Anna Chatterton
Anna Chatterton is a librettist, playwright and performer based in Hamilton, Ontario. She is a two-time finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama; Within the Glass (2017) and Gertrude and Alice (cowritten with Evalyn Parry, 2018). Her other plays include The Horse and His Boy (Shaw Festival), Quiver (Nightwood Theatre), and Cowgirl Up (Alberta Theatre Projects). As a librettist Anna’s operas have been produced across Canada and in five states. Her opera Sweat (Bicycle Opera) was recently made into a film and won ‘Best Narrative Feature’ from the LA Independent Women Film Awards. Anna’s work has been nominated for a Juno Award, and five Dora Mavor Moore Awards, winning the 2018 Outstanding Production of an Opera. She has also been awarded a Toronto Theatre Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress and named a top ten Toronto Theatre Artist by NOW Magazine. Anna has been in residence at seven theatres and Writer- in-Residence for Hamilton Library/McMaster University.
