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Julie Phan 潘家雯 feels empty inside. If this McGill dropout was a piece of art, she would be the 2004 Quiznos Spongmonkey Campaign. She is a Hoklo-Vietnamese writer, actor and pole artist based in Toronto and Montreal completing her final year as a playwriting student at the National Theatre School of Canada and developing a solo show under Buddies in Bad Times Theatre’s Seeding Work initiative. She is best known for disappointing her father and her work with fu-GEN asian theatre company (double bill, fearless).

published works:

Fine China (Playwrights Guild of Canada, 2019)

awards and distinctions:

Queer Emerging Artist Awards (Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 2021)
Wildfire National Playwriting Competition, First Prize (Major Matt Mason Collective, 2021) for CPC Barbie
Tom Hendry Awards – Robert Beardsley Award, Winner (Playwrights Guild of Canada, 2019) for Fine China
Teenjur Award (Toronto Fringe, 2018) for Fine China

other theatrical experience:

performance:

never walk alone. paprika festival (digital) 2020
five. soulpepper city youth academy 2019
hi… we’re gonna go pick up drugs. fu-gen 2019
fine china. fu-gen 2019
fine china. toronto fringe 2018

production:

double bill: fine china. saigon lotus in collaboration with fu-gen 2019
toronto fringe: fine china. the woodlands theatre company 2018

selected training:

Paprika Playwrights Unit, Paprika Festival 2020 (Bilal Baig)
City Youth Academy, Soulpepper Theatre 2019 (Jennifer Villaverde and others)
Young Playwrights Unit, Tarragon 2016 (Anne Wessel, Paula Wing, Caitie Graham)