Colleen Murphy
Playwright of The Breathing Hole. Colleen Murphy was born in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, and raised in Northern Ontario. Her play Pig Girl won the 2016 Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama as well as the 2014 Carol Bolt Award. The December Man/L’homme de décembre won the 2007 Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama, the CAA/Carol Bolt Award and the Enbridge Playwrights Award. Other plays include I Hope My Heart Burns First, Armstrong’s War, The Goodnight Bird, Beating Heart Cadaver and The Piper. Libretti include Oksana G., composed by Aaron Gervais for Tapestry Opera, and My Mouth On Your Heart, composed by August Murphy-King for Toy Piano Composers and Bicycle Opera. Colleen twice won awards in the CBC Literary Competition. She is also an award-winning filmmaker, and her distinct films have played in festivals around the world.
