| Greg MacArthur | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1970 Lindsay, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | playwright |
| Period | 2000s-present |
| Notable works | The Toxic Bus Incident, Snowman |
Greg MacArthur (born 1970 in Lindsay, Ontario) is a Canadian playwright. A graduate of Ryerson University's theatre school, he is known for plays including girls! girls! girls!, Snowman, Get Away, Recovery, Tyland, The Toxic Bus Incident and The Missionary Position.
His play The Rise and Fall of Peter Gaveston appears in the Sky Gilbert-edited anthology Perfectly Abnormal: Seven Gay Plays, published by Playwrights Canada Press in 2006, alongside plays by Harry Rintoul, Shawn Postoff, Christian Lloyd, Greg Kearney, Ken Brand and Michael Achtman.
MacArthur was a shortlisted nominee for the Siminovitch Prize in Theatre in 2011. At the 2011 Governor General's Awards, Maryse Warda won the Governor General's Award for English to French translation for her translation of The Toxic Bus Incident.
References
- ^ "MacArthur, Greg". Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia, September 27, 2013.
- "Greg MacArthur casts a clear eye on our Toxique times". The Globe and Mail, March 22, 2011.
- "Snowman feels a bit chilly". Now, September 30, 2004.
- Perfectly Abnormal: Seven Gay Plays. Playwrights Canada Press, 2006. ISBN 978-0887548529.
- "Prix du Gouverneur général - Un autre prix pour Perrine Leblanc". Le Devoir, November 16, 2011.
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