Mansel Robinson, Prince Albert

1999

Mansel grew up in the small railroad and lumbering town of Chapleau, in Northern Ontario. He was writer-in-residence at the Berton House in Dawson City, Yukon, in 1999, and was playwright-in-residence in the Drama Department, University of Saskatchewan in 2000. Street Wheat will tour in 2002; Ghost Trains will be produced in French by Toupe du Jour in 2003; The Heart As It Lived will be produced by Persephone Theatre in 2003 as well. Mansel has a BA in English from the University of Western Ontario and an MA in English from Concordia University, Montreal. He lives in Saskatoon.

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Experience

• Judge, 2002 Short Grain Monologue Contest.
• Residencies: 2000 Playwright in Residence, Dept. of Drama, University of Saskatchewan.
• 1999 Writer in Residence, Berton House, Dawson City, Yukon.
• 1996-1998 Playwright in Residence, Northern Light Theatre, Edmonton.
• 1995 Playwrighting Lab, Sage Hill Writing Experience, Lumsden SK.
• 1992 Playwrights Colony, Banff School of Fine Arts.
• Teaching: 2001 Creative Writing for Teens, Sumo Session, SWG, Saskatoon.
• 2000 Playwriting, University of Saskatchewan.
• 1998 Riverbend Correctional Institute, Prince Albert, SK.
• 1998 Playwriting Mentorship Program, Saskatchewan Writers Guild.
• 1993 Creative Writing (grade school) Saskatchewan Cultural Exchange Society.
• 1991 English Composition, Concordia University, Montreal.
• 1989 Stage Craft, Dawson College Theatre Department, Montreal.
• 1985 Stage Craft, Simon Fraser University Theatre Dept. Burnaby, BC.

Awards Received By Author

• SWG long manuscript award, 1993, Saskatchewan Writers Guild
• City of Regina Writing Award, 1994, City of Regina
• Shortlist, Best New Play, 1994, Sterling Awards, Edmonton
• Co-winner, Distance Writing Award,1996, Geist Magazine
• Shortlist, Acorn-Rukeyeser Chapbook Competition, 1997,
• Short List, Book of the Year, 1998, Saskatchewan Book Awards
• Canada Council, 2000

Books By Author

• Collateral Damage,1994, Blizzard Publishing
• Colonial Tongues, 1995, Playwrights Canada
• Slag, 1997, 1-895449-73-1, Thistledown Press Ltd
• Downsizing Democracy, 1998, Playwrights Canada
• The Heart as It Lived, 1998, Playwrights Canada
• Rock n' Rail: Ghost Trains & Spitting Slag, 2002, Thistledown Press
• Street Wheat, 2002, Coteau Books