Sean Dixon

Sean Dixon is a writer and actor. Currently he is writing The Gift of the Coat, a play about a man and a coat. Other works for theatre include Billy Nothin’, Sam’s Last Dance, The Painting, Aerwacol, and a solo show, Falling Back Home. As an actor he has appeared on stages across the country, from the Blyth Festival to Toronto's Factory Theatre to underneath the Burrard Street Bridge in Vancouver. He helped to found the innovative 90's Winnipeg Theatre Company PRIMUS and is Playwright-out-of Residence for Victoria's Theatre SKAM.

His writing has been published in The Globe and Mail, This Magazine, Canadian Theatre Review, and the Brick Literary Journal. Coach House Books published Dixon's play collection, AWOL. Dixon's young adult novel, The Feathered Cloak, was published by Key Porter in the fall of 2007. He lives and plays banjo in Toronto.