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Caitlin Oleson

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    Pronouns: she/her
    Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba
    Self-Identification: Mixed heritage, female
    Contact: smileygal12@hotmail.com

    Biography

    Caitlin is an early-career playwright whose work has been performed at the Ottawa Fringe Festival, the Kingston Storefront Festival, the TaDa! Festival, and the Fresh Meat Festival. She is a two-time winner of the Sybil Cooke Award through the Ottawa Little Theatre’s National One-Act Playwriting Competition, and she received an Ontario Arts Council Recommender’s Grant through The Ottawa Fringe Festival. In 2021, Caitlin began exploring storytelling. Her early efforts can be found on the GRTTWAK podcast, the Ottawa Storyteller’s Stories in 180 series, and Mindful Habitat’s Canada Celebrates Folklore series. Caitlin is a graduate of the Humber School for Writers.

    Press Release (2022 Ottawa Little Theatre National Playwriting Competition): http://www.ottawalittletheatre.com/winners-81st-annual-national-one-act-playwriting-competition

    Press Release (2020 Ottawa Little Theatre National Playwriting Competition): http://www.ottawalittletheatre.com/winners-79th-annual-national-one-act-playwriting-competition

    Example of Past Work (Storytelling): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5WpP0rBG4g

    Example of Past Work (Storytelling): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezkvc91-ofQ

    Crushed (Fringe Festival Promotion Site): https://fringecrushed.wordpress.com

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