David Geary is of Taranaki Māori, English, Irish and Scottish blood. He grew up immersed in the Polynesian trickster tales of Māui and is now lives on the lands of the Coyote and Raven Tricksters of Turtle Island/Canada. He is an award-winning playwright, dramaturg, director, screenwriter, fiction writer and poet. David works at Capilano University, where he teaches in the Indigenous Digital Filmmaking, Documentary and Playwriting programs. He also teaches playwrighting and dramaturgy for PTC Playwrights Theatre Centre. He does script consultation for theatre, TV and Film. He lives by the yogic mantra: Life is short, stretch it, writes haiku on twitter @gearsgeary, and takes comedy very seriously.

New play dramaturgy, Indigenous dramaturgy

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