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Moher, Frank

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Frank Moher

Playwright, born in Edmonton , Alberta , 1955.

He studied at the University of Alberta before embarking on a long and distinguished career which includes directing, occasional acting and teaching/lecturing (University of Alberta, University of British Columbia and Malaspina College, among others). He has also written extensively for magazines and newspapers (Globe and Mail, Saturday Night and Alberta Report among others).

His plays have been produced across the country with several of them having been performed abroad as well.

His most popular work, Odd Jobs (premiered at Theatre Network , Edmonton, 1985), was nominated for a Governor General's Award , a Chalmers Award and won the Los Angeles Drama-Logue Award in 1993. It has been produced at Canadian Stage and Prairie Theatre Exchange (among many others in Canada), in the United States in Florida, California and Indiana and in New Zealand and Ireland.

He has also written several musicals and musical reviews, and for television, film and radio.

In 1989, he won the Sterling Award for Prairie Report (premiered at Workshop West Theatre , Edmonton, 1988). In 1999 Weather ( Alberta Theatre Projects ) was nominated for Calgary's Betty Mitchell Awards.

He lives on Gabriola Island, British Columbia, with his wife and three children.

Among his other plays: The Broken Glass, premiered at Theatre 3 , 1976; Stage Falls, Persephone , 1978; Down For The Weekend, Northern Light Theatre , 1980; The Third Ascent, Theatre Network , 1988; Kidnapping the Bride, Alberta Theatre Projects, 1991; Supreme Dream, Theatre Network, 1995; Tolstoy's Wife, Alberta Theatre Projects, 1997.

Last updated 2009-04-24