Marie Leofeli Barlizo

location_on Québec, CA
Established Artist Immigrant Southeast Asian Woman/Female-identifying

Preferred Name: Marie Barlizo

Pronouns: She/Her

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Website: https://www.facebook.com/marieleofeli.barlizo


Photographer: Sabrina Reeves

Marie Barlizo – Montreal-based Filipino-Chinese playwright, producer and dramaturg. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing (UBC) and first BIPOC to graduate from National Theatre School’s (NTS) Playwriting Program. Recipient of the 2022 Bernard Amyot Teaching Award at NTS and winner of the 2022 Jovette Marchessault award for Playwriting. Currently, she’s an instructor and Playwriting Mentor at NTS; a mentor at Black Theatre Workshop’s Artist Mentorship Program; artist-in residence at Boca del Lupo developing Pamilyia, artist-in-residence at RMTC developing The Warrior, artist-in-residence at Native Earth Performing Arts Theatre developing The Healing & artist-in-residence at Performance Laboratory, Inc (Philippines). Select credits: Lucky excerpt published in Canadian Theatre Review (193), Lucky production at 2022 rEvolver Festival; Truth or Dare, commission from Boca del Lupo’s Plays2Perform@Home (2021); The Little Mighty Superhero, Geordie Theatre 20-21 2Play Tour; The Healing, Centaur Theatre’s 2021 Catalyst Readings; TV pilot, “Organic Living”, selected for the 2021 Netflix Virtual Pitch.

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