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date = "2015-06-25T15:03:00+01:00"
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title = "Anna Chatterton"
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Anna Chatterton is a playwright, librettist and performer. Her play *Within the Glass* was recently produced at Tarragon Theatre where she is a playwright in residence. Anna performed her solo show Quiver at Theatre Aquarius (TA2 Studio series), which will also be produced by Nightwood Theatre in the fall.  

Anna co-writes and performs with the Independent Aunties (*Gertrude and Alice*, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, *Breakfast*, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre and Theatre Centre, *Frances*, *Mathilda and Tea*, Theatre Passe Muraille, *Clean Irene & Dirty Maxine*, Buddies). 

As a librettist her work includes *Swoon* (Canadian Opera Company), *Voice Box* (World Stage/Harbourfront Centre(/Urbanvessel ), *Crush* (Canadian Opera Company/The Banff Centre for the Arts), *See Saw* (Tapestry Opera), and *Stitch* (Theatre Centre/Urbanvessel-Dora nomination for Best New Opera).

Upcoming productions include performing and co-creating *Yellow Wallpaper* (TA2 Series Theatre Aquarius, The Registry, KW), acting in Sky Gilbert’s new play *Princess*, (Hammertheatre), opera *Sweat* (Centre for Contemporary Opera, NYC) and opera *The Man Who Married Himself* (Toronto Masque Theatre). 

Anna is the Playwright-in-Residence at Nightwood Theatre this season and has been a playwright in residence at the National Theatre School of Canada. Anna has her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph and BFA in Theatre Performance from Concordia University.
