Jason Hall (playwright)

Jason Hall (born 1978) is a Canadian playwright. He was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. He attended Queen's University, King's College London, and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

Eyes Catch Fire, his first full-length play, won Canada's Herman Voaden Playwriting Competition in 2003. It was subsequently produced at the Finborough Theatre, London in 2004 and was selected as a Time Out Critics' Choice.[1]

GBS, his second play, was first produced at Toronto's Factory Theatre in 2004 as part of the Toronto Fringe Festival. Its second production was in 2006 at Theatre503, London.[2] GBS' third production took place in March–April 2010 at New York's off-Broadway Kirk Theatre on Theatre Row.[3]

Stand Sentry, a short film adapted from his play of the same name, premiered at the Strasbourg International Film Festival on August 31, 2009.[4]

In 2005, he was selected by the Royal Court Theatre Young Writers Programme to attend the World Interplay Festival in Australia.[5] Later that year, he was chosen by the British Council's Visiting Arts programme to spend three months in residence at El Teatro Libre in Bogotá, Colombia.[6]

He currently resides in London, UK.

Plays

• Africa Calls
• Avian Citizen
• Eyes Catch Fire
• GBS [7]
• Insurgency
• Stand Sentry
• 10, 11, 12 Third Floor

External links

• Jason Hall

Notes

1. [1] Eyes Catch Fire at Finborough Theatre. Accessed 2009-07-22
2. [2] Archived 2016-09-23 at the Wayback Machine Jason Hall listing in doolee.com. Accessed 2009-07-22
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-12-03. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
4. "Strasbourg International Film Festival - Comedic Shorts". www.strasbourgfilmfest.com. Archived from the original on 2009-09-12.
5. "Jason Hall - complete guide to the Playwright and Plays". www.doollee.com. Archived from the original on 2009-01-12.
6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-04. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
7. Hall, Jason (2006). GBS. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 1-84002-702-9.