Morris Panych

Originally from Calgary, Alberta, Morris Panych is arguably Canada’s most celebrated playwright and director. His plays have garnered countless awards, including two Governor General’s Literary Awards for Drama (for The Ends of the Earth and Girl in the Goldfish Bowl), fourteen Jessie Richardson Awards (Vancouver), and five Dora Mavor Moore Awards (Toronto). His plays have been produced in over two dozen languages and across the globe. Mr. Panych has directed over ninety productions across Canada and the US. He was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award in 2021 for his CBC Gem webseries Hey Lady!

He has appeared in over fifty theatre productions and in numerous television and film roles. He has directed more than ninety theatre productions and written over a dozen plays that have been translated and produced throughout the world.

The 2009 Off-Broadway production of his play Vigil opened to rave reviews. Under the title Auntie & Me, Vigil was also produced in London in 2003–04; and in French at Théâtre La Bruyère in Paris in 2005; and his classic 7 Stories ranks 9th among the ten best selling plays in Canada, outselling the Coles version of Romeo & Juliet.

For more information on the work and career of Morris Panych, visit his website.

The Shoplifters

Winner 2015 Edgerton Foundation New Play Award

Vigil

Winner 1996 Jessie Richardson Award for Outstanding Original Play or Musical (Arts Club Theatre)

What Lies Before Us

Short-listed 2007 Governor General's Literary Award for Drama

The Dishwashers

Short-listed 2005 Finalist for the 2005 Jessie Richardson Award for Outstanding Original Play (Arts Club Theatre)

Girl in the Goldfish Bowl

Winner 2004 Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama

Winner 2002 Winner of the 2002 Jessie Richardson Award for Outstanding Original Play or Musical: Large Theatre (Gateway Theatre)

Winner 2003 Winner of the 2003 Dora Mavor Moore Award General Theatre: Outstanding New Play (Tarragon Theatre)

Vigil

Winner 1996 Jessie Richardson Award for Outstanding Original Play or Musical (Arts Club Theat

The Ends of the Earth

Winner 1994 Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama

7 Stories

Winner 1998 Jessie Richardson Award for Outstanding Original Play, The Sydney Risk Award