MFA in Writing November Events: Grant Guy
Presentation by the Winnipeg playwright, writer, stage designer, puppeteer and illustrator
MFA in Writing November Events
Poetry, Prose, Plays, Place
Wednesday, Nov. 7
12 noon
Arts 153
Presentation by Winnipeg playwright Grant Guy
Free and open to the public
Info: english.department@usask.ca
Grant Guy is a Winnipeg playwright, writer, stage designer, puppeteer and illustrator. He has designed for many major and smaller theatre companies in Canada from Stratford Shakespeare Festival to Manitoba Theatre Workshop. He was the artistic director of ADHERE + DENY for more than sixteen seasons, where he created and produced 30 plays. He was the ringmaster for The Circus of Objects. His books include Bus Stop Bus Stop? The Life and Lies of Calamity Jane and Blues for a Mustang. Currently he is starting a new company, Two Horses of Paladin. He is also an illustrator and has an illustrated children’s book being released in 2019.
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