Chris Craddock 

Chris Craddock graduated from the University of Alberta’s BFA Acting Program in 1996. Since then he has written or co-written over 20 plays for Edmonton Fringe Theatre Festival,main-stage and TYA audiences, as well as 2 feature films. Craddock has also written three musicals, two of which have been staged. Craddock has been nominated for eighteen Sterling Awards,and has won five. He is also the recipient of the Centennial Medal of Alberta for his contribution to the Arts.

Some highlights include: BASH’d a gay rap opera, which played three months off-Broadway and is the recipient of a GLAAD award; BoyGroove, which received a six week commercial run in Toronto and a Dora Award; and 3…2…1, which toured to the Magnetic North Festival in Ottawa 2006. The Pharmacist/La Pharmacien, a bilingual feature film written by and co-starring Craddock is currently in audio-post. Summer of My Amazing Luck (adapted from the novel of the same name by Miriam Toews) toured extensively in Canada and is being developed into a feature film by Merit Productions in Winnipeg. His hit solo show, Moving Along, has toured across Canada (presented by such companies as One Yellow Rabbit and Theatre Network) and was filmed for Bravo Television’s Singular Series.

Craddock was Artistic Director of Azimuth Theatre from 2001 to 2005, and Artistic Director of Rapid Fire Theatre from 2005 to 2009. In 2001, NeWest Press published Craddock’s writings for teens in a compilation entitled Naked at School – Three Plays for Teens, which won an Alberta Book Award.