John Lazarus, is a Canadian playwright.

He is author of Babel Rap, Dreaming and Duelling, The Late Blumer, Homework & Curtains, Genuine Fakes, The Trials of Eddy Haymour, Medea's Disgust, Village of Idiots

Village of Idiots

Village of Idiots is a short animated comedy based on the classic Jewish, humorous, folk tales of Chełm made by animators/directors Eugene Fedorenko and Rose Newlove with the National Film Board of Canada...

, Rough Magic Meltdown and Secrets.

Lazarus is also the author of many plays for young audiences, including the four-play anthology Not So Dumb.

Lazarus graduated from the National Theatre School of Canada

National Theatre School of Canada

The National Theatre School of Canada is a private college located in Montreal, Quebec.Established in Montreal in 1960, the National Theatre School of Canada offers professional training in English and French in a setting that unites all the theatre arts: acting, playwriting, directing, set and...

 in 1969, then moved to Vancouver

Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

, British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

 where he worked for 30 years as an actor, critic, broadcaster, playwright, screenwriter and teacher at Studio 58 and Vancouver Film School. In 2000 he moved to Ontario to join the Department of Drama at Queen's University

Queen's University

Queen's University, , is a public research university located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Founded on 16 October 1841, the university pre-dates the founding of Canada by 26 years. Queen's holds more more than of land throughout Ontario as well as Herstmonceux Castle in East Sussex, England...

. Since then, he has often worked with Theatre Kingston

Theatre Kingston

Theatre Kingston is a theatre company located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.Founded in 1990 as Theatre Beyond by Paul Gelineau, the company became The People's Theatre Kingston in 1992 and had two more Artistic Directors under that name—Kathryn MacKay and Kathleen LeRoux...

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