Andrea Romaldi - Director of the Playwriting Program

514-842-7954, ext. 150
andrearomaldi@ent-nts.ca

 

Andrea Romaldi is a dramaturg, teacher, and artistic leader. Prior to becoming Director of the Playwriting Program at the National Theatre School of Canada, Andrea spent ten seasons as Literary Manager at Toronto’s Tarragon Theatre, directing the theatre’s extensive roster of play development programs, and assisting in the development of over eighty new plays, with almost thirty produced. They include Governor General Award-nominated plays by Sean Dixon, Brendan Gall, Jonathan Garfinkel, Michael Healey, Joan MacLeod, and Hannah Moscovitch, and Governor General Award-winners Erin Shields and David Yee; eleven Dora Award Outstanding New Play nominees and three winners; and a Trillium Book Award winner. Previously, she was the Artistic Director of Hudson Village Theatre, and has worked with Brian Quirt at Nightswimming and with Maureen Labonte and Neil Munro at the Shaw Festival. Andrea was also a regular panellist for the Directors Lab North, contributing a chapter to The Directors Lab edited by Evan Tsitsias and published by Playwrights Canada Press. Throughout her career, Andrea has mentored both graduate students and professional theatre makers through university training programs, internships, and play development programs at a variety of theatres. Her graduates go on to successful theatre careers, and have received numerous writing awards, writing residencies, and artistic internships immediately following their course of study. Andrea also participated in workshops at the National Theatre Society (Dublin) while she pursued her MPhil in film and theatre at Trinity College, Dublin.

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