Awards, etc
The Austin Film Festival Script Competitions - semifinalist for Everyone is Doing Fine (2023)
Alberta Playwriting Competition - Sharon Pollock Prize shortlist for Everyone is Doing Fine (2023)
The Road Theater Company’s Summer Playwrights Festival 14 - Official Selection for Everyone is Doing Fine (2023)
Panndora Productions’ Sweet Sixteen New Work Festival - semifinalist for In Tongues (2022)
Tennessee Williams and New Orleans Literary Festival One-Act Play Contest - Winner for By the Book (2022)
The Garry Marshall Theatre New Works Festival - Semifinalist for No One Is Doing Okay (2021)
New Dramatists Princess Grace Award - Semifinalist for In Tongues (2021)
Cinestory TV Retreat and Fellowship - Quarterfinalist for The Gauntlet (2020)
Georgia College's Arts & Letters Drama Prize - Finalist for In Case of Fire (2018)
Kitchen Dog Theater’s 2017 New Works Festival - Finalist for Resistance (2017)
Ottawa Little Theatre National One-Act Playwriting Competition - 1st Prize for In Case of Fire (2017)
Calgary One Act Play Festival - Honourable Mention Outstanding Script for A Song of Bucephalus (2016)
Alberta Playwriting Competition - Grand Prize for Helmut's Big Day (2014)
Ottawa Little Theatre National One-Act Playwriting Competition - 2nd Prize for Greetings From Sardineland (2012)
University of Lethbridge Play Right Prize Supported by Terry Whitehead - First Prize for Greetings From Sardineland (2011)
University Of Lethbridge Play Right Prize Supported By Terry Whitehead - First Prize for Muse Control (2010)
Press
By the Book
“Six (well, five) characters in search of a writer’s room. This send-up of television police procedurals is very funny, very smart and—at an important moment in the play—surprisingly moving. The playwright has a sharp eye for the absurdities (and also delights) of the genre, and also has some very keenly-observed things to say about how sticking slavishly to a formula, and relegating minority characters and stories to the sidelines, can keep us from seeing the Big Picture. A well-crafted and thoroughly original play. With thanks to Pirandello.” – Festival Judge, Peter Hagan (former President of Dramatists Play Service)
In Case of Fire
“A play that shakes the foundations of a young marriage and teaches (or reminds) us that love alone cannot save a partnership. An intelligent, poignant and often funny exploration of the tension between religious identity and personal fulfillment; the reassurance of community versus the exhilarating terror of total independence” – OLT jury member Nick Carpenter
“A hilarious, entertaining, and moving play that surprises at every turn. The characters’ journeys are very rich and entirely satisfying” – OLT jury member Bobby Theodore
“A sharp two-hander about faith, lack of faith, and the huge twists that life and religion force upon our lives. The play offers two demanding roles and a challenging scenario that actors and directors will love to tackle” – OLT jury member Brian Quirt
Helmut's Big Day
"A short, surprising dynamo of a theatre piece, packed with surreal humour. An exciting, existential read." -Alberta Playwriting Competition Jury (Grand Prize awarded)
“This delightful two-hander romps at such a quick clip that one almost misses the philosophical questions being tossed back and forth between Sabir and Katar as they try to fulfill their soldiering duty.” –Sara Culkin, VUE Weekly, 2015
One of Liz Nicholls' Picks of the Fringe, 2015, Edmonton Journal
"Show To Watch Out For" at the Calgary Fringe Festival -Stephen Hunt, Calgary Herald, 2015
WILF
“Throughout all of this there is understated social satire. My companion and I appreciated that it did not feel the need to call attention to itself, to cry out “this is what’s wrong with gender roles and relationship conventions!” The play simply let those considerations be present as a natural subtext to the action.” -Dorianne Emmerton, Mooney on Theatre, 2016
“We are so excited to be doing this piece as part of our one act festival this year! I recommended it to my student directors because it is playful, inclusive, and the comedic dialogue is very well written. The playwright does a great job using this wacky/brilliant plot device (a woman raised by wolves searching for a mate) to provide a hilarious social commentary around the ridiculous necessity of dating.” -Sarah Provencal, Professor, Winthrop University
"WILF is wickedly entertaining" -Kathleen Renne, FFWD Magazine, 2013
A Song of Bucephalus
"This could very well be the most interesting and appropriate use of the classic two-man horse costume yet put to stage. There are also communists. It’s witty, self-aware, and every performer has near perfect comedic timing. This show has been a highlight of the fringe thus far." -Lucas Provencher, Vue Weekly (Edmonton)
“Extremely clever” –Governor General's Award-winning playwright, Sharon Pollock, adjudicator, Calgary Region One-Act Play Festival 2016
"A true joy to watch" -Avianna Hudym, Regina Fringe reviewer