Jason Sherman
Jason Sherman (born July 28, 1962, in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian playwright and screenwriter.[1][2]
After graduating from the creative writing program at York University in 1985, Sherman co-founded What Publishing with Kevin Connolly, which produced what, a literary magazine that Sherman edited from 1985 to 1990. Sherman's reviews, essays, and interviews have appeared in various publications, including The Globe and Mail, Canadian Theatre Review, and Theatrum.[3]
He edited two anthologies for Coach House Press, Canadian Brash (1991) and Solo (1993),[4] and was playwright-in-residence at Tarragon Theatre from 1992 to 1999.[5]
Sherman's first professional productions were A Place Like Pamela (1991) and To Cry is Not So (1991),[5] followed by The League of Nathans (1992, published in book form in 1996),[6] which won a Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award (1993).[3] Among his other plays is Three in the Back, Two in the Head, which won the Governor General's Award for English-language drama (1995),[7] and Reading Hebron.[8]
In the November 2007 issue of This Magazine, Sherman wrote an article explaining why he would no longer be writing stage plays.[citation needed] Since then, he has written extensively for the CBC Radio series Afghanada[9] and the television series Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures[10] and The Best Laid Plans.[11]
In 2021 he released My Tree, a documentary film about his trip to Israel to locate a tree that was planted in his name decades earlier.[12] The film premiered at the 2021 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival,[13] and received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022.[14]
Works
[edit]- A Place Like Pamela (1991)
- To Cry is Not So (1991)
- The League of Nathans (1992)
- What the Russians Say (1993)
- Field (1993)
- The Merchant of Showboat (1993)
- Three in the Back, Two in the Head (1994)
- Reading Hebron (1995)
- The Retreat (1996)
- None is Too Many (1997)
- Patience (1998)
- It's All True (1999)
- An Acre of Time (1999–2000)
- Afghanada (2006–11) (co-creator)
- Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures (2010) (teleplay)
- We Were Children (2012) (screenplay)[15]
- La Ronde (2013) (adaptation, Soulpepper)
- Copy That (2019) (Tarragon Theatre)
- My Tree (2021)
References
[edit]- ↑ Bilderback, Walter (2007). "SHERMAN, JASON (1962-)". In Cody, Gabrielle H.; Sprinchorn, Evert (eds.). The Columbia encyclopedia of modern drama. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 1234–1235. ISBN 978-0-231-14032-4.
- ↑ Wheeler, Brad (2018-04-10). "Between the Acts: Playwright, screenwriter Jason Sherman on returning to the Tarragon". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2026-07-09.
- 1 2 "Jason Sherman". Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections. Retrieved 2026-07-09.
- ↑ "Sherman, Jason, 1962-". York University Libraries' Clara Thomas Archives & Special Collections - Holdings Database. Retrieved 2026-07-09.
- 1 2 Nicholls, Sandra (October 28, 2010). "Jason Sherman". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2026-07-09.
- ↑ Nelson, Ian C. (1996). "The League of Nathans". Canadian Book Review Annual Online. Retrieved 2026-07-09.
- ↑ "Writer's Roaring success: Greg Hollingshead wins Governor-General's Award for fiction". Vancouver Sun. November 15, 1995.
- ↑ "Orange Tree Season Feb to June 2011". London Theatre. 2016-06-08. Retrieved 2026-07-09.
- ↑ Thistle, Lindsay (April 2016). "Investigating Afghanada: Situating the CBC Radio Drama in the Context and Politics of Canada and the War on Terror". Theatre Research in Canada. 37 (1): 92–113. doi:10.3138/tric.37.1.92. ISSN 1196-1198.
- ↑ Foran, Charles (2010-01-12). "Bloodletting". The Walrus. Retrieved 2026-07-09.
- ↑ Brioux, Bill (2014-01-04). "'Best Laid Plans' turns satiric focus on politics". The Toronto Star. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 2026-07-09.
- ↑ Malyk, Lauren (May 12, 2021). "WaZabi Films scoops Jason Sherman's My Tree". Playback. Retrieved 2026-07-09.
- ↑ Punter, Jennie (2021-05-06). "Hot Docs' Canadian Slate Reflects Global Issues Through Local Eyes". Variety. Retrieved 2026-07-09.
- ↑ Furdyk, Brent (2022-02-15). "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, 'Sort Of' & 'Scarborough' Lead The Pack". ET Canada. Archived from the original on 2022-02-15.
- ↑ "We Were Children". National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 2026-07-09.
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