About the Author(s)

TJ Dawe is a Vancouver based writer, performer and director of new theatre, specializing in autobiographical stories. His co-written play Toothpaste and Cigars became the feature film The F Word, starring Daniel Radcliffe, Zoe Kazan and Adam Driver. He co-created and directed The One Man Star Wars Trilogy, which has been touring the world since 2002, including runs off-Broadway in New York, London’s West End and the Sydney Opera House. He regularly mines his life for monologues, which he's toured to more than one hundred theatre festivals. He leads workshops on solo shows, developing a creative practice, and the personality types of The Enneagram. He’s co-created stage parodies of Sex and the City, Stranger Things, The Walking Dead, adapted the blog PostSecret, and the podcast Serial Killers. He spends half the year on the road developing and touring various projects. His website is tjdawe.ca