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Canadian director, playwright, and academic
Lib Spry
Years active1986-pres.
Known forCo-founder of Company of Sirens
Parents

Lib Spry is a Canadian director, playwright, and academic. She is a co-founder of Company of Sirens and Straight Stitching Productions and served as the artistic director of Passionate Balance.

Career

In 1986, Spry co-founded the feminist theatre company, Company of Sirens, with Lina Chartrand, Aida Jordão, Catherine Glen, Shawna Dempsey, and Cynthia Grant. With Company of Sirens, Spry created the play, The Working People's Picture Show, which was first staged in 1987. With Shirley Barrie, Spry co-founded Straight Stitching Productions in 1989. Spry served as the artistic director of the Ottawa-based theatre company, Passionate Balance. In 1992, she co-developed, with Rob Thompson, the play Collateral Damages. The play used techniques of the Theatre of the Oppressed.

In 2012, Spry directed Where the Blood Mixes by Kevin Loring. In 2013, Spry was set to direct the mini-musical, Marg Szkaluba (Pissy's Wife), written by Ron Chambers, at the Rialto Theatre in Montreal; however, the show was indefinitely postponed when the show's star, Carolyn Fe, became ill.

Spry has taught at the University of Ottawa, Queen's University, and Concordia University. She currently teaches at McGill University.

Personal life

Spry has an MFA in creative writing from Goddard College and a PhD in cultural studies from Queen's University. Her parents are Graham and Irene Spry and she has two brothers named Robin and Richard.

Plays

  • Bungsu and the Big Snake
  • Collateral Damages (co-written with Rob Thompson)
  • Peace and Plenty (co-written with Peggy Sample)
  • Playing Robin Hood
  • A Princess Never Should
  • Trance for Matron
  • The Working People's Picture Show (co-created with Lina Chartrand, Aida Jordão, Catherine Glen, Shawna Dempsey, and Cynthia Grant)

References

  1. McGuigan, Lynn (2018-01-19). "Company of Sirens". Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia. Athabasca University. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
  2. Bell, Laurie (1987). "Working People's Popular Appeal" (PDF). Broadside: A Feminist Review. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
  3. Sweet, Lois (1987-02-27). "Show portrays women's issues in an entertaining manner: ". Toronto Star. p. B4. ISSN 0319-0781.
  4. Nothof, Anne (2019-01-31). "Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia - Barrie, Shirley". www.canadiantheatre.com. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
  5. Hawkins, Mary (1992). "Collateral Damages: Within and Without". Performing Arts & Entertainment in Canada. 27 (4): 11.
  6. Donnelly, Pat (2012-09-13). "Where the Blood Mixes Traces the Aftermath of First Nations Residential Schools". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
  7. Murdoch, Chandra (2012-09-17). "Review: Where the Blood Mixes". Cult MTL. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
  8. Donnelly, Pat (2013-05-15). "Blues Singer Carolyn Fe Cancels Pissy's Wife Due to Allergies". montrealgazette. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
  9. ^ Nothof, Anne (2020-06-12). "Spry, Lib". Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
  10. "Irene Mary SPRY Obituary (1998) The Globe and Mail". Legacy.com. 1998-12-18. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  11. Chan, Crystal (2013-05-30). "Stretch your festival stomach at the Montreal Fringe!". Nightlife. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
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