DJANET SEARS

Moderator / Playwright

Born in London, England, and raised in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and Oakville, Ontario.

FOR SOULPEPPER: Director: Table for Two (co-production with Obsidian), for colored girls... OTHER THEATRE: Harlem Duet (Tarragon Theatre; Stratford Shakespeare Festival; Canadian Stage; Nightwood Theatre); Fences (Grand Theatre); The adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God (National Arts Centre, Centaur Theatre, Mirvish Productions, Obsidian Theatre Co., Nightwood Theatre); Penelopiad (Royal Shakespeare Company; National Arts Centre); Charming and Rose (Nightwood Theatre); The Mother Project (Crossroads Theatre). OTHER: Honors & Awards: Governor General’s literary award, Canadian Screenwriting Award, Dora Award for Writing and Directing; Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award; Martin Luther King Jr. Achievement Award, Honorary Doctorate - St. Francis Xavier University.