Norman is currently writing Aging Youth Gang (development from Crow’s Theatre and fu-GEN Theatre Company) and Eunuch X Pirate (Playwright in Residence at Outside the March). Theory premiered at Tarragon Theatre and had an American premiere by Mosaic Theater Company of Washington, D.C. Theory received The Voaden Prize, was nominated for the Carol Bolt Award, and is published by Playwrights Canada Press. Pu-Erh received four Dora Award nominations, including Outstanding New Play, and was a finalist for The Voaden Prize. Shorter plays include The Zoonotic Story (Stratford Festival/National Arts Centre), I Know I’m Supposed to Love You (Touchstone Theatre), Deirdre Dear (LaBute New Theater Festival, St. Louis), In this moment. (Nuit Blanche Toronto), and Black Blood (Tapestry New Opera Showcase, with composer Christiaan Venter). He has been a member of playwright/creator units at Stratford Festival, Tarragon Theatre, fu-GEN Theatre Company, Tapestry Opera, and Canadian Stage. Norman has performed multiple seasons at Stratford Festival, at Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Canadian Stage, Theatre Calgary, Citadel Theatre, Touchstone Theatre, Theatre Orangeville, Drayton Entertainment, Thousand Islands Playhouse, LA Opera, Theatre Conspiracy, Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre, and more. Favourite film and TV roles include a supporting role in Resident Evil: Afterlife and a series regular role in Todd and the Book of Pure Evil. He was a finalist for the Johanna Metcalf Performing Arts Prize, and his work has been studied and featured in the books Reading Wide Awake: Politics, Pedagogies, and Possibilities by Patrick Shannon, and Voices Rising: Asian Canadian Cultural Activism by Xiaoping Li. He holds an Honours BFA in Film from Toronto Metropolitan University, and a BFA in Acting/Theatre from University of British Columbia. Norman was born in Guangzhou, grew up in East Vancouver, and is based in Toronto.
