Contributor Bio – Nina Lee Aquino

Nina Lee Aquino

Nina Lee Aquino is a Filipino Canadian director and dramaturg. She was the founding Artistic Director of fu-GEN Asian Canadian Theatre Company, former Artistic Director of Cahoots Theatre, Factory Theatre and is currently the Artistic Director of the National Arts Centre English Theatre. Awards for her work include the Ken McDougall Award, the John Hirsch Prize, the Toronto Theatre Critics Awards for Best Director, Toronto Arts Foundation’s Margo Bindhart and Rita Davies Cultural Leadership Award, and three Dora Awards for Outstanding Direction. Nina is also credited with a string of firsts in Asian Canadian theatre: she organized the first Asian Canadian theatre conference; she edited the first (2-volume) Asian Canadian play anthology, and she co-edited the first (award-winning) book on Asian Canadian theatre. She is an honorary member of the Canadian Association for Theatre Research, an Adjunct Professor at York University’s Department of Theatre and is currently the President of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres.