Morris Panych

Reid Gilbert (University of British Columbia); Revised By: Julia Henderson (Concordia University, Canada)

Ed. by Glen Nichols, Mount Allison University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.1.2: Canadian Writing and Culture (Anglophone): The Twentieth Century and beyond, 1900-present.
Vol. editors: Claire-Marie Brisson (Harvard University), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Glen Nichols (Mount Allison University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Wendy Roy (University of Saskatchewan), Denis Salter (McGill University), Karis Shearer (University of British Columbia)

Dates

Born 30 Jun 1952
Activity 1982-ongoing

Places

Born in Canada
Active in Canada

Activities

Primary

Playwright / Dramatist

Other

Teacher/ Professor
Theatre actor
Theatre Director

Resources

Morris Panych is an award-winning, multi-faceted man of the theatre – writer, actor, and director. He has appeared in more than fifty leading roles on stage and many featured performances for television (including a recurring role in the popular series The X-Files) and directed more than ninety Canadian productions. However, Panych considers himself primarily a playwright. Twice, he has received the Governor General's Award for Drama for his plays The Ends of the Earth (1994) and Girl in the Goldfish Bowl (2004). His work is widely produced in Canada, The United States as well as internationally with productions in Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Notably, Productions of Vigil (also titled Auntie and Me), Girl in the Goldfish Bowl, Gordon, The Shoplifters, and The Dishwashers, have been mounted throughout Canada, the US, Europe, Asia, Australia,...

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Citation: Gilbert, Reid, Julia Henderson. "Morris Panych". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 28 December 2006; last revised 14 July 2021. [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=11787, accessed 10 June 2026.]

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