Lorena Gale (May 9, 1958 â€" June 21, 2009) was a Canadian actress,
playwright and theatre director. She was active onstage and in films
and television since the 1980s. She also authored two award-winning
plays, Angélique and Je me souviens.Gale was born in Montreal,
Quebec. She studied at Concordia University and the National Theatre
School and completed a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies from Simon
Fraser University in Vancouver in 2005.Her performances on stage for
Lorraine Hansberry's Raisin in the Sun and Joseph A. Walker's River
Niger won her the Montreal Gazette Theatre Critics Award for
Outstanding Performance in 1981.In 1985 she became the artistic
director of Montréal's Black Theatre Workshop. She then studied
playwriting at the Playwrights' Workshop Montréal.
playwright and theatre director. She was active onstage and in films
and television since the 1980s. She also authored two award-winning
plays, Angélique and Je me souviens.Gale was born in Montreal,
Quebec. She studied at Concordia University and the National Theatre
School and completed a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies from Simon
Fraser University in Vancouver in 2005.Her performances on stage for
Lorraine Hansberry's Raisin in the Sun and Joseph A. Walker's River
Niger won her the Montreal Gazette Theatre Critics Award for
Outstanding Performance in 1981.In 1985 she became the artistic
director of Montréal's Black Theatre Workshop. She then studied
playwriting at the Playwrights' Workshop Montréal.
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