Colleen Murphy

Colleen Murphy was born in Qubec but grew up in a small town north of Lake Superior and studied acting at Ryerson University and at the Strasberg Institute in New York Her first screenplay iTermini Stationi received a Genie nomination for Best Original Screenplay in 1990 As a director resident at the Canadian Film Centre in 1994 and 1995 Murphy completed her second short film iThe Feeleri which won a Golden Sheaf Award for Best Performance at the 1996 Yorkton Film Festival and was nominated for a Genie for Best Short Film in 1996 She directed the feature iShoemakeri which premiered at the 1996 Toronto International Film Festival and won the Audience Choice Award It was nominated for three Genie Awards in 1998 Murphy is a twotime Governor General Literary Award Winner for Drama In 2016 she won for her play emPig Girlem and in 2007 she won for emThe December Man Lhomme de dcembreem Twice she has won the Carol Bolt Award for Best Play In 2017 she had four world premieres in Canada including emThe Breathing Holeem at the Stratford Festival emOksana Gem at Tapestry Opera in Toronto for which she wrote the libretto composer Aaron Gervais and emThe Society For The Destitute Presents Titus Bouffoniusem at Rumble Theatre in Vancouver Other plays include emI Hope My Heart Burns First Armstrongs War The Goodnight Bird Beating Heart Cadaverem and emThe Piperem Other libretti include emMy Mouth On Your Heartem composer August MurphyKing Colleen Murphy has been PlaywrightinResidence at Finborough Theatre in London UK Necessary Angel Theatre and Factory Theatre in Toronto She has been Writer in Residence at the University of Regina McMaster University the University of Guelph Wilfrid Laurier University the Lee Playwright in Residence at the University of Alberta and Writer in Residence at the University of New Brunswick She was married to filmmaker a hrefhttpwwwnorthernstarscakingallanAllan Kinga from 1987 until his death in 2009brbra hrefhttpwwwcolleenmurphyca targetblank classstyle41Official websiteabrbrbr