Anne Chislett

[1] She taught high school English and drama in Ontario before becoming a full-time playwright in 1980.

[2] Chislett is a co-founder of the Blyth Festival[1] and was its artistic director from 1998 to 2002.

[2] Among her most famous pieces are The Tomorrow Box (1980) and Quiet in the Land (1981).

[2] 2000's Not Quite the Same was nominated for both Dora Mavor Moore and Chalmers awards.

[2] Her works Yankee Notions and Venus Sucked In: A Post-Feminist Comedy were performed on the CBC Radio program Morningside.