Anna Chatterton

Anna Chatterton is a Canadian playwright,^[1] who was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2017 Governor General's Awards for her play Within the Glass.^[2][3][4]

She was educated in theatre at Concordia University, and in creative writing at the University of Guelph, before becoming playwright in residence at Tarragon Theatre in 2011.^[1] Her first play, Quiver, was written as her master's thesis for her MFA at Guelph.^[1] Within the Glass premiered at Tarragon in 2016.^[1][5]

She is also a regular collaborator with Evalyn Parry and Karin Randoja in the theatre collective Independent Aunties.^[1] Their plays as a collective have included Francesca, Mathilda and Tea,^[6] The Mysterious Shorts, Clean Irene and Dirty Maxine,^[7] Breakfast and Gertrude and Alice.^[1] Gertrude and Alice was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2018 Governor General's Awards.^[8] After a nearly three-year delay due to COVID-19.,^[9] Chatterton's play Cowgirl Up premiered at Alberta Theatre Projects in October 2022.^[10]