Leanna Brodie
Leanna Brodie is an award-winning writer, translator, and performer whose work, including the plays The Vic, Schoolhouse, For Home & Country, and The Book of Esther, has been seen across Canada and the US. In 2015, Brodie collaborated with New Zealand composer Anthony Young on Ulla’s Odyssey, the Flourish Prize–winning opera which toured the UK for two years with OperaUpClose. Salesman in China (co-written with Jovanni Sy) is now running at the Stratford Festival and will transfer to the NAC in January 2025. Brodie is also a leading translator of contemporary Québécois and Franco-Canadian playwrights. Recent premieres have included David Paquet’s Wildfire (Factory Theatre, Toronto: 2022 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best New Play, Director, and Production); Anaïs Pellin’s Clementine (Kleine Compagnie/Carousel Theatre/PHT, Vancouver); Fanny Britt’s Benevolence (Ruby Slippers Theatre/Pacific Theatre); and Rébecca Déraspe’s I Am William (Stratford Festival, Théâtre le Clou). This season sees the premieres of Sébastien Harrisson’s From Alaska (Belfry Theatre) and Catherine Léger’s Home Deliveries (Ruby Slippe Theatre/Jericho Arts Centre. Brodie recently served as Assistant Professor (Playwriting) at UBC’s School of Creative Writing and is currently Artist-in-Residence at Concordia University. www.leannabrodie.com
