Mark Crawford (playwright)

Mark Crawford is a Canadian theatre actor and playwright.[1] He is best known for his 2016 play The Birds and the Bees, one of the most widely-produced new Canadian plays of the 2010s.[2]

Originally from Glencoe, Ontario, he is a graduate of the theatre programs at the University of Toronto and Sheridan College.[1] He was a stage actor for ten years before premiering his first theatrical play Stag and Doe at the Blyth Festival in 2014.[3] His second play Bed and Breakfast, about a gay couple from Toronto who open a bed and breakfast in a small town, premiered at the Thousand Islands Playhouse in 2015,[4] and The Birds and the Bees, a comedy about an adult woman returning to live with her elderly mother after her divorce, premiered at the Blyth Festival in 2016.[5]

In 2017 he premiered Boys, Girls and Other Mythological Creatures, a youth play about a young child struggling with gender identity issues.[6] His most recent play The New Canadian Curling Club, a comedy about new immigrants joining a curling team, premiered at Blyth in 2018 and has also since been produced across Canada.[7]

Crawford is the partner of playwright and actor Paul Dunn.[1]

References
  1. "Crawford, Mark". Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia, March 27, 2019.
  2. "All the world is his stage; Glencoe playwright Mark Crawford has three shows playing at Ontario theatres". London Free Press, August 15, 2018.
  3. "New and old faces as Blyth Festival celebrates 40". Guelph Mercury, June 14, 2014.
  4. "Bed and Breakfast runs Aug. 14 to Sept. 13 at Playhouse". Gananoque Reporter, August 6, 2015.
  5. "No sting with The Birds and the Bees". Sudbury Star, April 13, 2019.
  6. "Actor-turned-playwright Mark Crawford explores gender identity". Toronto Star, April 26, 2017.
  7. "Hurry hard to ATP for its hilarious The New Canadian Curling Club". Calgary Herald, March 19, 2019.
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