Leanna Brodie

Leanna Brodie is a leading translator of contemporary Québécois and Franco-Canadian playwrights. Recent premieres: Catherine Léger’s Home Deliveries (Ruby Slippers Theatre/Jericho Arts Centre, Vancouver); David Paquet’s Wildfire (Factory Theatre, Toronto); Anaïs Pellin’s Clementine (Kleine Compagnie/Carousel Theatre/PHT, Vancouver); Fanny Britt’s Benevolence (Ruby Slippers Theatre/Pacific Theatre, Vancouver); Sébastien Harrisson’s From Alaska (Belfry Theatre, Victoria); Rébecca Déraspe’s I Am William (Stratford Festival, Théâtre le Clou); David Paquet’s The Shoe (The Cherry Arts, Ithaca NY).

Brodie has previously translated Christian Bégin, Louise Bombardier, Catherine Bourgeois, Hélène Ducharme, Mohsen El Gharbi, Annie Grenier, Gilles Poulin-Denis, Philippe Soldevila, Gabriel Sabourin, Olivier Sylvestre, and Larry Tremblay, among others.

Her translations, published by Scirocco Drama and Playwrights Canada Press, have won two PGC Tom Hendry Awards and a Dora Mavor Moore Award and been featured on CBC’s PlayMe podcast.

She is also an award-winning actor and writer whose original plays The Vic, For Home and Country, The Book of Esther, and Schoolhouse have been performed across Canada. Most recently, Schoolhouse was revived by Ontario’s 4th Line Theatre. Salesman in China, written in collaboration with Jovanni Sy, premiered at the Stratford Festival and National Arts Centre to great acclaim, winning the Quebec Writer’s Federation Prize for best new play: it will be presented in Toronto by Mirvish productions in the 2026-27 season.

Brodie has taught playwriting at UBC and Concordia University and translation at Playwrights Workshop Montreal. She is working on a new play for the Blyth Festival. and several new translations. www.leannabrodie.com