{{Short description|Canadian playwright (born 1955)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Frank Moher | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1955}} | birth_place = Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | other_names = | occupation = {{hlist|Playwright|theatre director|journalist}} | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = ''Odd Jobs'' (1985) | website = {{official URL}} }}
'''Frank Moher''' (born 1955) is a Canadian playwright, theatre director, and journalist based in Gabriola Island, British Columbia. His most popular play, ''Odd Jobs'' (1985), was a finalist for the Governor General's Award and won the Los Angeles Drama-Logue Award in 1993. Moher has had a prolific career in theatre, founding the Western Edge Theatre in Nanaimo, British Columbia in 2003 and later serving as its Executive Director until 2022.
Born in Edmonton, he began writing plays in his youth, producing his first while still in high school. He was educated at the University of Alberta, where he later taught. He has written a wide variety of plays and musicals, and has written articles for ''The Globe and Mail'', ''Saturday Night'', and the ''Alberta Report'', among others. Moher is a producer and journalist for Life on Gabriola TV, and was previously the publisher and editor of the online magazine ''backofthebook''.
==Early life and career== Frank Moher was born in 1955 in Edmonton, Alberta.<ref name="bio">{{cite encyclopedia |last=Nothof |first=Anne |date=2022 |title=Moher, Frank |url=https://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Moher%2C%20Frank |encyclopedia=Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia |location=Athabasca, AB |publisher=Athabasca University |access-date=19 September 2025}}</ref> His father was a sportswriter and journalist.<ref name="yellowpoint">{{cite news |author=((Nanaimo Daily News)) |author-mask=[Nanaimo Daily News] |date=22 October 1999 |title=Moher will direct Yellow Point comedy |page=24 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/nanaimo-daily-news-moher-will-direct-yel/181352598/ |work=Nanaimo Daily News |access-date=19 September 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> At the age of 12, Moher performed in the musical ''Jackpot'' at Walterdale,<ref>{{cite news |last=Nicholls |first=Liz |date=30 April 1991 |title=Prairie playwright a coastal convert |page=53 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/edmonton-journal-prairie-playwright-a-co/181351186/ |work=Edmonton Journal |access-date=19 September 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> later attributing his interest in stage performance to the "electrifying experience" of the musical. He spent part of his youth in New York and Connecticut before returning to Alberta.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=24 September 1988 |page=49 |title=Youthful Frank Moher found unique fulfillment on stage |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-globe-and-mail-i-was-at-loose-ends/181421957/ |work=The Globe and Mail |access-date=20 September 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Moher produced his first play, ''Damn You, Shakespeare'', at the age of 15 while attending Bishop Grandin High School in Calgary. It won second place in the Alberta Playwriting Competition.<ref>{{cite news |author=((Calgary Herald)) |author-mask=[Calgary Herald] |date=4 February 2004 |title=Playwright up to the challenge |page=37 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/calgary-herald-playwright-up-to-the-chal/181351129/ |work=Calgary Herald |access-date=19 September 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Moher's first published play, ''Pause'',<ref>{{cite book |last=Melnyk |first=George |date=1998 |title=The Literary History of Alberta |url=https://archive.org/details/literaryhistoryo0002meln/page/101/ |url-access=registration |location=Edmonton, AB |publisher=University of Alberta Press |page=101 |isbn=0-8886-4324-1 |access-date=20 September 2025 |via=the Internet Archive}}</ref> premiered at the 49th Street Theatre in Calgary in 1974, and won the Alberta Adult Playwriting Contest the same year.<ref name="pause"/>
After graduating from high school, Moher attended the University of Alberta in Edmonton.<ref name="bio"/> During his second year there, he was given a copy of Henry Kreisel's ''The Broken Globe'', which he subsequently adapted into a play. Moher's ''The Broken Globe'' was first performed at a university workshop production,<ref name="hobson">{{cite news |last=Hobson |first=Louis B. |date=2 February 1978 |page=23 |title=The Frank Moher touch |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-calgary-albertan-the-frank-moher-tou/181412790/ |work=The Calgary Albertan |access-date=20 September 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> and premiered at Theatre 3 in Edmonton in February 1976.<ref>{{cite news |last=Vlief |first=Janet |date=21 February 1976 |page=51 |title=A Ukrainian war of the worlds... |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/edmonton-journal-a-ukrainian-war-of-the/182378371/ |work=Edmonton Journal |access-date=5 October 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Portman |first=Jamie |date=27 February 1976 |page=46 |title=Broken Globe poignant tale of family split |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/edmonton-journal-broken-globe-poignant-t/182378399/ |work=Edmonton Journal |access-date=5 October 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ''The Broken Globe'' was subsequently adapted for local television, airing on CBXT in March 1976.<ref>{{cite news |author=((Edmonton Journal)) |author-mask=[Edmonton Journal] |date=5 March 1976 |page=126 |title=Local production airing Saturday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/edmonton-journal-local-production-airing/182378569/ |work=Edmonton Journal |access-date=5 October 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
During the production of ''The Broken Globe'' at Theatre 3, Moher was commissioned to create a children's play for the theatre's Christmas show. In collaboration with the composer Lawrence Reese, Moher produced the musical ''The Grimm Brothers' Road Show''. Moher expressed dissatisfaction with the musical, referring to the Brothers Grimm fairy tales as "too moralistic and often quite frightening." Moher and Reese collaborated again on ''Doctor Dolittle'' at the Northern Light Theatre, where the production had a long run and was quite well-received.<ref name="hobson"/> Moher later settled on Gabriola Island in British Columbia in the late 1980s.<ref name="atsea">{{cite news |last=Dunstan |first=Richard |date=7 February 1990 |page=13 |title=College play written to fit students' lives |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/nanaimo-daily-news-college-play-written/181353055/ |work=Nanaimo Daily News |access-date=19 September 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
==Playwrighting== Moher's most celebrated work, ''Odd Jobs'' (1985), was a finalist for the Governor General's Award and won the Los Angeles Drama-Logue Award in 1993.<ref name="oddjobs">{{cite encyclopedia |last=Charlebois |first=Gaetan |date=2021 |title=Odd Jobs |url=https://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Odd%20Jobs |encyclopedia=Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia |location=Athabasca, AB |publisher=Athabasca University |access-date=19 September 2025}}</ref> In 1989, Moher won the Sterling Award for his play ''Prairie Report'' (1988).<ref name="bio"/> Among his other plays are ''The Third Ascent'' (1988), which toured Canada and won the Edmonton Sterling Award for Outstanding New Play; ''Supreme Dream'' (with Rhonda Trodd, 1995), which also toured Canada; and ''Big Baby'' (2004), which was performed across Europe.<ref name="pgc">{{cite web |author=((PGC)) |author-mask=[PGC] |date=2025 |title=Frank Moher |url=https://playwrightsguild.ca/playwright/moher-frank/ |location=Toronto, ON |publisher=Playwrights Guild of Canada |access-date=20 September 2025}}</ref> Moher has also written musicals, including ''McLuhan: The Musical'',<ref name="bio"/> which premiered at the Great Canadian Theatre Company in 1994.<ref name="mcluhan">{{cite news |last=Conlogue |first=Ray |date=28 October 1994 |page=58 |title=When the medium fails to deliver the message |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-globe-and-mail-when-the-medium-fails/181411425/ |work=The Globe and Mail |access-date=20 September 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> He created E-script, an online playwrighting workshop, and ProPlay, an online play publisher.<ref name="pgc"/> Moher has taught and lectured at the University of Alberta, the University of British Columbia, and Malaspina College (Vancouver Island University).<ref name="bio"/>
Moher founded the Western Edge Theatre in Nanaimo, British Columbia in 2003,<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Moher |first=Frank |date=2019 |title=Western Edge Theatre |url=https://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Western%20Edge%20Theatre |encyclopedia=Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia |location=Athabasca, AB |publisher=Athabasca University |access-date=20 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Burgan |first=Kate |date=30 October 2004 |page=4 |title=Western Edge Theatre filling niche |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/nanaimo-daily-news-western-edge-theatre/181352877/ |work=Nanaimo Daily News |access-date=19 September 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> where he was the artistic producer from 2003 to 2012.<ref name="bio"/> He retired as Executive Director of the theatre in 2022.<ref>{{cite news |author=((Nanaimo Bulletin News)) |author-mask=[Nanaimo Bulletin News] |date=9 September 2022 |title=Western Edge Theatre company's founder steps down after 20 years |url=https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/entertainment/western-edge-theatre-companys-founder-steps-down-after-20-years-7234613 |work=Vancouver Island Free Daily |publisher=Black Press Media |access-date=20 September 2025}}</ref>
==Television, film, and radio== Moher has written for television, film, and radio.<ref name="bio"/> In 1978, his radio play ''Down for the Weekend'' aired on CBC Radio's Radio Drama Series.<ref name="hobson"/> Moher subsequently adapted the play for stage, which premiered at the Northern Light Theatre in 1980.<ref name="bio"/> His other radio plays include ''Orchids and Cacti'' (1980), for which he was nominated for an ACTRA Award for Best Writer in 1981;<ref name="actra">{{cite news |last=Birnie |first=Peter |date=11 February 1981 |page=70 |title=ACTRA Awards nominations |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/edmonton-journal-actra-awards-nomination/181417912/ |work=Edmonton Journal |access-date=20 September 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ''Life Line'' (1982), and ''Janus'' (1984).<ref name="gale"/>
He portrayed the mob boss Lucien in the 2016 film ''The Ol' Amity Blues'', directed by Jeff James Monson.<ref>{{cite news |last=Stern |first=Rachel |date=29 August 2016 |title=Nanaimo director Jeff James Monson creates independent film about friendship and betrayal |url=https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/life/nanaimo-director-jeff-james-monson-creates-independent-film-about-friendship-and-betrayal-1033501 |work=Nanaimo News Bulletin |access-date=20 September 2025}}</ref>
==Journalism== As a journalist, Moher has written for ''The Globe and Mail'', ''Saturday Night'', the ''Alberta Report'',<ref name="bio"/> the ''National Post'', the ''Vancouver Sun'', and ''The Georgia Straight''.<ref name="yellowpoint"/> Moher is a producer and journalist for the local media organization Life on Gabriola TV,<ref>{{cite AV media |last=Pugh |first=Joe |date=21 February 2024 |title=Local Journalism Initiative uncertainty |url=https://www.chly.ca/midcoastmorning/lji |format=Radio |work=CHLY-FM |language=en |location=Nanaimo, B.C. |publisher=Radio Malaspina Society |access-date=5 October 2025}}</ref> and was the publisher and editor of the online magazine ''backofthebook''.<ref>{{cite news |author=((Island Tides)) |author-mask=[Island Tides] |date=13 February 2014 |title=Gabriola Radio appoints 1st spoken word director |url=https://islandtides.com/assets/reprint/IslandTides_Jan31_13.pdf |work=Gulf Islands Island Tides |volume=25 |issue=2 |access-date=22 September 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102223619/https://islandtides.com/assets/reprint/IslandTides_Jan31_13.pdf |archive-date=2 November 2021}}</ref>
==Works== ===Plays=== * ''Pause'' (1974), 49th Street Theatre, Calgary.<ref name="pause">{{cite book |author=((Playwrights Canada)) |author-mask=[Playwrights Canada] |date=1977 |title=A Directory of Canadian Plays and Playwrights |url=https://archive.org/details/directoryofcanad0000unse_p6z8/page/90/ |location=Toronto, ON |publisher=Playwrights Co-op |page=90 |isbn=978-0-8875-4261-9 |access-date=20 September 2025 |via=the Internet Archive}}</ref><ref name="newdrama">{{cite book |editor-last=Salter |editor-first=Denis |date=1984 |title=New Canadian Drama 3 |url=https://archive.org/details/newcanadiandrama0000unse_m9l2/ |url-access=registration |location=Ottawa, ON |publisher=Borealis Press |page=165 |isbn= 978-0-88887-880-9|access-date=20 September 2025 |via=the Internet Archive |issn=0825-382X}}</ref> * ''The Broken Globe'' (1976), Theatre 3.<ref name="newdrama"/> * ''Stage Falls'' (1978), Persephone.<ref name="bio"/> * ''Down For The Weekend'' (1980), Northern Light Theatre.<ref name="bio"/> * ''Odd Jobs'' (1985), Theatre Network.<ref name="oddjobs"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Moore |first=Kerry |date=19 January 1986 |page=70 |title=Odd Jobs really connects |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-province-odd-jobs-really-connects/181353532/ |work=The Province |location=Vancouver, B.C. |access-date=19 September 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Drake |first=Sylvie |date=9 November 1992 |page=188 |title='Odd Jobs' is penetrating look at human triangle |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-odd-jobs-is-pene/181422737/ |work=The Los Angeles Times |access-date=20 September 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Milani |first=Joanne |date=3 April 1992 |page=65 |title='Odd Jobs' story line doesn't work |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tampa-tribune-odd-jobs-story-line/181423935/ |work=The Tampa Tribune |access-date=20 September 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Fleming |first=John |date=10 April 1992 |page=203 |title=A tough ask for viewers |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tampa-bay-times-a-tough-ask-for-viewers/181424247/ |work=Tampa Bay Times |access-date=20 September 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> * ''Sliding for Home'' (1987) with Gerald Reid and William Shookhoff, Workshop West Theatre.<ref>{{cite news |last=Nicholls |first=Liz |date=23 November 1987 |page=36 |title=Baseball play smashing |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/edmonton-journal-baseball-play-smashing/182377112/ |work=Edmonton Journal |access-date=5 October 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=((The Canadian Press)) |author-mask=[The Canadian Press] |date=16 December 1987 |page=27 |title=Playwright aims at Edmonton audiences |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/north-bay-nugget-playwright-aims-at-edmo/181417642/ |work=North Bay Nugget |agency=The Canadian Press |access-date=20 September 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> * ''The Third Ascent'' (1988), Theatre Network.<ref>{{cite news |last=Portman |first=Jamie |date=26 February 1988 |page=44 |title=Playwright's latest play solidifies fine reputation |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/calgary-herald-playwrights-latest-play/181353430/ |work=Calgary Herald |access-date=19 September 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Crew |first=Robert |date=7 March 1990 |page=45 |title=Acclaimed production falls under heavy hand |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-acclaimed-production-fa/181353633/ |work=The Toronto Star |access-date=19 September 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> * ''Prairie Report'' (1988), Workshop West Theatre.<ref>{{cite news |last=Nicholls |first=Liz |date=22 October 1988 |page=55 |title=Literate play whacks right, left with gusto |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/edmonton-journal-literate-play-whacks-ri/181411316/ |work=Edmonton Journal |access-date=20 September 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> * ''At Sea'' (1990), Malaspina College Theatre.<ref name="atsea"/> * ''Farewell'' (1991), Workshop West Theatre.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lacey |first=Liam |date=10 May 1991 |title=Characters suspended in island time |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-globe-and-mail-characters-suspended/181412343/ |work=The Globe and Mail |access-date=20 September 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> * ''Kidnapping the Bride'' (1991), Alberta Theatre Projects.<ref name="bio"/> * ''Brother XII'' (1991), Nanaimo Festival.<ref>{{cite news |last=Chamberlain |first=Adrian |date=23 August 1991 |page=24 |title=60 years later, cult keeps firing up hot debate |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/times-colonist-60-years-later-cult-keep/181352954/ |work=Times Colonist |location=Victoria, B.C. |access-date=19 September 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> * ''Blue Trumpeter'' (1993), Studio Theatre.<ref>{{cite news |last=Nicholls |first=Liz |date=2 April 1993 |title=U of A dropout scripts his own homecoming: Commission for new play brings Frank Moher back |page=35 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/edmonton-journal-u-of-a-dropout-scripts/181351085/ |work=Edmonton Journal |access-date=5 October 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> * ''Supreme Dream'' (1995) with Rhonda Trodd, Theatre Network.<ref>{{cite news |last=Nicholls |first=Liz |date=24 April 1995 |page=18 |title=Motown and the white girl: Rhonda Trodd didn't stop pursuing her dream to be a Supreme |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/edmonton-journal-motown-and-the-white-gi/181352460/ |work=Edmonton Journal |access-date=19 September 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Nicholls |first=Liz |date=29 April 1995 |page=38 |title=Rhonda dreamed Supreme in the name of love |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/edmonton-journal-rhonda-dreamed-supreme/182377252/ |work=Edmonton Journal |access-date=5 October 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> * ''All I Ever Wanted'' (1995), Nanaimo Festival.<ref>{{cite news |last=Chamberlain |first=Adrian |date=10 November 1995 |page=51 |title=Gabriola paper war sparks play |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/times-colonist-gabriola-paper-war-sparks/181418302/ |work=Times Colonist |location=Victoria, B.C. |access-date=20 September 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Brett |first=Mark |date=17 November 1995 |title=Play may hit close to home |page=16 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/nanaimo-daily-news-play-may-hit-close-to/181412683/ |work=Nanaimo Daily News |access-date=20 September 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="bio"/> * ''Tolstoy's Wife'' (1997), Alberta Theatre Projects.<ref>{{cite news |last=Taylor |first=Kate |date=20 February 1997 |page=78 |title=Clever Tolstoy play ignores tragedy |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-globe-and-mail-clever-tolstoy-play-i/181412154/ |work=The Globe and Mail |access-date=20 September 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="bio"/> * ''Weather'' (1999), Alberta Theatre Projects.<ref>{{cite news |last=Morrow |first=Martin |date=31 January 1999 |title=Mental illness tackled with humour, pathos |page=29 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/calgary-herald-mental-illness-tackled-wi/181351246/ |work=Calgary Herald |access-date=19 September 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Dafoe |first=Chris |date=25 February 1999 |page=52 |title=A crazy little thing called crazy |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-globe-and-mail-a-crazy-little-thing/181353349/ |work=The Globe and Mail |access-date=19 September 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> * ''Big Baby'' (2004), Alberta Theatre Projects.<ref name="bio"/> * ''Run in Fields'' (2017), Western Edge Theatre.<ref>{{cite news |last=Jacobson |first=Josef |date=23 November 2017 |title=Western Edge season begins with new local play |url=https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/entertainment/western-edge-season-begins-with-new-local-play-1050029 |work=Nanaimo News Bulletin |access-date=22 September 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250922153043/https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/entertainment/western-edge-season-begins-with-new-local-play-1050029 |archive-date=22 September 2025}}</ref> * ''Boy Player'' (2025), Gabriola Theatre Festival.<ref>{{cite news |last=Moher |first=Frank |date=6 August 2025 |title=Boy Player to premier at 2025 Theatre Festival |url=https://soundernews.com/boy-player-to-premier-at-2025-theatre-festival/ |work=Gabriola Sounder |access-date=22 September 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250819224052/https://soundernews.com/boy-player-to-premier-at-2025-theatre-festival/ |archive-date=19 August 2025}}</ref>
===Radio plays=== * ''Down for the Weekend'' (1978), CBC Radio.<ref name="hobson"/> * ''Orchids and Cacti'' (1980), CBC Radio.<ref name="actra"/><ref name="gale"/> * ''Life Line'' (1982), CBC Radio.<ref name="gale"/> * ''Janus'' (1984), CBC Radio.<ref name="gale"/> * ''Restoration'' (1988), CBC Radio.<ref>{{cite news |author=((Kingston Whig-Standard)) |author-mask=[Kingston Whig-Standard] |date=14 May 1988 |page=141 |department=FM program listings |title=CBCK Vanishing Point: Restoration by Frank Moher |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kingston-whig-standard-restoration-b/181547318/ |work=The Kingston Whig-Standard |access-date=22 September 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> * ''City of Champions'' (1989), CBC Radio.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Nothof |first=Anne |date=1990 |title=Canadian Radio Drama in English: Prick Up Your Ears |url=https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/tric/article/view/7300/8359 |journal=Theatre Research in Canada Recherches théâtrales Au Canada |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=59–70 |issn=1913-9101 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |doi=10.3138/tric.11.1.59 |access-date=22 September 2025}}</ref> * ''Enemy Alien'' (1990), CBC Radio.<ref>{{cite news |last=van Luven |first=Lynne |date=4 November 1990 |page=25 |title=War-time internment diary resurfaces on CBC radio |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/edmonton-journal-war-time-internment-dia/181547430/ |work=Edmonton Journal |access-date=22 September 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
===Musicals=== * ''The Grimm Brothers' Road Show'' (1975) with Lawrence Reese, Theatre 3.<ref name="hobson"/><ref name="gale">{{cite book |editor-last=Ferrara |editor-first=Miranda Herbert |date=2004 |title=Writers Directory 2005 |location= |publisher=St. James Press |page= |isbn=1-5586-2514-3}}</ref> * ''Doctor Dolittle'' (1977) with Lawrence Reese, Northern Light Theatre.<ref name="gale"/> * ''McLuhan: The Musical'' (1994) with Gerald Reid, Great Canadian Theatre Company.<ref name="mcluhan"/> * ''Moonbound!'' (2014) with Antonio Gradanti, Over the Moon Theatricals.<ref>{{cite news |last=Pescod |first=Nicholas |date=3 June 2014 |title=Musical hopes to spark local theatre community |url=https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/entertainment/musical-hopes-to-spark-local-theatre-community-1027726/ |work=Nanaimo News Bulletin |access-date=5 October 2025}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Further reading== {{Refbegin}} * {{cite news |last=Chamberlain |first=Adrian |date=21 August 2010 |page=49 |title=Art hits the bottle depot |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/times-colonist-art-hits-the-bottle-depot/181352811/ |work=Times Colonist |location=Victoria, B.C. |access-date=19 September 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}} * {{cite news |last=Morrow |first=Martin |date=30 April 1994 |page=50 |title=Awards surprise Frank Moher |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/calgary-herald-awards-surprise-frank-moh/181352658/ |work=Calgary Herald |access-date=19 September 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}} * {{cite news |last=Nicholls |first=Liz |date=16 October 1988 |title=Playwright stays rooted in the West |pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/article/edmonton-journal-playwright-stays-rooted/181418057/ F6], [https://www.newspapers.com/article/edmonton-journal-moher-sets-dizzying-pac/181418097/ F8] |work=Edmonton Journal |via=Newspapers.com}} * {{cite journal |last=Nothof |first=Anne |date=1987 |title=Collective Creativity: Working Odd Jobs |journal=Canadian Drama |volume=13 |issue=1 |pages=}} * {{cite book |last=Nothof |first=Anne |date=2008 |section=Reacting to the Right[eous]: The Political Plays of Frank Moher, Lyle Victor Albert, Raymond Storey and Greg Nelson |title=Theatre in Alberta: Critical Perspectives on Canadian Theatre in English |volume=11 |url= |location=Toronto |publisher=Playwrights Canada Press |isbn=978-0-8875-4753-9}} {{Refend}}
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