David Di Giovanni is a Canadian theatre director and playwright, most noted as co-creator with Amanda Cordner of the stage play Body So Fluorescent.[1]
Di Giovanni began his career as an actor.[2] He appeared in early productions of Body So Fluorescent as Gary,[3] although it later evolved into a solo show in which Cordner played all characters, including Gary, herself.[4]
Body So Fluorescent was later adapted as a short film, for which Di Giovanni won the Emerging Canadian Artist award at the 2020 Inside Out Film and Video Festival.[5] After it was published in book form in 2023, Cordner and Di Giovanni received a nomination for that year's Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT literature.[6]
Di Giovanni and Cordner also later collaborated on Wring the Roses.[7]
Di Giovanni, who is out as gay, works as manager of cultural services for the Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library.[8]
References edit
- ^ Andrea Warner, "Body So Fluorescent takes a poetic, heartbreaking, but funny look at the two sides of a "We're done" text message". The Georgia Straight, June 3, 2019.
- ^ Pat Donnelly, "Clare Coulter's talents go a long way; Veteran Player ages two decades for her role in 4000 Miles at the Centaur". Montreal Gazette, March 22, 2014.
- ^ Louis Hobson, "Emerging artists'voices find space on centre stage; Sage Theatre's Ignite! festival offers mix of different perspectives". Calgary Herald, June 3, 2017.
- ^ J. Kelly Nestruck, "No Black and white, only blurred lines in Body so Fluorescent and Maanomaa, My Brother: The two Canadian plays are currently on stage in Toronto and blend actors and directors of all skin colours". The Globe and Mail, April 22, 2023.
- ^ "Inside Out LGBT film fest reveals prize winners early". Toronto Star, October 5, 2020.
- ^ Cassandra Drudi, "Memoir, short story collection, and play named 2023 Dayne Ogilvie Prize finalists". Quill & Quire, September 13, 2023.
- ^ Carly Maga, "Experiments and new shows find success as RISER theatre event fills a gap". Toronto Star, May 7, 2019.
- ^ Michael Owen, "'This actually matters': Bradford raises flag to mark Pride Month". Bradford Today, June 2, 2023.