Dorothy Dittrich is a Canadian playwright and musical theatre director and composer from Vancouver, British Columbia, [1] who won the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2022 Governor General's Awards for her play The Piano Teacher: A Healing Key. [2]
Prior to its print publication in 2022, The Piano Teacher had its theatrical premiere at Vancouver's Arts Club Theatre in 2017, [1] and won the Jessie Richardson Theatre Award for outstanding original script that year. [3]
Her other plays have included When We Were Singing, [4] The Dissociates [5] and Lesser Demons. [6] She has also released Short Stories, an album of original piano compositions which was produced by June Millington. [7]
She is out as lesbian, [8] and wrote The Dissociates during a writers' residency at Buddies in Bad Times. [9]
Dorothy Dittrich is a Canadian playwright and musical theatre director and composer from Vancouver, British Columbia, [1] who won the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2022 Governor General's Awards for her play The Piano Teacher: A Healing Key. [2]
Prior to its print publication in 2022, The Piano Teacher had its theatrical premiere at Vancouver's Arts Club Theatre in 2017, [1] and won the Jessie Richardson Theatre Award for outstanding original script that year. [3]
Her other plays have included When We Were Singing, [4] The Dissociates [5] and Lesser Demons. [6] She has also released Short Stories, an album of original piano compositions which was produced by June Millington. [7]
She is out as lesbian, [8] and wrote The Dissociates during a writers' residency at Buddies in Bad Times. [9]