Company Dramaturg and Associate Artist, Paula Danckert

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Paula Dankcert is a dramaturg, radio producer, foley artist and teacher. She has worked at theatres across Canada for more than 20 years. Before joining the National Arts Centre, Paula was the Artistic and Executive Director of Playwrights’ Workshop Montreal for 91/2 years. She moved to Montreal from Halifax where she was president of Playwrights’ Atlantic Resource Centre, and CBC radio’s drama producer for the Maritime region. She was also Associate Producer for Live Art Productions: New Dance Series, a foley artist for Salter Street Films, and the producer and host of the programme Artspeak on CKDU-FM.

Paula has played a pivotal role in new play development in Canada. She was the Associate Dramaturg at the New Play Centre in Vancouver and at the Banff Centre’s Playwrights’ Colony. Paula completed her theatrical training at the National Theatre School directing program and McGill University. In Montréal, she has taught courses in radio drama and playwriting at the National Theatre School where she has been on faculty for 15 years.

Paula has worked as dramaturg with many of Canada’s accomplished playwrights including: Marie Clements, Copper Thunderbird (produced at the NAC) and Burning Vision (nominated for a Governor General’s Award); Peter Hinton, The Swanne :parts I, II and III ( produced at the Stratford Festival); and Larry Tremblay, A Chair in Love, a comic opera, music by John Metcalfe, (produced at the Swansea Festival in Wales and Éspace Go in Montreal.).