Johnny Wideman
FOUNDING MEMBER
Johnny Wideman is a playwright, short storyist, dramaturg, actor, facilitator, and the recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award for his work in Theatre from Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo. Wideman received his Honours Bachelor of Arts in Drama from the University of Waterloo, ON, and the University of Sussex, UK. In June of 2011, he founded the grass-roots social justice theatre company, Theatre of the Beat. In 2012, Wideman’s first screenplay GODART was awarded "Best Low-Budget Feature Film" at the Toronto Independent Film Festival and “Official Selection” at the Polish Independent Film Festival. Wideman’s work has been performed over 260 times throughout the U.S. and across Canada, including: This Prison or: He came Through the Floor, Gadfly: Sam Steiner Dodges the Draft, Forgiven/Forgotten, A Bicycle Built for Two, This Will Lead to Dancing, and Yellow Bellies.
Credits with Theatre of the Beat
Playwright/Director/Cast | This Prison
Playwright/Cast | Gadfly: Sam Steiner Dodges the Draft
Director/Cast | Nowhere, ON
Cast | Commemorate!
Playwright/Director/Cast | Forgiven/Forgotten
Playwright/Cast | A Bicycle Built for Two
Playwright/Cast | This Will Lead to Dancing
Playwright/Cast | It Only Takes a Spark
Playwright/Cast | Yellow Bellies
Cast | The Auden Test
