Dave Deveau is an award-winning writer and performer from Vancouver, B.C. Dave grew up as a film and television actor before crossing over to writing in his teens. He went on to study theatre and playwriting at York University (BFA) and had his first professional play produced while still an undergrad. He subsequently received an MFA in Playwriting from UBC. His work has been produced across Canada and the U.S. as well as in Israel and Ireland. He is the Playwright in Residence for Zee Zee Theatre who commissioned and produced his plays Nelly Boy, Tiny Replicas, the critically acclaimed My Funny Valentine, Lowest Common Denominator, and Elbow Room Cafe: The Musical (with Anton Lipovetsky). His plays for young audiences were all commissioned and premiered by Green Thumb Theatre, and have subsequently continued into other productions: Out in the Open, Celestial Being (co-commissioned with Theatre La Seizieme), and tagged, which is currently touring Israel in Hebrew.
Deveau is one of the Associates at Playwrights Theatre Centre where he is developing a number of projects including new commissions for Zee Zee Theatre: Dead People's Things and Best Case Scenario, the companion play to Lowest Common Denominator. His first feature-length screenplay Us in Nine Months, based on his play Tiny Replicas, just won the Harold Greenberg Award at the Canadian Film Festival and starts shooting in 2020. Dave was recently included in Xtra's Top 30 under 30 and OUTtv's Queers of the Year and is the 2014 recipient of the Pride Legacy Award for Art. He is currently working on new commissions for Green Thumb Theatre, Roseneath Theatre, and The Belfry. In total, his plays to date have been nominated for 20 Jessie Richardson Awards. See www.davedeveau.com and http://mqlit.ca/playwrights/dave-deveau/.
