Sally Clark (playwright)
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Sally Clark is a Canadian playwright and filmmaker.
, the Shaw Festival
, Nakai Theatre, Buddies in Bad Times
Theatre and Nightwood Theatre.
Her plays have received two Dora Mavor Moore Award
nominations and a Governor General's Award
nomination for The Trial of Judith K. In 1990 she won the Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award
for her play, Moo (1988).
Clark has also written and directed for film. Her film, Ten Ways to Abuse and Old Woman (1983), won the Special Prix du Jury at the Henri Langlois
International Short Film Festival in France and another of her fims, The Art of Conversation won the Bronze Award for Best Dramatic Short at the Worldfest Charlston Festival in 1993 and has been screened at several other film festivals around the world.
Other Works include:
Career
After moving to Toronto in 1973, Sally Clark served as playwright/dramaturge for Theatre Passe MurailleTheatre Passe Muraille
Theatre Passe Muraille is a theatre company in Toronto, Canada.-Brief history:One of Canada's most influential alternative theatres, Theatre Passe Muraille was founded in 1968 by director and playwright Jim Garrard, who started the company out of Rochdale College.Its radical intention was create a...
, the Shaw Festival
Shaw Festival
The Shaw Festival is a major Canadian theatre festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, the second largest repertory theatre company in North America...
, Nakai Theatre, Buddies in Bad Times
Buddies in Bad Times
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre is a Canadian professional theatre company.Based in Toronto, Ontario and founded in 1978 by Matt Walsh, Jerry Ciccoritti, and Sky Gilbert, Buddies in Bad Times is dedicated to "the promotion of queer theatrical expression"....
Theatre and Nightwood Theatre.
Her plays have received two Dora Mavor Moore Award
Dora Mavor Moore Award
The Dora Mavor Moore Award is an award presented annually by the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts which honours theatre, dance, and opera productions in Toronto. Named after Dora Mavor Moore, who helped establish Canadian professional theatre, the award was established on December 13, 1978...
nominations and a Governor General's Award
Governor General's Award
The Governor General's Awards are a collection of awards presented by the Governor General of Canada, marking distinction in a number of academic, artistic and social fields. The first was conceived in 1937 by Lord Tweedsmuir, a prolific author of fiction and non-fiction who created the Governor...
nomination for The Trial of Judith K. In 1990 she won the Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award
Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award
The Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Awards were a Canadian literary award, given to Canadian plays produced by any professional Canadian theatre company, and having at least ten performances in the Toronto area....
for her play, Moo (1988).
Clark has also written and directed for film. Her film, Ten Ways to Abuse and Old Woman (1983), won the Special Prix du Jury at the Henri Langlois
Henri Langlois
Henri Langlois was a French film archivist and cinephile. A pioneer of film preservation, Langlois was an influential figure in the history of cinema...
International Short Film Festival in France and another of her fims, The Art of Conversation won the Bronze Award for Best Dramatic Short at the Worldfest Charlston Festival in 1993 and has been screened at several other film festivals around the world.
Other Works include:
- Jehanne of the Witches (1989)
- Life Without Instruction (1991)
- Lost Souls and Missing Persons (1984)
- Saint Frances of Hollywood (1996)
- Trial of a Ladies Man (1987)
- Wanted
- WASPS (1996)