Colleen Wagner

Colleen Wagner (born in Elk Point, Alberta)^[1] is a Canadian playwright. She is best known for her 1995 play The Monument, which won the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 1996 Governor General's Awards.^[2] Her other plays have included Sand (1989), Eclipsed (1991), The Morning Bird (2005), Down from Heaven (2009) Home (2010) and The Living (2019).

Colleen Wagner
Born	Elk Point, Alberta
Occupation	playwright
Nationality	Canadian
Period	1980s – present
Notable works	The Monument

Wagner was educated at the Ontario College of Art and Design and the University of Toronto.^[1] She is an associate professor of screenwriting in the film studies department at York University.^[1]

References

1. Jennifer Wise & Craig S. Walker, The Broadview Anthology of Drama, Vol. II: The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. Broadview Press, 2003. ISBN 9781551115825. p. 622.
2. "The Monument: a stark reminder of Rwanda's tragedy". The Globe and Mail, April 28, 2011.

External links

• Colleen Wagner faculty page at York University