David S. Craig is an award-winning, internationally produced, dramatist and theatre artist. He has written over thirty plays including The Neverending Story (Stratford Festival/National Arts Centre), Danny, King of the Basement (Roseneath Theatre), Lysistrata and the Temple of Gaia (adapted from Aristophanes), BOMBERS: Reaping the Whirlwind and his hit comedy, Having Hope at Home which premiered at the Blyth Festival and has over twenty professional productions across Canada, the United States and Europe. He was commissioned by CBC Radio to turn his play, the political satire Boooster McCrane, P.M. into a long running radio series (51 episodes) and went on to create The Diamond Lane also broadcast on CBC radio (50 episodes). Other significant plays include Smokescreen, Tough Case, The Fan (adapted from Goldoni), Athabasca with Richard Greenblatt and his hit one man show, NAPALM the MAGNFIICENT. Plays in development include Jacob Two-Two and the Hooded Fan (with Anika and Britta Johnson) for the Stratford Festival and Frenchy’s – The Thrift Store Musical (with John Roby). His work has won the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Production three times, the Chalmers New Play Award three times, the Rideau Award, the Writer’s Guild Prize for Radio Drama and a Harold. He is the first Canadian to be nominated for the German Children’s Theatre Prize and in 2014, he was honoured with the Barbara Hamilton Award for Artistic Excellence by the City of Toronto. Mr. Craig is a Past President of the Playwrights Guild of Canada.
