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Berni Stapleton

Berni Stapleton is a Canadian writer residing in Newfoundland. Along with writing, Stapleton is also a performer and playwright. Her debut book, They Let Down Baskets, won the 1999 Newfoundland Book Award for Best Non-Fiction.

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Berni Stapleton is a Canadian writer residing in Newfoundland. Along with writing, Stapleton is also a performer and playwright.1 Her debut book, They Let Down Baskets, won the 1999 Newfoundland Book Award for Best Non-Fiction.2

Life

Stapleton was born in North West River and raised in Marystown.1 She was a playwright-in-residence with the Playwright's Workshop Montreal, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, PARC, as well as other national companies.3 She was also the Artistic Director of the Grand Bank Regional Theatre for eleven years.4 She has a production company called In Conjunction.5 In 2019, Stapleton was named Memorial University's writer-in-residence.16 She has also received a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts to write Girly Muckle and the Queer Hands.5

Her roles as an actress have included the films Violet, The Bingo Robbers and Behind the Red Door.

Works

Books

  • They Let Down Baskets (1998)7
  • This is the Cat (2015)89
  • Rants, Riffs, and Roars (2009)1
  • Girly Muckle and the Queer Hands (to be released)3

Plays and musicals

  • No Change in the Weather10
  • The Pope and Princess Di11
  • Woman in a Monkey Cage11
  • Offensive to Some112
  • Our Frances1314
  • Dolly6
  • Late Lesbians and Other Bloomers3
  • Mill Girls6

Awards

  • 1999 Newfoundland Book Award for They Let Down the Baskets2
  • 2018 Arts and Letters Award for Best Dramatic Script for Dolly1
  • Rhonda Payne Award from Arts NL1516
  • Ambassador of Tourism Award from Hospitality NL4
References

References

  1. "Berni Stapleton is Paving Her Own Path". The Independent. 2019-10-09. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  2. "Newfoundland and Labrador Book Awards - Past Recipients". Atlantic Book Awards. Archived from the original on 2018-09-03. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  3. "PARC Playwright Profile - Berni Stapleton". Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  4. "Berni Stapleton". Breakwater Books. Archived from the original on 2020-10-31. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  5. "Berni Stapleton" (PDF). Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-14. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  6. Harron, Janet (2019-09-09). "Celebrated playwright - Bernie Stapleton announced as writer-in-residence 2019-20". Gazette - Memorial University of Newfoundland. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  7. Peters, Helen. "View of They Let Down Baskets, text Berni Stapleton, photographs Jamie Lewis, and CD Chris Brookes. | Newfoundland and Labrador Studies". Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  8. Cull, Kerri (2015-09-01). "Shakespeare, Cats, and Mummies: This is Berni Stapleton". The Overcast. Archived from the original on 2020-09-23. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  9. "This is the Cat". Breakwater Books. Archived from the original on 2020-09-19. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  10. "It's a Newfoundland wake, Broadway-style, in new musical No Change in the Weather". CBC News. 2019-06-25. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  11. "Between Breaths - Berni Stapleton". National Arts Centre. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  12. "RCA Presents Offensive to Some by Berni Stapleton". Resource Centre for the Arts. Archived from the original on 2022-06-28. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  13. "Our Frances". Theatre Newfoundland. Archived from the original on 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  14. "OUR FRANCES by Berni Stapleton and Theatre Newfoundland Labrador". The Rainhall Centre. Archived from the original on 2022-05-19. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  15. "NLAC - News - July 2, 2015 - Berni Stapleton wins 2014 Rhonda Payne Theatre Award". Arts NL. Archived from the original on 2015-09-07. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  16. "New book and award for Berni Stapleton". The Telegram. 2015-06-30. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
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