Nick Green is a Canadian actor and playwright.Chris Dupuis, "Nick Green is LemonTree Creations’ Writer in Residence". Daily Xtra, July 28, 2014. He won the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play in 2017 for his play Body Politic,Glenn Sumi, "A Dora Awards to make you verklempt". Now, June 27, 2017. a dramatization of the history of the Canadian LGBTQ newsmagazine The Body Politic.Carly Maga, "Body Politic connects Toronto gay community's past and present: review". Toronto Star, June 2, 2016.
A graduate of the University of Alberta, his prior plays have included Gayface,Ted Kerr, "Edmonton queer artists tell their stories at Fringe". Daily Xtra, August 16, 2009. On the Wire, Undercovered, Coffee Dad, Chicken Mom and the Fabulous Buddha Boy, Under the Big Top, and Bearded Lady.
In 2020, after a production of his newest play was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Green launched Social Distancing Festival, a website where arts professionals could share works online.Wayne Alan Brenner, "The Social Distancing Festival Is Live Online". Austin Chronicle, March 15, 2020.
In 2023, his play Casey and Diana, a dramatization of the 1991 visit of Diana, Princess of Wales, to Casey House, Toronto's HIV/AIDS hospice, premiered at the Stratford Festival under the direction of Andrew Kushnir.Karen Fricker, "‘My mother burst into tears’: Inside ‘Casey and Diana,’ the most moving Canadian play of the year". Toronto Star, June 10, 2023.
Works + Works by Nick Green Title Year Notes Coffee Dad, Chicken Mom and the Fabulous Buddha Boy 2008 Produced by Guys In Disguise Undercovered 2009 Exposure Festival Under the Big Top 2011 Produced by Twenties St Theatre Bearded Lady 2012 Produced by Twenties St Theatre Poof! The Musical 2015 Produced by Capitol Theatre; Composer Joel Crichton Body Politic 2016 Produced by Buddies in Bad Times and lemonTree Creations Every Day She Rose 2019 Produced by Nightwood Theatre; Co-written with Andrea Scott FanGirl (book) 2019 Produced by Musical Stage Company; Composers Anika Johnson and Barbara Johnston Happy Birthday Baby J 2020 Produced by Shadow Theatre Living the Dream (book) 2021 Produced by Musical Stage Company; Composers Anika Johnson and Barbara Johnston Dr. Silver (book) 2023 Produced by South Coast Repertory (Pacific Playwrights Festival); Composers Anika Johnson and Britta Johnson In Real Life (book) 2024 Produced by Musical Stage Company (Festival of New Musicals); Composer Kevin Wong The Last Timbit (book) 2024 Produced by Michael Rubinoff and Tim Hortons; Composers Anika Johnson and Britta Johnson Dinner with the Duchess 2025 Produced by Here for Now Theatre and Crows Theatre Casey and Diana 2023-2025 Produced by Stratford Festival of Canada; Soulpepper Theatre; Theatre Aquarius; Royal Manitoba Theatre; Neptune Theatre; Arts Club Theatre; Yes Theatre
Awards Award Date Category Recipient Result Dora Mavor Moore Awards 2017 Outstanding New Play Body Politic 2024 Casey and Diana Aisling Murphy, "TAPA announces 2024 Dora Award nominees". Intermission Magazine, May 28, 2004. Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Awards 2009 Outstanding Fringe New Work Coffee Dad, Chicken Mom and the Fabulous Buddha Boi Liz Nicholls, "Gothic musical a Sterling effort; Telling of Edgar Allan Poe's tragic life dominates awards". Edmonton Journal, June 23, 2009. 2012 Outstanding New Play Poof! The Musical Liz Nicholls, "The Sterling Award nominations". The Edmonton Journal, June 6, 2013. Lambda Literary Awards 2025 LGBTQ Drama Casey and Diana "Canadian authors Zoe Whittall, Sarah Leavitt and Jes Battis shortlisted for 2SLGBTQ+ writing awards". CBC Books, August 1, 2025. Playwrights Guild of Canada 2021 Dan School of Drama & Music Musical Award In Real Life "Port Dover: 2021 Tom Hendry Award winners announced". Stage Door, October 25, 2021.
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External links Social Distancing Festival