2025 Tom Hendry Awards Recipients
Carol Bolt Award
Supported by Playwrights Canada Press, Scirocco Drama, Alberta Playwrights Network, Manitoba Association of Playwrights, Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre, Playwrights Workshop Montreal, and Saskatchewan Playwrights Centre.
In Seven Days by Jordi Mand (ON)
Peer Assessment Panelists: Karen Hines (Chair), Philip Akin, and Robert Tsonos.
Comedy Award
Supported by an Anonymous Donor.
Home Deliveries by Playwright: Catherine Léger, Translator: Leanna Brodie (QC), Adapted from the screenplay by Marie-José Raymond and Claude Fournier
Peer Assessment Panelists: Kevin Loring (Chair), Natasha MacLellan, and Zahida Rahemtulla.
DAN School of Drama & Music Musical Award
Supported by DAN School of Drama & Music.
Olivia O, The Musical Book by: Diane Currie Sam (BC) & Jessica Carmona, Lyrics by: Jessica Carmona with additional lyrics by Diane Currie Sam, & Music by: Gil Yaron
Peer Assessment Panelists: Kevin Wong (Chair), Jamie Bradley, and Krystle Pederson.
Drama Award
Supported by the National Arts Centre.
21 by Playwright: Rachel Graton, Translator: Katherine Turnbull (QC)
Peer Assessment Panelists: Tetsuro Shigematsu (Chair), Pamela Halstead, and Jamie Robinson.
RBC Emerging Playwright Award
Supported by the RBC Foundation.
Syncopation on Terauley Street by Trisha Harlan (ON)
Peer Assessment Panelists: Suzie Martin (Chair), Rebecca Cuddy, and Michaela Di Cesare.
Theatre for Young Audiences Award
Supported by the Estate of Rachel Wyatt.
PYPER by Susanna Fournier (ON)
Peer Assessment Panelists: Jan Taylor (Chair), Lily Falk, and Michele Riml.
Banff Playwrights Lab Prize
Supported by Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
Susanna Fournier
PGC Lifetime Membership Award
Djanet Sears