Beverley Cooper
Pronouns: She/Her
Website: http://https://www.beverleycooper.com/
Agent: Colin Rivers
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Photographer: John Jarvis
Beverley Cooper is an award-winning playwright, dramaturge and teacher based in Toronto. Her plays have been produced widely across Canada. They include Thin Ice (co-written with Banuta Rubess, Chalmers/Dora Award), Clue in the Fast Lane (co-written with Ann-Marie MacDonald), The Eyes of Heaven, The Lonely Diner, Janet Wilson Meets the Queen (nominated for Prix Rideau Award) and If Truth Be Told. Innocence Lost: A Play about Steven Truscott was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award. In the summer of 2024, she has two new plays premiering: The Trials of Maggie Pollock (Blyth Festival) and Jim Watts: Girl Reporter (4th Line Theatre). Beverley was the coordinator of The CASA Project, a charitable arm of the Playwrights Guild of Canada supporting women playwrights in South Africa and a recipient of the Bra D’or Award. She holds an MFA from the University of Guelph and also directs audiobooks for Penguin Random House.