Yvette Nolan

Yvette Nolan (Algonquin) is a playwright, director and dramaturg. Born in Prince Albert, raised in Winnipeg, she has lived and worked across the country, from Whitehorse to Halifax. Her works include the play The Unplugging, the dance-opera Bearing, the libretto Shanawdithit, and the short play-for-film Katharsis. From 2003-2011, she served as Artistic Director of Native Earth Performing Arts, Canada’s oldest professional Indigenous theatre company. She has made much mischief with Donna Michelle St. Bernard, including The First Stone, the anthologies Refractions: Solo and Scenes, and Native Earth. She has been honoured with the Gina Wilkinson Award, the Mallory Gilbert Leadership Award, the George Luscombe Award for Mentorship, and the Maggie Bassett Award for service to the theatre community. Her book, Medicine Shows, about Indigenous performance in Canada was published by Playwrights Canada Press in 2015.