Holly Lewis

Playwright

Holly Lewis is a playwright, dramaturg and actor.

Her play, The Fiancée, “a wig-swapping, door-slamming, cake-facing farce”, premiered at the Citadel Theatre, after being shortlisted for the Sharon Pollock Alberta Playwriting Award and winning the Alberta Playwright Competition Novitiate Prize. It has since gone on to several successful regional productions.

Previous plays include co-writing the two international collaborations, Ubuntu: The Cape Town Project (Theatrefront/Tarragon/Citadel/Neptune/Western Canadian tour) and Return: The Sarajevo Project (Theatrefront/Sarajevo Festival/Tarragon, Dora Award nomination). She has worked with artists across the country as a dramaturg and playwriting facilitator.

Holly is currently developing a murder mystery comedy and a modern adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s Three Sisters.

Works by Holly Lewis

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The Fiancée

By Holly Lewis

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This writer is one to watch.

Alberta Playwrighting Competition Panel

(Praise for The Fiancée:)

A fast-paced farce of the highest order ...the show is fast, funny and, at its best, completely ridiculous.

Lianna Faulder
Edmonton Journal

(Praise for The Fiancée:)

A wickedly funny and silly farce...a wonderful treat stuffed with laughs like a double stuffed Oreo cookie and dripping with heart.

Ezekiel McAdams
Culture Gecko