Pan Bouyoucas is a Montreal prize-winning writer, playwright, and translator whose novels and plays have been translated into several languages. Two of his novels were written originally in English: The Man Who Wanted to Drink Up the Sea, which was selected by France’s FNAC as one of the 12 best novels of 2005, and The Tattoo, which was longlisted for the 2012 Re-Lit Award.
Maureen Labonté is a dramaturge, translator, and teacher. She has also coordinated a number of play development programs in theatres across Canada, including Québec’s Centre des auteurs dramatiques (CEAD) and Playwrights Workshop Montreal. From 2009 to 2012, she served as jury chair for the prestigious Siminovitch Prize in Theatre.
Labonté has been the co-director of the Banff Playwrights’ Colony since 2008 and has been on faculty since 2003 when she began as resident dramaturge. In 2005, she was named program head.