Berni Stapleton

Berni Stapleton is a Canadian writer residing in Newfoundland. Along with writing, Stapleton is also a performer and playwright.[1] Her debut book, They Let Down Baskets, won the 1999 Newfoundland Book Award for Best Non-Fiction.[2]

Life

Stapleton was born in North West River and raised in Marystown.[1] She was a playwright-in-residence with the Playwright's Workshop Montreal, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, PARC, as well as other national companies.[3] She was also the Artistic Director of the Grand Bank Regional Theatre for eleven years.[4] She has a production company called In Conjunction.[5] In 2019, Stapleton was named Memorial University's writer-in-residence.[1][6] She has also received a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts to write Girly Muckle and the Queer Hands.[5]

Her roles as an actress have included the films Violet, The Bingo Robbers and Behind the Red Door.

Works

Books

  • They Let Down Baskets (1998)[7]
  • This is the Cat (2015)[8][9]
  • Rants, Riffs, and Roars (2009)[1]
  • Girly Muckle and the Queer Hands (to be released)[3]

Plays and Musicals

  • No Change in the Weather[10]
  • The Pope and Princess Di[11]
  • Woman in a Monkey Cage[11]
  • Offensive to Some[1][12]
  • Our Frances[13][14]
  • Dolly[6]
  • Late Lesbians and Other Bloomers[3]
  • Mill Girls[6]

Awards

  • 1999 Newfoundland Book Award for They Let Down the Baskets[2]
  • 2018 Arts and Letters Award for Best Dramatic Script for Dolly[1]
  • Rhonda Payne Award from Arts NL[15][16]
  • Ambassador of Tourism Award from Hospitality NL[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Berni Stapleton is Paving Her Own Path". The Independent. 2019-10-09. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  2. ^ a b "Newfoundland and Labrador Book Awards - Past Recipients". Atlantic Book Awards. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  3. ^ a b c "PARC Playwright Profile - Berni Stapleton". Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  4. ^ a b "Berni Stapleton". Breakwater Books. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  5. ^ a b "Berni Stapleton" (PDF). Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  6. ^ a b c Harron, Janet (2019-09-09). "Celebrated playwright - Bernie Stapleton announced as writer-in-residence 2019-20". Gazette - Memorial University of Newfoundland. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  7. ^ Peters, Helen. "View of They Let Down Baskets, text Berni Stapleton, photographs Jamie Lewis, and CD Chris Brookes. | Newfoundland and Labrador Studies". Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  8. ^ Cull, Kerri (2015-09-01). "Shakespeare, Cats, and Mummies: This is Berni Stapleton". The Overcast. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  9. ^ "This is the Cat". Breakwater Books. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  10. ^ "It's a Newfoundland wake, Broadway-style, in new musical No Change in the Weather". CBC News. 2019-06-25. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  11. ^ a b "Between Breaths - Berni Stapleton". National Arts Centre. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  12. ^ "RCA Presents Offensive to Some by Berni Stapleton". Resource Centre for the Arts. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  13. ^ "Our Frances". Theatre Newfoundland. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  14. ^ "OUR FRANCES by Berni Stapleton and Theatre Newfoundland Labrador". The Rainhall Centre. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  15. ^ "NLAC - News - July 2, 2015 - Berni Stapleton wins 2014 Rhonda Payne Theatre Award". Arts NL. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  16. ^ "New book and award for Berni Stapleton". The Telegram. 2015-06-30. Retrieved 2020-09-03.