Yvette Nolan (born 1961) is a Canadian playwright, director, actor, and educator based out of Saskatchewan, Canada.
[1][2][3][4] Nolan was born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, to an Algonquin mother and an Irish immigrant father.
Nolan's commitment to Indigenous and feminist live art is attributed to the first time she saw a Native character on stage during Royal Winnipeg Ballet's adaptation of The Ecstasy of Rita Joe.
She has directed plays by George Ryga (The Ecstasy of Rita Joe), Turtle Gals Performance Ensemble (The Only Good Indian) and Marie Clements (Tombs of the Vanishing Indian and The Unnatural and Accidental Women), Kenneth T. Williams (Café Daughter and In Care), Melanie J. Murray (A Very Polite Genocide).
[10] Nolan is an Artistic Associate at Signal Theatre and co-director with Michael Greyeyes of a dance opera (Bearing) at the 2017 Luminato Festival.
Her play The Unplugging received two productions in 2023: the Belfry in Victoria[16] and the Great Canadian Theatre Company in Ottawa.
[17] Her work with Donna-Michelle St. Bernard continued with The First Stone at Buddies in Bad Times in 2022[18] and at Great Canadian Theatre Company in 2023.