Elmar Maripuu
Elmar became involved in theatre in the north of England, through working as a volunteer on a summer arts program for children in deprived urban areas. He subsequently formed a company delivering performances and collaborative events in playgrounds, classrooms, old people’s homes, mental hospitals, and out on the streets.
While living in New York, Elmar wrote several plays in Estonian, which have been performed in Canada, the USA, Sweden and Estonia. In 1990 he contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union by working in Tallinn as a translator for the Estonian Encyclopedia.
Elmar currently lives in Toronto and is CEO of Stone Bay Software, developing IT solutions for the charitable gaming industry. He continues to write as time permits. His play Forever was selected for the 2011 HotInk at the Lark festival in New York City.
