Erin Shields is a Canadian playwright best known for radical adaptations of classical texts which bring neglected female characters centre stage. Her latest play Ransacking Troy at The Stratford Festival is a retelling of the Trojan War Narrative from the perspective of its female players. Her additional text for Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing (Stratford Festival) gives a voice to silenced Hero at the climax of the play. Queen Goneril, which premiered at Soulpepper Theatre in rep with King Lear, centres Lear’s stifled daughters as they contend for power in a world that insists they remain powerless. Erin’s illuminating and hilarious adaptation of Paradise Lost (Stratford Festival), won the Quebec Writers Federation Prize for Playwriting. And her harrowing tragedy about sexual violence, If We Were Birds, won the Governor General’s Award for playwriting.
Other plays include: You, always (Canadian Stage), Mary, Mary, Mary, Mary (Crow’s Theatre), Medusa (Soulpepper Theatre), Jane Eyre (Citadel Theatre), Piaf/Dietrich (
Upcoming premieres: To a Flame (Nightwood Theatre/1S1), The Great Gatsby (Citadel Theatre), All's Well (Crow's Theatre/Theatre Aquarius) and A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline (Art's Club).
Erin’s plays are published by Playwrights Canada Press and you can read more about upcoming projects on her website – www.erinshields.ca.
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