Lib Spry
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| Years active | 1986-pres. |
| Known for | Co-founder of Company of Sirens |
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Lib Spry is a Canadian director, playwright, and academic. She is a co-founder of Company of Sirens and Straight Stitching Productions and served as the artistic director of Passionate Balance.
In 1986, Spry co-founded the feminist theatre company, Company of Sirens, with Lina Chartrand, Aida Jordão, Catherine Glen, Shawna Dempsey, and Cynthia Grant.[1] With Company of Sirens, Spry created the play, The Working People's Picture Show, which was first staged in 1987.[2][3] With Shirley Barrie, Spry co-founded Straight Stitching Productions in 1989.[4] Spry served as the artistic director of the Ottawa-based theatre company, Passionate Balance. In 1992, she co-developed, with Rob Thompson, the play Collateral Damages. The play used techniques of the Theatre of the Oppressed.[5]
In 2012, Spry directed Where the Blood Mixes by Kevin Loring.[6][7] In 2013, Spry was set to direct the mini-musical, Marg Szkaluba (Pissy's Wife), written by Ron Chambers, at the Rialto Theatre in Montreal; however, the show was indefinitely postponed when the show's star, Carolyn Fe, became ill.[8]
Spry has taught at the University of Ottawa, Queen's University, and Concordia University. She currently teaches at McGill University.[9]