ABOUT ME

Taylor Marie Graham is a Waterloo Arts Award-winning playwright, a Dora-nominated librettist, and an Assistant Professor at Bishop’s University. She has an MFA in Creative Writing and a PhD in English and theatre studies from the University of Guelph. You can find Taylor’s articles in Canadian Theatre Review, Intermission Magazine, Routledge’s Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, The Conversation, Theatre Research in Canada, Guernica Editions, as well as Canadian Literature. Critics describe her plays and operas as “arresting and funny” (Slotkin), “uncommonly cool” (Mooney on Theatre), “charmingly twisted” (Toronto Star), “powerful, and courageous,” (OnStage), “meaningful for all ages” (Intermission), “darkly evocative” (Istvan Reviews), “psychological, theological, and ornithological” (Our Theatre Voice), “as moving as it is scary” (My Entertainment World), and “profound, beautifully crafted” (StageDoor). In 2024, her play anthology Cottage Radio & Other Plays was published by Talonbooks and Human Voices Wake Us was published by Rosegarden Press.