Donna-Michelle St. Bernard facts for kids

Donna-Michelle St. Bernard is a talented Canadian writer who creates plays for the stage. She also directs plays, hosts events, and helps manage arts organizations. She has been nominated three times for the prestigious Governor General's Award for English-language drama. This is one of Canada's biggest awards for writers.

Her play Gas Girls was nominated in 2011. A Man A Fish was nominated in 2016, and Sound of the Beast in 2020. Gas Girls also won a Dora Mavor Moore Award in 2010 for being the best new play in independent theatre. It also won other important awards, like the Enbridge PlayRites Award and the Herman Voaden Playwriting Competition.

Donna-Michelle St. Bernard was born in the Grenadines, a group of islands. She now lives in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. She shares her knowledge by teaching at the National Theatre School. She is also the Artistic Director of New Harlem Productions. This group creates theatre that brings different cultures and art forms together. They focus on being human, joyful, and working together.

Discovering Donna-Michelle St. Bernard's Plays

Donna-Michelle St. Bernard has written many interesting plays. Her works often explore important ideas and stories. Here are some of her well-known plays:

Award-Winning and Notable Plays

• Gas Girls (2011): This play won several awards, including a Dora Mavor Moore Award.
• A Man A Fish (2015): This play was nominated for a Governor General's Award.
• Sound of the Beast (2020): Another play that received a Governor General's Award nomination.

Other Creative Works

• Salome's Clothes
• The House You Build
• Refractions: Solo (co-editor, 2014)
• Indian Act: Residential School Plays (editor, 2018): In this work, she helped edit plays about residential schools.
• Cake (2019)
• Refractions: Scenes (co-editor, 2020)