Carol Bolt Award

Canadian literary award

The Carol Bolt Award is an annual Canadian literary award. Presented by the Playwrights Guild of Canada, the award is bestowed for a theatrical play premiere by a PGC member, judged to be the year's best. The award is named in memory of Canadian playwright, Carol Bolt.

Winners

2002 - Kent Stetson, The Harps of God^[1]
2003 - Daniel Goldfarb, Adam Baum and the Jew Movie^[2]
2004 - Florence Gibson, Home Is My Road^[3]
2005 - Mieko Ouchi, The Red Priest (Eight Ways To Say Goodbye)
2006 - John Mighton, Half Life
2007 - Stephen Massicotte, The Oxford Roof Climber's Rebellion
2008 - Colleen Murphy, The December Man
2009 - Vern Thiessen, Vimy
2010 - Michael Nathanson, Talk^[4]
2011 - Anusree Roy, Brothel #9^[5]
2012 - Don Hannah, The Cave Painter
2013 - David Yee, carried away on the crest of a wave
2014 - Colleen Murphy, Pig Girl
2015 - Jordan Tannahill, Concord Floral
2016 - Lisa Codrington, Up the Garden Path^[6]
2017 - Kate Hennig, The Virgin Trial^[7]
2018 - Matthew MacKenzie, Bears^[8]
2019 - Amy Rutherford, Mortified^[9]
2020 - Keith Barker, This Is How We Got Here^[10]
2021 - No Award was presented this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic

References

^ "Fine judge of talent". The Guardian, March 4, 2005.
^ "'Jewtopia' and 'Modern Orthodox': Treading the Line". Backstage, January 12, 2005.
^ "Relocated playwright enjoying Thornhill". YorkRegion.com, May 7, 2013.
^ "A less-than-relaxing weekend at the 'cottage'". Winnipeg Free Press, March 31, 2011.
^ "'That just feels like such a gift'". The Globe and Mail, November 8, 2011.
^ "News (National): Tom Hendry Award Recipients Announced – Playwrights Guild of Canada". Theatre Alberta, November 1, 2016.
^ "Winners Announced for Playwrights Guild of Canada's 2017 Tom Hendry Awards". Broadway World. October 30, 2017.
^ "MacKenzie, Matthew". Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia. January 29, 2019.
^ "News (National): Playwrights Guild of Canada Announces the Winners of the 2019 Tom Hendry Awards". Theatre Alberta. October 29, 2019. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
^ J. Kelly Nestruck, "The top 10 theatrical works of 2020, a year when stages went dark and performing arts pivoted". The Globe and Mail, December 8, 2020.