C. E. Gatchalian
Author

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Charles Northcote
Core Literary Inc., Toronto
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Awards/Honours

• Finalist. Xtra! West Hero Award, Writer of the Year (for Broken), 2007.
• Selected. (Pierre) Berton House Writer-in-Residence, 2006.
• Winner. Gordon Armstrong Playwright’s Rent Award, 2005.
• Finalist. 2003 Lambda Literary Award, Drama Category.
• Finalist. 1996 Pacific Northwest Writers Literary Conference, Playwriting.
• Winner. 1995 Federation of BC Writers’ Festival of the Arts Writing Contest.

Books

• Crossing. Scirocco Drama (Winnipeg), Spring 2009.
• Broken. New Bard Press (Edmonton), Fall 2006. ISBN 978-1-84728-866-0.
• tor/sion. Ransom Works Press (Ottawa), 2005. ISBN 0-9682040-4-x.
• Motifs & Repetitions & Other Plays. The Writers’ Collective (Cranston), 2003. ISBN 1-932133-49-6. (Finalist for the 2003 Lambda Literary Award, which honours the best in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered literature in English.)
• Chasing Halley’s Comet: Winners of the Federation of BC Writers’ Festival Competition. Edited by Martha Royea and Joni Miller. Laughing Willow Books (Vancouver), 1995. ISBN 0-9698975

Writing/Artistic Residencies

• Playwright-in-Residence. The Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver (January 2008 to present).
• Artist-in-Residence. Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver (January to May 2007).
• Writer-in-Residence. Berton House Writers’ Retreat, Dawson City, YT (July to September 2006).
• Playwright-in-Residence. Firehall Arts Centre, Vancouver (January 2005 to May 2007).

Selected Productions/Readings

• Motifs & Repetitions. Produced by Black Hole Theatre Company, University of Manitoba. Winnipeg, October 14-16, 2007.
• Claire. Produced by University of Otago. Dunedin, New Zealand. August 2-3, 2007. Directed by Neal Barber.
• Falling in Time (formerly titled Who Beat Rocky?) Staged reading at the BC Buds Spring Arts Fair, Firehall Arts Centre, Vancouver, May 2007. Directed by Sean Cummings.
• Falling in Time (formerly titled Who Beat Rocky?)Staged reading at CrossCurrents, Factory Theatre, Toronto, May 3, 2007. Directed by Nigel Shawn Williams. Sponsored by The Stratford Festival of Canada.
• Falling in Time (formerly titled Who Beat Rocky?) Staged reading at the BC Buds Spring Arts Fair, Firehall Arts Centre, Vancouver, May 2006. Directed by Stephane Kirkland.
• Broken.Produced by Meta.for Theatre Society and the Broken Whisper Collective in association with the Firehall Arts Centre. Vancouver, March 2006. Directed by Sean Cummings. (Nominated for the 2005/2006 Jessie Richardson Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Lead Role (Small Theatre)—Tanja Dixon-Warren.)
• Broken (excerpts). Staged reading at BC Buds Spring Arts Fair, Firehall Arts Centre, Vancouver, May 2005. Directed by C. E. Gatchalian.
• Hands (workshop performance). Produced by Diwata Works. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto, September 2004. Directed by Voltaire de Leon.
• Crossing. Produced by Random Productions and Esdecy Arts. Playwrights Theatre Centre, Vancouver, June 2004. Directed by Sean Cummings.
• Crossing. Staged reading at the New Play Festival. Playwrights Theatre Centre, Vancouver, May 2004. Directed by Amanda Lockitch.
• Motifs & Repetitions. Produced at upintheair theatre’s Walking Fish Festival. Playwrights Theatre Centre, Vancouver, June 2003. Directed by Amanda Lockitch.
• Star (monologue). CBC Radio 3, May 2003. Performed by C. E. Gatchalian.
• Claire. Produced by WONAX Theatre Company and Brian McGugan. Blinding Light!!! Theatre, Vancouver, April-May 1999. Directed by Brian McGugan.
• Star/Hands/Claire. Staged reading at the Asian Heritage Month festival, Vancouver, May 1998. Directed by Brian McGugan and C. E. Gatchalian.
• Motifs & Repetitions. Film adaptation produced by Action City Productions and directed by Brian McGugan. Aired on the Bravo! channel in April 1997 and the Knowledge Network in 1998.
• Motifs & Repetitions. Produced at the University of British Columbia’s Brave New Play Rites Festival, Vancouver, February 1995. Directed by Christine Matheson.

Grants Received

• Diversity Initiatives Artist-in-Residence Grant. City of Vancouver, 2007.
• Diversity Initiatives Artistic Leadership Training Residency Grant. City of Vancouver, 2006.
• Three-month honorarium. Berton House Writers Retreat, 2006.
• Project Assistance for Creative Writers. BC Arts Council, 2006.
• Diversity Initiatives Artist-in-Residence Grant. City of Vancouver, 2005.
• Diversity Initiatives Artistic Development Grant. City of Vancouver, 2005.
• Project Assistance for Professional Theatre. BC Arts Council, 2005.
• Grant to Theatre Artists. Canada Council for the Arts, 2004.

Education

• Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing and Theatre. University of British Columbia, 2002.
• Bachelor of Fine Arts, Creative Writing. University of British Columbia, 1996.

Teaching/Workshop Facilitating

• Playwriting Instructor. Klondike Institute of Art and Culture, Dawson City, YT, September 2006.
• Workshop Leader. Playwrights’ Unit, Firehall Arts Centre, Vancouver, 2005-present.
• Playwriting Instructor. Continuing Studies Department, Langara College, Vancouver, 2004-present.

Selected Author Appearances

• Berton House Writer-in-Residence Literary Reading. Dawson City Public Library, Whitehorse, YT; Whitehorse Public Library, Whitehorse, YT, September 2006.
• Asian Heritage Month Festival. Vancouver, May 2003-2005.
• Winnipeg International Writers Festival. Winnipeg, September 2004.
• Vancouver Lambda Literary Awards Finalists Reading. Vancouver, May 2004.
• Voices of Washington: A Reading Honouring the 16th Annual Lambda Literary Awards Finalists. Washington, DC, April 2004.
• Playwrights Canada Press Gala. Toronto, November 2003.
• Word on the Street. Vancouver, September 2003.
• Book launch for Motifs & Repetitions & Other Plays. Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver, May 2003.