Sierra Haynes wanted to know “How do you write a play?” Globe Theatre’s Artistic Director, Jennifer Brewin thought it was a good question and commissioned her to create Stage Write: The Playwrights’ Podcast. Sierra interviewed 5 playwrights who inspired her and shaped her dedication to Canadian Theatre. Then she flipped the script and asked them to interview the playwright that got them writing. Beth Graham and Daniela Vlaskalic, the dynamic duo, are back and they’ve invited Karen Hines to join Stage Write.
Karen Hines’ multi-prize-winning plays offer keen musings on modern life, combining such disparate elements as magical realism, pink-brand feminism and environmental disarray. Her solo performances and ‘little’ films featuring her darkly comic character ‘Pochsy’ have traveled the globe. Hines has collaborated as a director and dramaturg with many fellow artists such as Linda Griffiths, Michelle Thrush, and adult horror clowns Mump & Smoot since their inception. Hines was a 2020 Siminovitch Finalist, and twice finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award and her productions, plays and performances have seen venues such as One Yellow Rabbit, Joe’s Pub (Public Theatre), Astor Place Off-Broadway, Tarragon, Videofag, Factory, Canadian Stage, Soulpepper, NAC. For Montreal’s Festival du Jamais Lu 2022, Hines’ All the Little Animals I Have Eaten was translated and staged (Tous les petits animaux que j’ai dévouré) and her real estate horror Crawlspace continues to micro-theatres across Canada in French and English. Crawlspace is being adapted as screenplay, and is now a CBC podcast (PlayMe; Radio One). Upcoming, Pochsy IV in 2023.
The Globe Theatre is located in Regina, Saskatchewan and has a mission to entertain, educate and engage in the art of professional theatre. Globe Theatre is located on Treaty 4 territory, the traditional lands of the nêhiyawak, Anihšināpēk, Dakota, Nakoda, Lakota, and the homeland of the Métis/Michif Nation.
