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Lisa Codrington
Lisa Codrington is a first
generation Canadian whose family emigrated from Barbados to Winnipeg,
Manitoba. She currently resides in Toronto where she is Playwright-in-residence
at Theatre Direct Canada and Co-director of Youth Initiatives at Nightwood Theatre, where her first play Cast Iron
received its world premiere in association with Obsidian Theatre Company.
Most recently Cast Iron received its Caribbean premiere at Frank
Collymore Hall in Barbados, WI. It has been published in Canadian
Theatre Review and Beyond the Pale: Dramatic Writing from First
Nations Writers and Writers of Colour and heard on CBC Radio’s
Out Front and Sunday Showcase. In 2006 it was nominated for the Governor
General’s Literary Award.
As an actor, Lisa has performed
for Mirvish Productions, Prairie Theatre Exchange, the Winnipeg and
Toronto Fringe Festivals, the Hysteria Festival and Toronto’s SummerWorks
Festival. Lisa has a BA in Criminology from the University of Manitoba
as well as a BFA Honours in Acting from Ryerson University.
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