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Tara Beagan
Of Ntlaka’pamux (Thompson
River Salish) and Irish Canadian heritage, Tara was born and raised
in Alberta. She has found an artistic home in Toronto. Beagan wrote
her first play, Thy Neighbour’s Wife (UnSpun Theatre) in 2004
as a means of enabling her to stretch her acting muscles. The play went
on to win the 2005 Dora Mavor Moore Award (Outstanding New Play, Independent)
with Beagan receiving an acting nomination for her role in the production.
In addition to Dreary and Izzy, which premiered through Native
Earth Performing Arts at the Factory Studio Theatre, her works to date
include: TransCanada (also for NEPA) at Harbourfront Centre;
Here, boy! for halfbreed productions and the 28th annual Rhubarb!
Festival at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre; Mom’s Birthday for
Nightwood Theatre’s Groundswell Festival; Bad As I Am for the
2006 Tarragon Playwright’s Unit; “133 Skyway,” a short film for
Big Soul Productions; and Home Time for CBC Radio One. Tara also
embraces the delicious madness of working on collective creations such
as: Ever Sick (Tonto’s Nephews and NEPA), Head-Smashed-In
Buffalo Jump (UnSpun), Suck and Blow (Absit Omen), and the
ambitious, multi-disciplinary site-specific Fort York with Crate
Productions.
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