{{short description|Canadian playwright|bot=PearBOT 5}} '''Anna Chatterton''' is a Canadian playwright,<ref name=cte>[http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Chatterton%2C%20Anna "Chatterton, Anna"]. ''Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia'', August 7, 2016.</ref> who was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2017 Governor General's Awards for her play ''Within the Glass''.<ref>[https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/local-arts/finalists-named-for-2017-governor-generals-literary-awards "Finalists named for 2017 Governor General's Literary Awards"]. ''Montreal Gazette'', October 4, 2017.</ref><ref name="Maga Within the Glass">{{cite web|last1=Maga|first1=Carly|title=Within the Glass review: Two couples, one pregnancy|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/2016/01/14/within-the-glass-review-two-couples-one-pregnancy.html|website=The Star|date=14 January 2016 |accessdate=14 October 2017}}</ref><ref name="National Post Cushman WTG">{{cite web|last1=Cushman|first1=Robert|title=Within the Glass is a first-rate production of a problematic play|url=https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/theatre/within-the-glass-is-a-first-rate-production-of-a-problematic-play|website=National Post|accessdate=14 October 2017}}</ref>
She was educated in theatre at Concordia University, and in creative writing at the University of Guelph, before becoming playwright in residence at Tarragon Theatre in 2011.<ref name=cte/> Her first play, ''Quiver'', was written as her master's thesis for her MFA at Guelph.<ref name=cte/> ''Within the Glass'' premiered at Tarragon in 2016.<ref name=cte/><ref name="Maga Quiver">{{cite web|last1=Maga|first1=Carly|title=Nightwood Theatre's double bill features two feminist plays: review|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/2016/10/23/nightwood-theatres-double-bill-features-two-feminist-plays-review.html|website=The Star|date=23 October 2016 |accessdate=14 October 2017}}</ref>
She is also a regular collaborator with Evalyn Parry and Karin Randoja in the theatre collective Independent Aunties.<ref name=cte/> Their plays as a collective have included ''Francesca, Mathilda and Tea'',<ref>"Francesca, Mathilda and Tea". ''National Post'', November 5, 2005.</ref> ''The Mysterious Shorts'', ''Clean Irene and Dirty Maxine'',<ref>"Clean Irene and Dirty Maxine". ''National Post'', April 1, 2006.</ref> ''Breakfast'' and ''Gertrude and Alice''.<ref name=cte/> ''Gertrude and Alice'' was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2018 Governor General's Awards.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/books/the-finalists-for-the-2018-governor-general-s-literary-award-for-drama-1.4840585 "The finalists for the 2018 Governor General's Literary Award for drama"]. CBC Books, October 3, 2018.</ref> After a nearly three-year delay due to COVID-19.,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Citron |first=Paula |date=2020-09-08 |title=FEATURE {{!}} Anna Chatterton: An Independent Theatre Artist In A Time Of Plague |url=https://www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/2020/09/08/feature-anna-chatterton-independent-theatre-artist-time-plague/ |access-date=2020-12-04 |website=Ludwig van Toronto}}</ref> Chatterton's play ''Cowgirl Up'' premiered at Alberta Theatre Projects in October 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-14 |title=Cowgirl Up set for ATP world premiere, a few years late |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/cowgirl-up-set-for-atp-world-premiere-a-few-years-late/ |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=Calgary |language=en}}</ref>
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