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Kanika Ambrose is a Canadian playwright from Toronto, Ontario. She is most noted for her play Our Place, which was the winner of the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play, General Theatre in 2023.

Our Place centres on two immigrant women in Scarborough who work at a jerk pork restaurant, and are trying to find men to marry so that they can remain in Canada. It was staged by Cahoots Theatre and Theatre Passe Muraille in 2022.

References

1. ^ Aisling Murphy, "Scarborough playwright Kanika Ambrose shines a light on immigration and motherhood". Toronto Star, November 17, 2022.
2. J. Kelly Nestruck, "Crow’s Theatre and Soulpepper share the spotlight at Dora Mavor Moore Awards". The Globe and Mail, June 28, 2023.
3. J. Kelly Nestruck, "Review: Our Place explores undocumented lives in Toronto with lively language and layered performances". The Globe and Mail, November 24, 2022.

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