Canadian playwright and screenwriter
Sean Reycraft |
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| Nationality | Canadian |
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| Occupation(s) | television producer and playwright |
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Sean Reycraft is a Canadian screenwriter, television producer and playwright.[1] He is most noted for his theatrical play Pop Song, which won the Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award in the Youth Theatre division in 2001,[2] and as the screenwriter of Laurie Lynd's 2007 film Breakfast with Scot.[3]
The son of former Ontario MPP Doug Reycraft,[4] he was born and raised in Glencoe.[1] He was an actor in the early 1990s before premiering his first play, Einstein Dreams at Buddies in Bad Times in 1996.[5] His later plays included Reconstruction,[6] The End of Dancing,[7] Roundabout,[8] Strange Things Happen,[9] and One Good Marriage.[1]
He studied film and television writing at the Canadian Film Centre,[4] and has since been a writer and producer on television series such as Braceface, The Eleventh Hour, Degrassi: The Next Generation, Instant Star, Slings & Arrows, The Best Years, 90210, Being Erica, The Vampire Diaries, Switched at Birth, Finding Carter and Killjoys.
He is out as gay.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Reycraft's craft". Now, January 22, 2004.
- ^ "Chalmers winners for the last time ; Rich theatre awards will be replaced with grants system". Toronto Star, May 15, 2001.
- ^ "Gay 'thoughtful comedy' stars fictional Leafs player". Winnipeg Free Press, November 25, 2006.
- ^ a b "Prime Time: Citizen writer Tony Atherton follows a group of students taking a crash course on writing for TV". Ottawa Citizen, May 27, 1999.
- ^ "Experimenting with Rhubarb: Unpredictable fest of short works opens with six new shows". Toronto Star, February 1, 1996.
- ^ "Parental anguish, guilt hit the mark". Toronto Star, August 18, 1996.
- ^ "What happens when the Shaw meets gay theatre?: The result is a Winter Fling". National Post, December 11, 1999.
- ^ "Staged misbehavin' ; Xtreme lineup won't shy away from dangerous questions". Toronto Star, February 28, 2002.
- ^ "Salons & Soirees". Toronto Star, April 10, 2003.
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