Marie Barlizo is a Montreal-based Filipino-Chinese playwright, screenwriter, producer, dramaturg, and mom of two. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing (TV) from UBC and is the first BIPOC to graduate from the National Theatre School’s Playwriting Program. She’s an instructor and playwriting mentor at NTS and NTS’ Public Courses, mentor at Imago Theatre’s Nested Circles (2024-25), recipient of the 2022 Bernard Amyot Teaching Award at National Theatre School and winner of the 2022 Jovette Marchessault award for Playwriting. Select Credits: residency at Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre (2022-2025); residency at Native Earth Performing Arts (2024); residency at Performance Laboratory, Inc (Philippines, 2024); residency at Boca del Lupo (2023); Lucky excerpt published in Canadian Theatre Review (193), 2023; Lucky production at 2022 rEvolver Festival; The Little Mighty Superhero, Geordie Theatre 20-21 2Play Tour