Cissy - Dave Deveau
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Collection of three coming-of-age gender and LGBTQ+ plays. Suitable for young-adult audiences. Play "My Funny Valentine" is based on true events, the assassination of openly gay non-conforming 15-year-old Lawrence King, killed by his classmate in Oxnard, California.

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Collection of three coming-of-age gender and LGBTQ+ plays. Suitable for young-adult audiences. Play "My Funny Valentine" is based on true events, the assassination of openly gay non-conforming 15-year-old Lawrence King, killed by his classmate in Oxnard, California.
Autorenporträt
As an award-winning writer, Dave Deveau investigates queer themes that speak to a broad audience. His work has been produced across North America and in Europe. He was the Playwright in Residence for Vancouver's Zee Zee Theatre who produced his plays Nelly Boy, Tiny Replicas, the critically-acclaimed My Funny Valentine(Sydney Risk Prize, Jessie Nomination, Oscar Wilde Nomination - Dublin), Lowest Common Denominator, Elbow Room Café: The Musical (with Anton Lipovetsky), Dead People's Things and Holiday at the Elbow Room Café. He is deeply devoted to developing intelligent, theatrical plays for young people that foster conversation and is the Co-Artistic and Managing Director of Vancouver's Carousel Theatre for Young People. His plays for young audiences include Out in the Open, tagged (Dora nomination, currently playing in Polish) and Celestial Being (Jessie Nomination) for Green Thumb Theatre, Ladies and Gentlemen (Dora nomination, currently playing in English and Polish) for Roseneath Theatre and the drag-theatre hybrid Parents Are A Drag (commissioned by Vancouver International Children's Festival). He is currently working on commissions for Zee Zee Theatre, Arts Club, and Carousel Theatre for Young People. In total, his plays have been nominated for 21 Jessie Awards, 4 Ovation Awards and 4 Dora Awards. He is represented by Marquis Literary. He is published in Scirocco's Fierce anthology and his first book called CISSY: Three Gender Plays was published by Talonbooks. He lives in Vancouver with his husband Cameron Mackenzie and their two children.