Biography of Josh MacDonald

Josh MacDonald is a writer and actor living in Dartmouth, N.S.-his plays include Degrees, Whereverville & Halo. Degrees was produced by Festival Antigonish and is the winner of prizes from The Canadian One-Act Playwriting Competition & The Writers¹ Federation of N.S.. Degrees was also turned into an award-winning short film which played at festivals across the country. Whereverville was produced by Two Planks and a Passion Theatre while Josh was the company¹s Writer-In-Residence-Whereverville was shortlisted for the NAC¹s ³On The Verge² Festival and is published by Talonbooks. The play Halo was also commissioned & produced by Two Planks, touring the country twice and twice nominated for Best Play at the NSPTA Merritt Awards. Also published by Talon, Halo has since been produced by numerous companies across Canada and is in development with Telefilm as a feature-length movie. Josh recently optioned his screenplay The Corridor while another script, Over Under Through, was a recent finalist at The Canadian Screenwriting Awards. Josh¹s short films include Dealer, Ties that Bind (Yorkton Festival nominee), and Deadlines, all of which have played festivals and television. Josh has written short drama for CBC National Radio and is the playwriting instructor at Dalhousie University.