Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia
Sherman, Jason
Playwright born in Montreal, Quebec , July 28, 1962. He studied at York University.
He has won the Governor General's Award in 1995 for Three in the Back, Two in the Head (the work premiered with Necessary Angel , 1994, directed by Richard Rose , subsequently performed at the National Arts Centre and in French at Théâtre de la Licorne ) and the Chalmers Award in 1993 for The League of Nathans (1992, Orange Dog/ Theatre Passe Muraille co-production, Ian Prinsloo ).
His more recent works include It's All True, presented in the January, 1999 by Necessary Angel (Rose, revived in the 1999/2000 season at Buddies in Bad Times and at Touchstone Theatre ),Patience (premiered at Tarragon , 1998, directed by Prinsloo; slated for the 99/00 season at Grand Theatre, London , Belfry Theatre and at Vancouver Playhouse ) and An Acre of Time (slated for the 99/00 season of Great Canadian Theatre Company ).
Mr. Sherman lives in Toronto.
Among his other works: A Place Like Pamela(1991, Walking Shadow, Toronto, Rod Carley); The Merchant of Showboat (1993, Tarragon, Colin Taylor); The Retreat (1996, Tarragon, Prinsloo). He also adapted Schnitzler's Reigen/La Ronde for Soulpepper Theatre Company (August, 2001).
Of his approach to his work, he told CBC (November 2, 1999), "A great quote Charles Ludlum has is: 'If you are going to tell people the truth, you better make them laugh.' Nobody wants to feel like they're going to be preached at in the theatre. You want to feel like you are going to recognize something of yourself in what's going on stage otherwise, you feel left out."
(Additional information provided by Monica Prendergast, Christopher Hoile and Pierre Karch)
Last updated 2009-09-04
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