Biography
Brynn Cutcliffe is a playwright, director, and (sometimes) performer from Charlottetown, PEI. They love a good stage direction, bad puns, and new Canadian theatre.
Brynn has created and directed plays for Smile Theatre, the Island Fringe Festival, blue: an art pop-up, and a Diva Day fundraising cabaret. Their work has also been featured at festivals such as Brave New Works (Theatre Aquarius), Fresh From the Island (Kings Playhouse/Young at Heart Theatre), and Women’s Work Festival (RCA Theatre Company). During the early days of the pandemic, they created an interactive theatre experience delivered through the mail called The Extraordinary Humans’ Hall of Extraordinary Humanness with Theatre Foolscap. In 2023, their play The Prick received the PARC Award and Patron’s Pick at the Island Fringe Festival.
They have directed at Theatre Sheridan (Into the Woods, 2018) and Flow Fest: a new works festival (Pinkie Promise, 2019), and assistant directed at Theatre Orangeville (Robin Hood, 2018), the Charlottetown Festival (Aqsarniit, 2019), and Talk Is Free Theatre (Sweeney Todd, 2020). As a performer, they have recently worked with Young at Heart Theatre and Smile Theatre.
Current plays in development include The Weatherman, which has received support from the Canada Council for the Arts, and Waiting for Her, which was the winner of Toronto Fringe’s 24 Hour Playwriting Contest in 2023.
Currently, Brynn is Watermark Theatre’s first Playwright in Residence, thanks to funding from the PEI Arts Grants, and the Canada Council for the Arts!
