Biography of Beverley Cooper

Beverley has written for theatre, TV and film. She has also written extensively for CBC radio drama; both original dramas and adaptations. Her adaptation of Rohinton Mistry's epic novel A Fine Balance and her original drama It Came from Beyond! both earned her a nomination for a Writer's Guild of Canada Award. Most recently she worked as the story editor on the award winning series Afghanada. as well as producing the second season and directing five episodes. Beverley's writing for theatre includes Thin Ice (co-written with Banuta Rubess - Dora and Chalmer's Awards), Clue in the Fast Lane ( co-written with Ann-Marie MacDonald), the critically acclaimed The Eyes of Heaven (Published in The Canadian Theatre Review Fall 2007) and The Woman in White ( adapted from the novel by Wilkie Collins) which was recently produced at Theatre Aquarius in Hamilton. Her play Innocence Lost: A Play about Steven Truscott was a sold out hit at the 2008 Blyth Festival and will be remounted next September 2009. Innocence Lost will be published this spring by Scirocco Press. Beverley trained as an actor at Studio 58 in Vancouver, and has performed in TV, film and in theatres across the country. Theatre highlights include the original productions and tours of Nothing Sacred by George F Walker and Good-Night Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet by Ann-Marie MacDonald. She has workshopped and performed with Video Cabaret including The Cold War and City for Sale. She first worked with Diane Flacks and Alisa Palmer on the remount of Smudge. Beverley has also acted in TV, radio and film including the feature film Summer of the Monkeys and the TV movie Crossing the Line. She has taken part in many workshops of new Canadian works and has worked collectively many times. Beverley is a member of PEN Canada: an organization that assists writers around the world who are persecuted for the peaceful expression of their ideas. Beverley lives in Toronto, Canada.