Canadian playwright Chelsea Woolley has been awarded the University of Lethbridge Alumni Association’s 2024 Young Alumni Award. (Photo: University of Lethbridge)

By Christian Oldale

Playwright Chelsea Woolley receives U of L Young Alumni Award

Sep 24, 2024 | 10:14 AM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – Canadian playwright Chelsea Woolley has been awarded the University of Lethbridge Alumni Association (ULAA)’s 2024 Young Alumni Award.

Woolley graduated from the U of L in 2014, and during her time as a student, she was a two-time winner of the Play Right Prize competition as an undergraduate student. Woolley also received the Faculty of Education Gold Medal as the most distinguished graduate of her class.

After graduation, she launched a performing arts program for at-risk and under-housed youth in downtown Toronto. The program helps the youths by allowing them to work with professional artists and learn how to create unique musical and theatre pieces.

In addition to that, she has also partnered with UNICEF Canada for the development of a new play on the Charter of the Rights of the Child and is currently the Head of Drama with the Canadian Children’s Opera Company.

Cyndi Bester, President of the ULAA, says, “Chelsea Woolley’s ascension as one of the strongest writers in Canadian theatre is testament to her skill, talent and unwavering commitment to tell these difficult, powerful stories that speak to a segment of youth that yearns to be heard.”

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Bester continued, “A Faculty of Education graduate, Woolley is an excellent example of the liberal education philosophy of ULethbridge, utilizing her educational background in a fine arts medium and facilitating programming for young people to become engaged in theatre.”

Woolley premiered her most recent play, Paint Me this House of Love, in 2023 at the Tarragon Theatre in Toronto to very positive reviews from critics.

Woolley will be presented with the 2024 Young Alumni Award at the Let There Be Light Night Alumni Achievement Awards celebration on Friday, October 18, 2024.

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