Lorena Gale (May 9, 1958 – June 21, 2009)[1] was a Canadian actress, playwright and theatre director. She was active onstage and in films and television since the 1980s. She also authored two award-winning plays, Angélique and Je me souviens.
In 1985 she became the artistic director of Montréal's Black Theatre Workshop.[3] She then studied playwriting at the Playwrights' Workshop Montréal.[2]
After moving to Vancouver in 1988, Lorena won a 1991 Jessie Richardson Award for best supporting actress as Normal Jean in The Colored Museum (1990) .[2]
Her play, Angélique, the story of executed slaveMarie-Joseph Angelique, was the winner of the 1995 duMaurier National Playwriting Competition in Canada.[4][2] Her writing explores the nature of being black and mixed race and belonging in Canada.[5] In 2000, she produced her play Je me souviens, a monologue about her experiences growing up in Montreal, at the Firehall Arts Centre in Vancouver, BC.[6] The play was published by Talonbooks in 2001.[7]
^ abcdefgHustak, Alan (24 January 2010). "Lorena Gale". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Foundation of Canada. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
^Bayne, Clarence (2001). "Le Black Theatre Workshop de Montréal: un nouveau bilan". L'Annuaire théâtral: Revue québécoise d'études théâtrales. 29: 141–155 – via Erudit.
^Clarke, George Elliott (2009). "Strategies for Legitimizing Difference. Mixed-Race Resistance in the Works of Andrea Thompson and Lorena Gale, Two African-Canadian Writers". Canada: Images of a post/national society. New York: P.I.E.—Peter Lang. pp. 263–264. ISBN978-90-5201-485-2.
^BC, Popgun Media-- Vancouver. "Our History". Firehall Arts Centre. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
