Johanna Nutter is a performer and award winning playwright from Montreal. She is the founder and acting president of The Freestanding Room, a Montreal-based theatre collective committed to telling stories simply, intimately, and authentically. This is her website. Welcome!

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August 21st, 2011
Montreal
Writer
La Licorne unveils their new season, including Mon frère est enceinte, Johanna Nutter's own translation of My Pregnant Brother, this coming November, with the original English version to be offered on Fridays--a first in Quebec.
http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/Speaking+common+language/5281643/story.html
la même chose en français:
July 22nd - July 30th, 2011
The Cultch
Actor, writer, producer
Johanna brings her one-woman show, My Pregnant Brother, to the Neanderthal Theatre Festival in Vancouver.
July 17th, 2011
Morning Bay Winery
Actor, writer, producer
Johanna embarks on the West Coast première of her show on an outdoor stage of a tiny gulf island, with the pacific ocean for a backdrop.
July 16th - July 21st, 2011
The Charlebois Post
Writer
Johanna blogs about the journey of My Pregnant Brother to Vancouver where it will be seen for the first time by people the piece describes. Read Part I, Part II, and Part III on the Charlebois Post.
June 29th - June 30th, 2011
Incendo Productions
Actor
Johanna plays Nurse Mary to Lauren Holly’s Dr. Thorne in a TV movie entitled Do No Harm, directed by Philippe Gagnon.
June 12th, 2011
Playwrights Workshop Montreal
Writer
Johanna is invited by Playwrights Workshop Montreal to write a play for Dramaturkey; an event in which up-and-coming Montreal playwrights compete to write the worst play ever.
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"Beautifully crafted ... compelling ... a story about family bonds, growth, acceptance and all the things that make life hard but so worth living. This is a fertile play, in all senses of the word."
(Janis Kirshner, The Gazette)

"I consider myself very fortunate to have been in the audience today. This is a wonderful play that will touch your heart.
(Helen Pergantis, The Gazette)

"As compelling as it is intelligent and as witty as it is dramatic. She had the audience eating out of her hand. Three cheers for My Pregnant Brother."
(MJ Stone, Hour)

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