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Artist Information
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