Sean Harris Oliver is a Canadian actor and playwright. He is most noted for his play The Fighting Season, which was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2019 Governor General's Awards."Michael Crummey among fiction finalists for Governor General's Literary Awards". CTV News, October 2, 2019.
The Fighting Season is a war drama which was based in part on Oliver's father, an orthopedic surgeon who served as an army doctor during the War in Afghanistan.Laura Lynch and Glen Kugelstadt, "Chaos, horror, trauma: B.C. playwright's war drama inspired by father's work in Kandahar hospital". CBC News British Columbia, January 28, 2017. Following a run at the 2015 Vancouver Fringe Festival,Colin Thomas, "Fringe Fest 2015: The Fighting Season is cause for celebration". The Georgia Straight, September 14, 2015. the play had its commercial premiere in Vancouver in January 2017, and was published in book form by Scirocco Drama in 2019.
Oliver's other plays have included Bright Blue FutureColin Thomas, "Gen Y actors give Bright Blue Future some clarity despite a foggy script". The Georgia Straight, February 22, 2016. and Redpatch, a collaboration with Raes Calvert.Janet Smith, "Redpatch brings together artistic and personal journey". The Georgia Straight, April 11, 2017.
In 2024, Oliver co-wrote the screenplay for the independent horror film Hunting Matthew Nichols with Markian Tarasiuk, both of whom graduated from Studio 58.
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