Guillermo Verdecchia
Writer/Director/Dramaturge
Theatre (selected)
Bhopal - by Rahul Varma, Cahoots Theatre Projects, Toronto, October 2003.
Director
In the Freedom of Dreams - by Michael Miller, Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for
Young People, Toronto, 2003. Director
dreams of blonde and blue - by M.J. Kang, Cahoots Theatre Projects and Theatre
Passe Muraille, Toronto, 2002. Director
Insomnia - created with Daniel Brooks. Theatre Centre, Toronto and Festival
des Ameriques, Montreal 1998/99. Director with Daniel Brooks. (6 Dora nominations
including New Play, Direction and Production. Chalmers Award Finalist)
Truth, or The Terrible But Incomplete Journals of John D. - a live-to-air
radio/theatre event produced by Rumble Theatre, Vancouver, 1996. Writer-Director.
A Line in the Sand - co-written with Marcus Youssef. Produced at Tarragon
Theatre and World Stage Festival, Toronto, April 1996. Director.
True Lies, Rumble Theatre, Vancouver, 1995. Writer-Director.
Chile Con Carne, by Carmen Aguirre, Station Street Theatre, Vancouver, 1995;
Tarragon Extra Space, Toronto, 1999. Director.
WAR, by Dennis Foon, Green Thumb Theatre, Vancouver, 1994. Director.
Fronteras Americanas - Originally produced at Tarragon Theatre, Toronto,
January 1993. (Subsequent productions include: Festival des Ameriques, Manitoba
Theatre Centre, Vancouver Playhouse) Directed by Jim Warren. (Director of
Belfry Theatre Production, Victoria 1994)
The Noam Chomsky Lectures - co-written with Daniel Brooks. Originally produced
at Rhubarb Festival, Toronto, February 1990. (Subsequent productions: World
Stage Festival, Theatre Passe Muraille, Great Canadian Theatre Company)
Co-director with Daniel Brooks.
Get Off the Stage - co-written with Jim Warren. Originally produced at Tarragon
Spring Arts Fair, March 1991. (Subsequent productions: Fringe of Toronto,
Factory Studio Theatre)
Theatre (cont'd)
i.d. - co-written with members of Canadian Stage Hour Co. Produced by Canadian
Stage Hour Co. 1989/90. Directed by Richard Greenblatt
Final Decisions (WAR) - Originally produced at Alberta Theatre Playrites,
March 1990. Directed by Sharon Pollock.
Published
Insomnia - Scirocco, Winnipeg, 1999
Citizen Suárez - short fiction - Talonbooks, Vancouver, 1998
The Terrible But Incomplete Journals of John D. - Canadian Theatre Review,
Toronto, 1997
A Line In The Sand - Talonbooks, Vancouver, 1997
Fronteras Americanas - Coach House Press, Toronto, 1993; Talonbooks 1997
The Noam Chomsky Lectures - Coach House Press, Toronto, 1991; Talonbooks
1997
Screenplays
Dreaming in Salsa - Feature, final draft. Snake Cinema and Shaftesbury Films.
Crucero/Crossroads - 28 minutes, 16 mm., colour. Produced and directed by
Ramiro Puerta, Snake Cinema.
Awards
· Governor General's Award for Drama, 1993 - Fronteras Americanas
· Governor General's Award Nomination, 1992 - The Noam Chomsky Lectures
· Chalmers Canadian Play Award, 1997 - A Line In The Sand
· Chalmers Canadian Play Award, 1993 - Fronteras Americanas
· Chalmers Canadian Play Award, 1992 - The Noam Chomsky Lectures
· Chalmers Canadian Play Award, 1990 - i.d.
· 1995 Montreal International Short Film Festival Prix de Publique;
1995 Cartagena (Colombia) International Film Festival Best Short; 1995 Tampere
(Finland) International Film Festival, Best Fiction Short; 1995 Yorkton
Short Film and Video Festival Golden Sheaf Best Screenplay; 1995 Huesca
(Spain) Festival Internacional de Cortos Best Film - Crucero/Crossroads
· Jessie Award: Outstanding Production Theatre For Young Audiences,
1995 - War
· Canada Council B Grant 1991
· Dora Mavor Moore Award: Outstanding TYA, 1989 - i.d.
Radio (selected)
Camera Lucida - Ideas Documentary. Produced by Bill Lane. CBC
Cancion en el Viento - Radio Drama Feature. Produced and directed by John
Juliani, CBC
Fronteras 1 & 2 - Monologues for Radio. Produced and directed by William
Lane, CBC
The Terrible But Incomplete Journals of John D. Produced by Rumble Theatre;
directed by Guillermo Verdecchia, CFRO
Translation
Twenty Steps To The Promised Land - originally Lo Que Cala Son Los Filos
by Mauricio Jimenez, presented at World Stage Festival, Toronto 1994.
Teaching and
Related
Sessional Instructor: Playwriting and Acting, University of Guelph, Brock
University, 2001-03
Association of Canadian Theatre Research - Conference Keynote, Université
Laval, 2001
Writer-in-residence -- Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1999
Association of Canadian Theatre Research -- Congress of the Social Sciences
and Humanities, University of Ottawa, 1998.
Inter-University Post-Colonial Seminar -- University of London; University
of Nottingham, 1997
Borders and Cultures Conference -- McGill University, 1995
Language Skills
Conversational Spanish and French.
Professional
Affiliations
Artistic Director of Cahoots Theatre Projects 1998-2003
Member of Playwrights Guild of Canada
Member of Canadian Actor's Equity