Brian Drader

Brian Drader (born 1960) is a Canadian stage actor and playwright.[1] He is best known for his plays Prok, about Alfred Kinsey and Clara McMillen,[1] and The Fruit Machine, about the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's controversial 1960s fruit machine project to identify homosexual people.[2]

Brian Drader
Born1960
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Occupationplaywright
NationalityCanadian
Period1980s-present
Notable worksProk, The Fruit Machine

Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, he is currently based in Montreal, Quebec, where he teaches playwriting at the National Theatre School of Canada.[3]

His other plays have included Easter Eggs,[4] TuckTuck,[5] The Author's Voice,[6] The Norbals,[7] Mind of the Iguana,[8] Liar,[9] To Be Frank,[10] Everybody's Business and Curtsy.

Awards

He won the Herman Voaden Playwriting Competition in 1997 for The Norbals.[7]

Prok was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2003 Governor General's Awards,[11] and won the Lambda Literary Award for drama at the 16th Lambda Literary Awards.[12]

References
  1. "Manitoban Drader among 'fresh crop'". Winnipeg Free Press, October 21, 2003.
  2. "Opposite eras attract in gay history story". Vancouver Sun, October 23, 1998.
  3. "Mother's Day shows feature veteran voices". Windsor Star, May 5, 2007.
  4. "What's to see at Fringe?" Calgary Herald, August 25, 1989.
  5. "Three new writers join playRites stable". Calgary Herald, August 22, 1992.
  6. "Fringe buzzes under greasepaint and sweat". Edmonton Journal, August 16, 1992.
  7. "Playwriting contest winners announced". Kingston Whig-Standard, May 6, 1997.
  8. "Cover / fringe". Winnipeg Free Press, July 12, 2007.
  9. "Not quite OK". Sacramento News & Review, November 8, 2012.
  10. "Sit up and pay attention" Archived 2014-12-16 at the Wayback Machine. The Link, March 23, 2010.
  11. "Big surprises as book awards shortlisted". Edmonton Journal, October 21, 2003.
  12. "Bram, Revoyr among Lambda Literary winners". The Advocate, June 10, 2004.


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