Douglas E. Hughes

Douglas E. Hughes has written two short plays for the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Debussy: At Sea and The Talking Cure; a one-act comedy, Taken For Granted; three screenplays, Hearing Trouble, Star Struck and A Different Corner; and two novels, a comedy/thriller called The Poor Player and its sequel, The Shaming of the True, as well as the seven plays he’s written with his cohort Marcia Kash. Doug has also been a professional actor since 1979. To date, he has spent a combined 16 seasons at the Shaw and Stratford Festivals, and has worked on stage, TV, film and radio across Canada and in the U.S. He makes his home in Toronto.