Shirley Barrie co-founded and was Associate Director of the Tricycle Theatre in London, England from 1972-84.
From 1978-85 she wrote 10 plays for young and family audiences for several companies before moving back to Toronto, Canada where, in 1989 co-founded Straight Stitching Productions. CARRYING THE CALF, developed and produced by the company, won one of Shirley's two Chalmers Awards for writing for young audiences and the production won a Dora Award. The play has been published in two anthologies.
In 2003, HANSEL AND GRETEL, and adaptations of two Japanese folktales, SONJO AND THE THUNDERGOD and REFLECTIONS, were produced.
With Emil Sher, she has co-edited PREPARE TO EMBARK: SIX THEATRICAL VOYAGES FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES.
She has also written a series of plays for adults about fascinating women from the past. REVELATION, a comic one act, won two playwriting competitions and was produced at the Toronto Fringe Festival in 2002.
Author's Website: www.shirleybarrie.ca
By Shirley Barrie
4 Women
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By Shirley Barrie
2 Men, 3 Women, 2 Either, Percussionists and Puppeteers
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