Dave Deveau

As an award-winning writer, Dave Deveau investigates queer themes that speak to a broad audience. His work has been produced across North America and in Europe. He is the Co-Artistic & Managing Director of Carousel Theatre for Young People, and was the Founding Associate Artistic Director of Zee Zee Theatre, a Vancouver-based company that amplifies voices from the margins with a focus on LGBTQ2S+ work. Zee Zee has premiered his plays Nelly Boy, Tiny Replicas, the critically-acclaimed My Funny Valentine (Sydney Risk Prize, Jessie Nomination, Oscar Wilde Nomination – Dublin), Lowest Common Denominator, Elbow Room Café: The Musical (with Anton Lipovetsky), Dead People’s Things and Holiday at the Elbow Room Café. He is devoted to developing intelligent, theatrical plays for young people that foster conversation. His plays for young audiences include Out in the Open, tagged (Dora nomination) and Celestial Being (Jessie Nomination), Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls (Dora nomination, Jessie awards) and The Papa Penguin Play. He is currently working on commissions for Zee Zee Theatre, and Arts Club Theatre Company. In total, his plays have been nominated for 28 Jessie Awards (Vancouver), 4 Ovation Awards  (Vancouver) and 4 Dora Awards (Toronto). He is published in Scirocco’s Fierce anthology and his first book called CISSY: Three Gender Plays is published by Talonbooks. www.davedeveau.com