Jason Hall (playwright)

{{short description|Canadian playwright (born 1978)}} '''Jason Hall''' (born 1978) is a Canadian [[playwright]]. He was born and raised in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]]. He attended [[Queen's University at Kingston|Queen's University]], [[King's College London]], and the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]].

''Eyes Catch Fire'', his first full-length play, won Canada's [[Herman Voaden Playwriting Competition]] in 2003. It was subsequently produced at the [[Finborough Theatre]], London in 2004 and was selected as a [[Time Out (company)|Time Out]] Critics' Choice.<ref>[http://www.finboroughtheatre.co.uk/archive/archive_eyescatchfire.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924013041/http://www.finboroughtheatre.co.uk/archive/archive_eyescatchfire.htm |date=2015-09-24 }} Eyes Catch Fire at Finborough Theatre. Accessed 2009-07-22</ref>

''GBS'', his second play, was first produced at Toronto's [[Factory Theatre]] in 2004 as part of the [[Toronto Fringe Festival]]. Its second production was in 2006 at [[Theatre503]], London.<ref>[http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsH/hall-jason.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923051650/http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsH/hall-jason.html |date=2016-09-23 }} Jason Hall listing in doolee.com. Accessed 2009-07-22</ref> ''GBS''' third production took place in March–April 2010 at [[New York City|New York]]'s off-Broadway Kirk Theatre on [[Theatre Row (New York City)|Theatre Row]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.theclockworktheatre.org/currentprod.html#gbs |access-date=2009-07-22 |title=Archived copy |archive-date=2016-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203071901/http://www.theclockworktheatre.org/currentprod.html#gbs |url-status=dead }}</ref>

''Stand Sentry'', a [[short film]] adapted from his play of the same name, premiered at the Strasbourg International Film Festival on August 31, 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.strasbourgfilmfest.com/shorts-comedy-09.html |title=Strasbourg International Film Festival - Comedic Shorts |website=www.strasbourgfilmfest.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912003020/http://www.strasbourgfilmfest.com/shorts-comedy-09.html |archive-date=2009-09-12}} </ref>

In 2005, he was selected by the [[Royal Court Theatre]] Young Writers Programme to attend the [[World Interplay]] Festival in [[Australia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsH/hall-jason.html |title=Jason Hall - complete guide to the Playwright and Plays |website=www.doollee.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112140106/http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsH/hall-jason.html |archive-date=2009-01-12}} </ref> Later that year, he was chosen by the [[British Council]]'s Visiting Arts programme to spend three months in residence at El Teatro Libre in [[Bogotá, Colombia]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.visitingarts.org.uk/our_work/colombia_programme.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-07-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004170000/http://www.visitingarts.org.uk/our_work/colombia_programme.html |archive-date=2009-10-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

He currently resides in [[London]], UK.

==Plays== * ''Africa Calls'' * ''Avian Citizen'' * ''Eyes Catch Fire'' * ''GBS'' <ref>{{Cite book|isbn = 1-84002-702-9|title = GBS|last1 = Hall|first1 = Jason|year = 2006| publisher=Bloomsbury Academic }}</ref> * ''Insurgency'' * ''Stand Sentry'' * ''10, 11, 12 Third Floor''

==External links== * [http://www.theagency.co.uk/clients/search.html?dirQuickSearch=true&query=Jason+Hall Jason Hall]

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hall, Jason}} [[Category:1978 births]] [[Category:21st-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights]] [[Category:Alumni of King's College London]] [[Category:Canadian male dramatists and playwrights]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Writers from Toronto]] [[Category:21st-century Canadian male writers]]