David Di Giovanni is a Canadian theatre director and playwright, most noted as co-creator with Amanda Cordner of the stage play Body So Fluorescent. [1]
Di Giovanni began his career as an actor. [2] He appeared in early productions of Body So Fluorescent as Gary, [3] although it later evolved into a solo show in which Cordner played all characters, including Gary, herself. [4]
Body So Fluorescent was later adapted as a short film, for which Di Giovanni won the Emerging Canadian Artist award at the 2020 Inside Out Film and Video Festival. [5] After it was published in book form in 2023, Cordner and Di Giovanni received a nomination for that year's Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT literature. [6]
Di Giovanni and Cordner also later collaborated on Wring the Roses. [7]
Di Giovanni, who is out as gay, works as manager of cultural services for the Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library. [8]
David Di Giovanni is a Canadian theatre director and playwright, most noted as co-creator with Amanda Cordner of the stage play Body So Fluorescent. [1]
Di Giovanni began his career as an actor. [2] He appeared in early productions of Body So Fluorescent as Gary, [3] although it later evolved into a solo show in which Cordner played all characters, including Gary, herself. [4]
Body So Fluorescent was later adapted as a short film, for which Di Giovanni won the Emerging Canadian Artist award at the 2020 Inside Out Film and Video Festival. [5] After it was published in book form in 2023, Cordner and Di Giovanni received a nomination for that year's Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT literature. [6]
Di Giovanni and Cordner also later collaborated on Wring the Roses. [7]
Di Giovanni, who is out as gay, works as manager of cultural services for the Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library. [8]